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@KadenSlinker
5 ай бұрын
When do you believe we’ll be getting a Kushtaka video?
@user-oj1wd2xi4f
5 ай бұрын
Is that a kraken I saw in the add segment?!
@vulcorethegreat1220
5 ай бұрын
I did not expect a Squonk video. Very interesting yet unexpected little critter. Do be careful in the Appalachian mountain areas, a great many Cryptids roam around up there. One of the few most dangerous ones are the Snallyghaster. Large winged reptile like creature that some say is a surviving pterodactyl of some sort. Not to mention the many variations of Bigfoot, some of the clans practise a unique ritual where they roll in clay, sand and pebbles repeatedly until they build up a thick layer to the point where a arrow can be shot at them an the arrow will just fall to the ground unable to penatrate the armor
@vanaheimstories7530
5 ай бұрын
Hey Thought Potato I have a question for ya, have you ever thought about doing a speculative biology series set on a alien world of your design? I do love these series and can’t wait for the next episode!
@LordS20000
5 ай бұрын
Rhinogradentia
@Hypercube2017
5 ай бұрын
Squonk: _You may kill me, but you will _*_absolutely not_*_ eat me._
@theisegai56
5 ай бұрын
Me: Why would I want to kill or eat you, you deserve nothing but love.
@stephenkramer7157
5 ай бұрын
I mean, sacrificing yourself to teach a predator not to attack your children and siblings is technically a legitimate survival strategy.
@Hypercube2017
5 ай бұрын
@@stephenkramer7157 and a good one, I'm just impressed with the lengths the Squonk goes to in order to give a predator every single middle-finger possible. Sure, they can kill it, but they can't really eat it - and if they do, they are going to have a _bad_ time doing so.
@mateuszkwoczko8833
5 ай бұрын
babe wake up the squonk lore just dropped
@purplehaze2358
5 ай бұрын
The squonk legitimately feels like a shitpost, and the fact it's an actual piece of folklore is kind of hilarious.
@garrettbates2639
5 ай бұрын
I actually double checked to make sure that it wasn't April 1st before googling. I've heard of some weird cryptids before, but somehow I'd never heard of Squonk.
@dalekrenegade2596
5 ай бұрын
@@garrettbates2639 Don't forget the Hide Behind, rolling snake, and a literal rockslide whale.
@navybluegacha2119
5 ай бұрын
A cryptid shitpost if you will
@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv
5 ай бұрын
Just because it’s folklore doesn’t mean it’s not still a shitpost.
@valentinkambushev4968
5 ай бұрын
Who said it isn't a shitpost. Shitposting is way older than people realize. I think it can be traced back as far as humanity itself.
@perihelion1225
5 ай бұрын
“Cryin’ tears of joy!” -A happy Squonk
@Molech996
5 ай бұрын
I wasn’t expecting you to go from the terrifying deep-sea mermaids to the depressing squonk,but it’s a welcomed surprise.Btw,I’d love to see you cover the biology of some SCPs.I think it suits your style.
@erikwolff2942
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely! I Support this idea
@jennyfeare1702
5 ай бұрын
Agree! on his other channel, scifi safari... as this cryptobiology webseries is objectively superior as it hasn't degraded into reality benders and other metaphysical nonsense that ruined/soured that.
@0gfr0gy_99
25 күн бұрын
oh my god that would be so cool
@jerebear4312
5 ай бұрын
"Should it be startled it will dissolve in its own tears-" I shouldnt be laughing this hard i shouldnt be laughing this hard im crying
@Hypercube2017
5 ай бұрын
Well, there goes @jerebear4312. You will be missed, currently dissolved individual.
@wlfrdr
5 ай бұрын
Careful, you might dissolve! Please don't cry.
@hiddenpudding4014
4 ай бұрын
try not to dissolve!
@sorath1396
5 ай бұрын
He's so scrungly. He's just a little guy. He must be protected.
@asseating_mailman
2 ай бұрын
PAs hometown cryptid really representin
@asseating_mailman
2 ай бұрын
Scrungly is the perfect word for our boi ❤
@afatpossum2586
5 ай бұрын
I don’t know how you made the saddest, wettest, most pathetic fearsome critter even more sad and wet but you did and I love it.
