Altavounoids: The Biggest Land Monotremes (Speculative Evolution Show Pitch)

There are the megafauna that populate and define the Age of Monotremes...and then there are the Altavounoids. Meet the biggest land animals of this alternate timeline, and how their adaptation of gigantism has shaped their world and themselves. In this alternate universe, almost all mammals have perished along with the dinosaurs - except for the monotremes: relatives of the platypus and echidna. In this documentary-style animated program, explore a timeline where egg-laying mammals now rule the Earth in a staggering variety of forms, from tiny bug eaters and giant predators, to roaming herds and ocean titans. YouTube:    / @age_of_monotremes   Shopify: age-of-monotremes.myshopify.com TikTok: @age_of_monotremes "Age of Monotremes" Intro Animatic Credits: Creature Design, Direction, and Animatic.......Vincent Girgenti Narration.......Dr. Norman Castellano Music.......Matias Orozco Ezcurra Sound Effects.......Eliran Sivan Artists included: Alejandro Martínez Fluxá: Instagram (@artechocene_explorer) Phoenix Edwards James: Instagram (phoenixartworks2.0) Adrienne Deiss: Instagram (@adriartistic) @geckoman21_ (Instagram) Sources (especially regarding mammals and sauropods): “Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide” by Michael J. Benton “The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (3rd Edition)” by Gregory S. Paul “WHEN THE EARTH WAS GREEN: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance” by Riley Black “Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History” by Fastovsky et A “Mammalogy (4th edition)” by Feldhamer et Al. “Nature’s Giants” by Graeme D. Ruxton https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21251... Music Used: (Jurassic World: Evolution OST) by Jeremiah Pena “Cycle of Life” (Subnautica OST) by Simon Chylinski "Sarta Wenja" (Far Cry Primal OST) by Jason Graves "Heliosphere" (No Man's Sky OST) by 65daysofstatic "Tribes" (Biomutant OST) by Björn Palmberg, Sofia Hallgren, Alice Petz, & Erik Renöfält Fhager "Rise of Iron" (Destiny: Rise Of Iron OST) by Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson & Rotem Moav “Pastorale” (HUMANKIND OST) by Arnaud Roy for Amplitude Studios “Homeworld Sweet Homeworld” (Spore OST) by Brian Eno Video Chapters: 00:00 Disclaimer and Animatic 02:49 Intro 04:31 Evolution 09:42 Size 17:23 Modern Diversity 28:20 Life History and Ecology 37:35 Conclusion