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Hey PBS Eons crew, one suggestion: when you display the references, I recommend using the DOI link rather than the webpage. The reason is that the DOI is said to be 'eternal', while the journal webpage can change for multiple reasons. So by using the DOI link, in the future people will still be able to see the references. Great video!
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I think it can also be said that we're actually "giants" ourselves. When compared to most of the animal kingdom, we're actually pretty huge. Larger fauna like horses, cows, deers, elephants and other carnivores leave a striking impression to us and we feel that we're not all that large and powerful, but even when limited to just our own mammal kingdom we're one of the largest animals out there.
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Here's my theory according to many computer games regarding evolution I've played. Bigger is always better when the environment is stable, but if the environment changes there is a greater risk of sudden extinction. Smaller animals can usually adapt more quickly for various reasons, including that they almost always reproduce at a much higher rate.
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There's some element of preservation bias in the number of bigger animals in the record, plus some habitats in which larger sizes become a hinderance after a certain point are also very bad at producing the conditions for fossilisation. There's likely a whole bunch of sheep sized brontotheres that left no trace for example.
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From what I've found online, there is a benefit to being bigger in the form of energy conservation. At least for ectothermic animals. Small animals lose heat to their surroundings faster than large ones, and large animals need proportionally less food per pound of body weight to live. So if you were designing an animal from scratch to be as efficient as possible, bigger may indeed be better. I would LOVE a more in-depth exploration of this topic though!!
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