@skypentraico4322
5 ай бұрын
If I hear a single negative word about my boy Squonk out of any of you, I'm shutting down the studio.
@oktalley99
5 ай бұрын
he's just a little guy
@perihelion1225
5 ай бұрын
They’re so huggable!!!
@Sara3346
5 ай бұрын
The Squonk is a good boi who hangs out with Berserks Schnoz.
@Warlord_Gruktak_Rukrak
5 ай бұрын
I want to pet this creature - Vulcan( Warhammer 40k)
@piketheknight2581
5 ай бұрын
Are you challenging us? Cuz I won't hear the challenge
@lavender_bee103
5 ай бұрын
i love the squonk, they're just silly little guys
@emilywaters1124
5 ай бұрын
Silly little sad guys❤️
@Amy_the_Lizard
5 ай бұрын
Exactly! Looked at my mom and said, "Looks like Thought Potato needed a break from all the scary monsters, and decided to make a video on a silly little guy instead!"
@jennyfeare1702
5 ай бұрын
"i thought it to be some attempt at humor by someone on my team..." *the report of "catgirls" laying next to the Squonk's* XP
@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482
5 ай бұрын
Where?
@Aodhan2717
5 ай бұрын
Two episodes ago: we sacrificed numerous human lives to satisfy our curiosity about the interaction between the werewolf and zombie diseases. This episode: Squonk.
@atimidbirb
5 ай бұрын
With human subjects: anyway we infected em with a zombie virus and watched the effects With the squonk: so we made very, very sure to speak quietly, make no sudden movements, and do no invasive procedures on live specimens to not make them startled
@josephmask3705
5 ай бұрын
It's nice that not all the creatures in this series are scary or dangerous
@fantasy-artist4425
5 ай бұрын
So you decided to make this poor thing scientifically accurate BEFORE the centaur
@ThoughtPotato
5 ай бұрын
Their time will come
@fantasy-artist4425
5 ай бұрын
@@ThoughtPotato I’m hoping it’s soon because I would love to see how you explain their anatomy and biology, this might be your biggest challenge yet
@MastodonMann
5 ай бұрын
@@ThoughtPotatoooh hoo hoo, I can’t wait to see how you will explain centaurs
@dalekrenegade2596
5 ай бұрын
@@ThoughtPotato I'm still waiting for the Mokele Mbembe.
@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv
5 ай бұрын
@@fantasy-artist4425 My money is on a heavily modified praying mantis, or some similar arthropod.
@williamreed3739
5 ай бұрын
Went into this video thinking it would be an early April Fools joke and Thought Potato played it as seriously as Michael Caine in the Muppets Christmas Carol. This is why we love you good sir (PS: Jersey Devil next plz)
@imalltheragex2000
5 ай бұрын
9:32 can I just say, I want a pillow sized plushie of this thing. It's just a lump of derpieness
@mabsolgirl1776
5 ай бұрын
"he uglee" "he just born its not his fault" "oh poor thang"
@chieckenman4432
5 ай бұрын
Bro rly made a vid of THE SQUONK 😭
@Bobbb-f3i
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, we all noticed. It was in the title, well done for noticing and thanks for pointing it out, I suppose.
@gabrieljolicoeur9890
5 ай бұрын
@@Bobbb-f3i keep that negativity out of THE SQUONK’s comment section
@chieckenman4432
5 ай бұрын
@@Bobbb-f3i i can see why the squonk feels sad all the time now.
@Bobbb-f3i
5 ай бұрын
@@chieckenman4432 my comment had nothing to do with the squonk, all to do with the idiot who went to the comment section to tell people what the video was about even though it was in the title. I thought that was pretty obvious but, I suppose you did leave a comment explaining what the video was about even though everyone knew. So, you're obviously not the smartest
@tuckerthewise9647
5 ай бұрын
@@Bobbb-f3iSquonk will be made sad by this sarcasm and this will not be tolerated
@samfish2550
5 ай бұрын
The loose skin could work as scruff, something a predator could bite it, get a mouthful of nasty chemicals, and run off all without harming the squonk atall.
