How Long You’d Survive Every Prehistoric Catastrophe

What would happen if you were dropped into the deadliest catastrophes in Earth’s history? In this video, we put you inside eight prehistoric disasters — from impact winter and supervolcanoes to Snowball Earth, the Great Dying, megafloods, and the Chicxulub asteroid impact — and rank how long you would realistically survive each one. You’ll face: Impact Winter The Younger Dryas Big Freeze The Toba Supervolcano The Messinian Salinity Crisis Snowball Earth The Great Dying The Glacial Lake Missoula Megaflood Chicxulub Impact Day Each catastrophe gets placed on the survival board: SECONDS MINUTES HOURS DAYS WEEKS MONTHS SURVIVES Some would kill you almost instantly. Others might give you months. And one is surprisingly survivable. Experience Earth Before Us. #prehistoric #paleontology #extinction #survival