@MastodonMann
5 ай бұрын
Think you may have just found a candidate for your very first marketable plushie
@ladyserenegrace18
5 ай бұрын
I said that on the discord server I even suggested he go life sized and give us a big plush
@ZachsryHutchison
4 ай бұрын
You're not wrong
@Servo1616
5 ай бұрын
I wanna give the Squonk a hug so bad
@aaronfraire9073
5 ай бұрын
Little dude's like the physical embodiment of social anxiety. And they need hugs.
@janehughart9290
5 ай бұрын
I love how the Squonk is literally just a cryptid version of a woobie.
@johnlukan230
5 ай бұрын
A PA cryptid!!! Never thought I'd see the day lol. Love your work keep it up!
@wendylacey2745
5 ай бұрын
Maybe you can cover another North American cryptid that many people overlook these days. It’s called the Hide Behind. This creature is known for its tall, lanky black humanoid form. It also is known for its unparalleled speed and stealth. It has even been known to hide behind even the skinniest of objects. I’d imagine this creature to be an evolutionary offshoot of the Gibbon from Asia that ended up in the American woodlands by rafts of wood and vegetation, and being carried by ocean currents. The trees here in North America not what the Gibbons were used to back in their natural habitat, so these Gibbons over time lost the ability to climb trees effectively. They also began to grow much bigger in size both to cover long distances over the woodlands and to intimidate larger predators. The most impressive adaptation they undertook however is there impressive stealth capability’s that allow them to almost disappear in the forest in which they live in. There much skinnier frame does make them quite weak even to human standerds, but it does allow them to hide among or behind even the thinnest of trees. These apes are also exclusively nocturnal, allowing their pitch black hair to camouflage themselves as they stalk there prey. Because they are relatively weak due to trading strength for speed and stealth, they prey on small forest life such as birds, Amphibians, small mammals, and reptiles. They will also eat fruit, vegetables, seeds, and nuts as they are active omnivores. The stalking of humans is not predatory, but rather curiosity. Much like there Asian relatives, the Hide Behind is a very intelligent creature. They have even been known to use simple tools and solve complex problems.
@amichalap
5 ай бұрын
I love the hide behind. The camp monsters podcast did a frankly terrifying episode about it.
@thiago.leal17
5 ай бұрын
Have you considered covering brazilian folklore? Maybe a brazilian species of aquasapiens based on the legend of the Iara? I would love to see it
@georgepeterson4708
5 ай бұрын
Finally some appreciation for my favourite cryptid
@KadenSlinker
5 ай бұрын
After Kushtaka we need the Hide Behind another cryptid depicted in the folktales of Lumberjacks from Oregon I believe.
@B_4035mn
5 ай бұрын
The loose skin could also help in fighting back in cases of it ever getting snagged, it might also give it some extra-strength, think of the honey-badger, that uses it's loose strong skin as a protection from leopards, and it uses the looseness of it's skin to still bite while grabbed or bitten.
@senatorarmstrong1233
5 ай бұрын
I thought we'd only be getting scary cryptids but this was such a surprise lol.
@shiny1556
5 ай бұрын
I love the weird critters of North America. We all know Bigfoot, Mothman, and various cannibal monsters, but I love seeing love for the weird guys. Hope we see something like the Sliderock Bolter or Snallygaster some day
@Mr.W.Megalodon.
3 ай бұрын
Weird and absurd cryptids are the most interesting ones
@JuanCarlosSanchez-oo3sz
5 ай бұрын
I love the fact that we got an obscure cryptid with the Squonk way before we got well known cryptids like Nessi, Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti, Flatwoods Monster, Jersey Devil, et.
@AnonymousGlesne56
21 күн бұрын
And when he DID deliver Nessie, boy he delivered in spades! I’m glad he did less common stuff tho, plus it makes any buildup to the “big dogs” of the cryptid world even more exciting
@jennyfeare1702
5 ай бұрын
Holy moly ya pumped this one out *FAST* huh, i suspected this was a planned specimen fairly soon based on ya asking us in the server but dang, not THIS soon, superb job on yours and the artist's part in cooking this up so quick!
@navybluegacha2119
5 ай бұрын
FINALLY AN ACTUAL SPEC EVO SQUONK
@TheSaneHatter
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking on this much more light-hearted subject tonight. I've been a fan of the Squonk legend since reading "The Field Guide to North American Monsters" back in the 90s (a book that I should have held on to). I couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor creature, and it's nice to consider that, were it real, we might have gotten its "sadness" all wrong. I would, however, like to propose another explanation for the creature's baggy skin: simple bite defense, which doesn't give a predator's mouth enough flesh & bone to grab hold of. (Fighting-dog breeds like the Shar-Pei have baggy skin on their faces for exactly this reason, or so I've read.)
@suganyalakshmi2633
5 ай бұрын
The most puntable rat award goes to squank
@davyjones3755
5 ай бұрын
But he turns into tears whenever he's hurt
@ladyserenegrace18
5 ай бұрын
evil... evil... evil... leave the lil guy alone he's doing his best
@Lily_of_the_Forest
5 ай бұрын
That’s evil, bruh.
@Lily_of_the_Forest
5 ай бұрын
That’s awful, bruh!
@Lily_of_the_Forest
5 ай бұрын
@@ladyserenegrace18I know. What an awful thing for him to say.
@mr.enigma3meepher757
5 ай бұрын
Squonk is so relatable
@benmcreynolds8581
5 ай бұрын
The thumbnail art work compelled me to click on the video right away! Really enjoying the creativity in this one. And somehow you find really clever ways to blend in actual science into all your videos
@Gfan-yi7tm
5 ай бұрын
If you can do this for the squonk, I'd LOVE to see what you'd do with the hodag.
@sarahwardwell2664
5 ай бұрын
Just saw the thumbnail...... that little guy's adorable. May I humbly suggest videos on the unicorn, kelpie and selkies. Luv the video, he'll, the channel as a whole. You and Curious Archive are the best spec biology for me. Like a warm hug and bedtime stories all in one. 😊❤
@luciellawliet
5 ай бұрын
I’m glad to see this little creature getting more attention
@blazicarioyt4894
4 ай бұрын
This series would make an amazing book, like some sort of encyclopaedia of cryptid biology
@ananslator3655
5 ай бұрын
😂 this is a very interesting creature for you to do what’s next the hoop snake
@ThoughtPotato
5 ай бұрын
Shhhh
@LittleMan2300
5 ай бұрын
@@ThoughtPotato Love to see you try and tackle the amalgamation that is the bunyip.
@jennyfeare1702
5 ай бұрын
pfft, obviously the next one's catgirls, the April fools special!
@frankd4581
5 ай бұрын
@@ThoughtPotato please make a video for the anatomy and biology of Ogres from European mythology and folklore please
@Cranberrie123
5 ай бұрын
Loose skin helps badgers wriggle free of bites from larger predators. I honestly expected you to point that out.
@raimonrossitto9705
5 ай бұрын
Can you do a Biology Explained of the the Fresno Nightcrawlers?
@housewilma4904
5 ай бұрын
have you thought about covering the loveland frogmen? id love to hear what you come up with to explain the small yet semi bipedal amphibian boys.
@omnitrix1279
5 ай бұрын
Hear, hear!
@purplejack2020
5 ай бұрын
Ooh ooh! Now I wanna see you tackle the Hidebehind
@eyokirvideos7400
5 ай бұрын
Me: *gets out the bath* - *then discovers the Squonk* ...this is a good day
@t.z2359
5 ай бұрын
I wasn't expecting a fearsome Critter.
@chillchica9626
5 ай бұрын
Woahhh. I haven't heard of Squonks since my nian told me about them when I was little. Both my Nain and Tye have since passed on and I'm in the process of losing my grandmother. I didn't expect to burst into tears at one of your videos but here we are. Thank you for the warm memories.
@Jamafly
5 ай бұрын
Was not expecting you to ever cover this little guy. Really glad you did!
@SolarGryffin
5 ай бұрын
Squonk my beloved
@BigBossMan538
5 ай бұрын
I’d love to see you cover more American folk creatures like these. Your speculative evolution videos are so creative and well thought out.
@lukelavigne5474
5 ай бұрын
Do you have plans to do the kelpie? There’s myths of them in several countries and cultures under different names, and they’re one of my favorites. I love every single one of these videos, and I’m really excited that you’re branching out to more obscure creatures. Not that I don’t enjoy the famous ones any less.
@FeedMeSalt
5 ай бұрын
Original and highly detailed cryptids are hard to find. But you continue to surprise me time and time again with your teams ability to create these stories attached to such mythical animals
@happynihilist2573
5 ай бұрын
You've actually become one of the best chanel for this this style of spec evo 👍
@dreadthemadsmith
5 ай бұрын
This was defiantly not one I would have expected for a realistic biology video but I'm delighted we got one.
@ethanbailey5636
5 ай бұрын
My boy! Fantastic as always, I’d love to see one on the Snallygaster or Loch Ness.
@kingwolf3044
5 ай бұрын
Ferocious critters are some of the most interesting legends in my opinion.
@JuanEnriqueFloresJr
5 ай бұрын
Can you do a video on the Mokele-mbembe please? And Bigfoot too please?
@anonomooose
4 ай бұрын
From my research, this seems to be an accurate representation. I’d love to see your studies on other American cryptids, such as the axe head hound
@magnolia1253
5 ай бұрын
I am over the moon, tickled pink, and thoroughly overjoyed that you covered the squonk in such a detailed manner. It's beautiful and inspiring. Maybe you can do the Snallygaster next?
@ladykoiwolfe
5 ай бұрын
I was so thrilled to see my Squonk get examined I called my son in to watch. I'm proud of our native boy. You did a great job with them. I hope you didn't harm too many.
@Warlord_Gruktak_Rukrak
5 ай бұрын
Once again you summon me to rise
@pin-upmariposa412
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic video. I didn't know this creature. Thank you for this. May I ask about video about Sphinx, Hydra or Gordonas? Greek mythology is full of crazy creature to cover. Stay safe and healthy.
@christopheredwards452
5 ай бұрын
squonk? did i miss the chupacabra? lizard people? bigfoot? grey aliens? SQUONK?
@willmangrum3686
5 ай бұрын
The chupacabra does have a video, actually.
@christopheredwards452
4 ай бұрын
@@willmangrum3686 oh. Thanks
@Rawla2
5 ай бұрын
The wampus cat would be a good one to do. A female werecat or a six legged mountain lion? Needs a great cryptid researcher to look into it 😉
@Blackout_129
5 ай бұрын
@thought potato you should do a video when a werewolf comes into contact with a vampire and how those two diseases could fight for control over the body like a werewolf gets the vampire virus and vise versa
@avacornthelastponybender8583
5 ай бұрын
You should do Thunderbird Biology If you can find a way for a Squonk crying itself to death to be scientifically possible, I have no doubt that you can do the same for a giant bird that summons thunderstorms
@DepressedPlatypus
5 ай бұрын
I will kill for the Squonk.
@AnimeShinigami13
5 ай бұрын
I love the ink drawings of the squonk. Very well done.
@Robocopnik
5 ай бұрын
Yes! More fearsome critters!
@madamplatypus313
4 ай бұрын
Potato man giving us such a diverse range of monsters! Squonk is truly the most relatable cryptid!
@SnarkNSass
5 ай бұрын
Wowzerz.... A new and better nickname for cops!! Thanks for introducing me!! I always said that actual pigs didn't deserve the disrespect... Are Squonks afraid of Acorns?? 🤔😆😆😆😆😆
@whims6278
5 ай бұрын
🤭
@ladyserenegrace18
5 ай бұрын
one falling may startle it to death so yeah they probably are
@Milksong93
5 ай бұрын
Always a good day when Thought Potato uploads
@ussnautilus1225
5 ай бұрын
I’d love to see some science of the Slide-Rock Bolter, if possible.
@sheller153
5 ай бұрын
I’d love it if you did a video on the Axehandle Hound! It’s my favorite American cryptic and it gets almost no attention!
@SpartanTrigger
5 ай бұрын
We need more lumberwoods creatures next
@zacharyjames9602
5 ай бұрын
Your thinking outside the box with this one!
@callmedino181
5 ай бұрын
I have never heard of this thing. Too have learned of it fills me with joy. I love sqiunk
@ianswinford5570
5 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for the next cryptid or monster. Oni? Kitsune? Trolls? Harpies? Maybe even Sasquatch?
@Dirtnap12
5 ай бұрын
I vibe strongly with the Squonk
@Cygne_Blanche
5 ай бұрын
squonk in summary is anxiety as a little pig monster
@FeedMeSalt
5 ай бұрын
Usually I'm very vocal about advertising products with history I don't agree with. But for a channel this damn good I can't bat an eyelash.
@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic
5 ай бұрын
Omg the sound recordings are a wonderful touch ♡
@enriqueramirez0615
5 ай бұрын
I wonder if you're going to be doing the other critters that were featured in the book/field guide "Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: with a few desert and mountain beasts".
@clemster5981
5 ай бұрын
I would absolutely love if you did a video on sasquatch !
@jackhall5408
5 ай бұрын
I can say with absolute certainty that I would never, in a million years, guessed that the next video of this series would be the Squonk. That being said, this was a wonderfully put together video on a little know bit of folklore. Thanks for the great video.
@adamthaxton3157
5 ай бұрын
I made these guys be a clade of Ceratopsian in my current work, Hodags got to be Abelisaurids and the Whirling Whimpus got to be a theri (and actually make an on-screen appearance).
@Booren
3 ай бұрын
I must aquire Squank I must pet Squank I must tell him that he is not ugly and deserves to be loved
@landohundoamigo5122
5 ай бұрын
Please explain more fearsome critters like the hodag or snallygaster.
@theangrygermanlad1328
5 ай бұрын
Ah the Squonk. Poor little guys. I would try and hug them, but not only am I repulsed but they’d be terrified of what a hug is
@Lily_of_the_Forest
5 ай бұрын
If I ever meet the squonk, I am giving him a hug.
@willmangrum3686
5 ай бұрын
If I could make a suggestion, do you think a video on the Jersey Devil might be possible?
@primrosevale1995
5 ай бұрын
If I may suggest a creature for a future video, as a Vermonter I would have to mention the most famous one we have, our lake monster Champ. However, I actually know someone who has claimed to have witnessed Champ several times, and in some cases has seen multiple individuals at once. These sightings are not connected to the most popular pieces of 'evidence' for the creature, such as the likely disproven Mansi photograph. Based on the descriptions I heard, Champ bears remarkable resemblance to the Triassic reptile Tanystropheus. Although impossible to be a living descendant, it is most likely to be a reptile of some sorts that has convergently evolved a similar body plan. This means it is likely under 20ft long with roughly 30-40% of its body being its neck. This also means that it's capable of terrestrial locomotion, which has been reported in a few other Champ sightings. According to what the witness told me, he was on a boat in sometime in the late 2000s and noticed not one, but two Champs. He claims to have seen the two corral a school of fish using their necks into a shallow cove, and even saw it eating them. He didn't capture it on film but did notice the animal from the shoreline years later with its head above the water, notably possessing a very flexible neck. Dennis Hall, a cryptozoologist who has claimed to have seen Champ over 20 times, also supports this idea of Champ being a Tanystropheous or something like it. There are also unknown sounds that have been recorded in the lake which sound like the echolocation of belugas and dolphins, which if connected to Champ, suggests the reptile is capable of using echolocation. I would love to see you tackle this cryptid, regardless of how it would end up becoming in your video.
@BeepTheDull
5 ай бұрын
Lumberjack legends? You gotta do the Hide behind. That thing haunted me for years as a kid then I watched gravity falls and that stopped me from looking over my shoulder every couple seconds in the woods. Also respect for the flappy pig otter crying thing.
@mathieuleader8601
5 ай бұрын
honestly I would love to see a redesign of Sadness from Inside Out redesigned as a Squonk
@robodude145
4 ай бұрын
The Squonk is actually an accurate representation of the existential dread that PA residents feel when their car gets totaled by the 1029837465647389209387464738984756473898746738874678347673892nd pothole this week
@Mr.M3447
5 ай бұрын
@ThoughtPotato would you consider doing “Not Deer”?
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