What is this Hippo Carriage? - History

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  • In this video, we take a quick look at the history behind a common internet meme.
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    By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE - Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius), CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 188

  • @Prototheria
    @Prototheria 2 роки тому +129

    "What is This Hippo Carriage?"
    The most dangerous vehicle mankind has ever made.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess 2 роки тому +8

      No my good friend, that would be a baboon carriage.

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 2 роки тому +5

      @@Bagginsess No no, my friend, that would be a honey badger carriage... 🧐

    • @nmwinrich89
      @nmwinrich89 2 роки тому +5

      @@Robert_McGarry_Poems no, no, no my friend, that would be the Ford Pinto

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany 2 роки тому

      Prototheria is correct. Search for hippos defecating on UA-cam. They must have not fed her until after shows.

    • @SMF314
      @SMF314 Рік тому

      Wow! ... and I would have guessed it's a hippo cab, for touring the, um ... hippocampus.

  • @hamslicemcdooogle8080
    @hamslicemcdooogle8080 2 роки тому +179

    This video feels like it started as a community tab shitpost but then you were like “no wait there’s enough here to be serious for a sec” and then actually did it for realsies

  • @AndrewVelonis
    @AndrewVelonis 2 роки тому +52

    "To participate in the nitrogen cycle" What an elegant expression. I must use that sometime.

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  2 роки тому +8

      Can't claim it as my own, a friend of mine used it

  • @Gerelos
    @Gerelos 2 роки тому +129

    Today I learned that hippos sweat "blood." I had never heard of or seen this before, I assumed when you brought it up that people in the olden days just made it up to make the animal sound more exotic and otherworldly. That's amazing that they do actually coat themselves in a red liquid that resembles blood.

  • @MootingInsanity
    @MootingInsanity 2 роки тому +76

    Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to get in front of that thing, but I sure wouldn't be sitting behind it like that, either. The range of a hippo's sphincter is equivalent to field artillery.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess 2 роки тому +5

      >not having a shit shield
      ok pleb

    • @WK-47
      @WK-47 2 роки тому +3

      That's roughly what I thought as soon as I saw the thumbnail. I've seen one of those things go off. Wouldn't even pose in a photo with one unless I had my shit shield with me.

  • @ungrave5231
    @ungrave5231 2 роки тому +28

    And suddenly I am well informed about this subject. Thank you.

  • @Mr.internet.Lag.
    @Mr.internet.Lag. 2 роки тому +10

    Hippo lore video finally

  • @Eli-dd5jc
    @Eli-dd5jc 2 роки тому +4

    That's the Whippopotamus

  • @rukathehamsteratwork8896
    @rukathehamsteratwork8896 2 роки тому +24

    Interesting ! 😯
    I’ve been watching UA-cam videos on a Sunday afternoon (right now) to improve my English listening skills and I’ve just come across this video. I didn’t expect that I could learn something about hippos today. And I learned another English word (“perspiration”) from this video.Thank you so much, from Japan. 😊

    • @alakhazom
      @alakhazom 2 роки тому +1

      Doitashimashite. Can i ask you a question? What is the guy saying exactly when he's feeding the hippo?
      Hai Agemasu? I tried searching the word,but couldn't find it! Thank you.
      ua-cam.com/video/9wyhhxOZazI/v-deo.html

    • @rukathehamsteratwork8896
      @rukathehamsteratwork8896 2 роки тому +1

      @@alakhazom Yes. “Hai, Agemasu (はい、あげます。) “ is exactly what he said, which means “Here you are / I’ll give this to you”
      (The name of the zoo in your video is “Nagasaki Bio Park”, I guess (probably). I have never been to Nagasaki, though.)

    • @alakhazom
      @alakhazom 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@rukathehamsteratwork8896 Arigato goziemashita. I can't believe i nailed the romanization of agemasu!
      Probably i've seen too many japanese movies...though i've seen many Hk,Chinese(taiwanese also) and Korean-japanese language,phonetically seems like the most easy to comprehend,for an european. The words,if you pay attention,reveal themselves. I've heard the grammar is the most difficult out of the 3,although i'm not sure.
      That phrase,Hai Agemasu,just sounded cool,and catchy for my foreign ears.
      P.s:On a funny note, i haven't been to Nagasaki also,although i've been to Tokio. Nice city,and interesting culture!It surprised me pleasantly,after reading about it and Japan for years.
      Thank you again,and have a good night(it should be night there)!

    • @christsaves7405
      @christsaves7405 2 роки тому

      As a native english speaker this comment made my day. It was so cute! Do you know the english word:
      "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
      Here is a nice how-to on how to pronounce it and a bonus listenimg excersice for you!!
      m.ua-cam.com/video/7BH2CqE5mNQ/v-deo.html

  • @canag0d
    @canag0d 2 роки тому +14

    I consider what I knew aboot hippo carriages obsolete. Thanks!

  • @jeremy7372
    @jeremy7372 2 роки тому +5

    pull up in the whippopotomous

  • @SoiBoi_Kelda1059
    @SoiBoi_Kelda1059 2 роки тому +4

    1:15 “for example, in Africa, it’s HOMELAND” 😂😂😂🤌🤌🤌

  • @Archdukeofswol
    @Archdukeofswol 2 роки тому +11

    I love how hippos are portrayed as kind fun gentle but in reality they are 1 ton testosterone filled behemoths

  • @veleouria
    @veleouria 2 роки тому +10

    I love you lotus your memory lives on

  • @wartrix6046
    @wartrix6046 2 роки тому +7

    Fire of Learning only asks the most important questions.

  • @iamnubb_
    @iamnubb_ Рік тому +2

    "What is this hippo carriage?"
    A bad idea.

  • @TheShveyn04
    @TheShveyn04 2 роки тому +3

    Congratulations Mr. Learning. Looking forward for next video!

  • @aliali-ce3yf
    @aliali-ce3yf 2 роки тому +2

    poor hippo shouldn't be forced to do that

  • @brianlehmkuhl8162
    @brianlehmkuhl8162 2 роки тому

    Your videos are fantastic and informative, punctuated by your unique and surprisingly calming voice.
    Thank you for the hours of enjoyment 👍

  • @diegoarmando5489
    @diegoarmando5489 2 роки тому +9

    I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.

    • @kleonymos5726
      @kleonymos5726 2 роки тому +10

      Will be your last Christmas

    • @jasondaveries9716
      @jasondaveries9716 2 роки тому +3

      love your username

    • @bettyschneider5268
      @bettyschneider5268 2 роки тому +1

      @@kleonymos5726 Lol 😂 🦏🐘🐃🐂🐗🐋🐄🐮🐷🐖 🎄🎄🎄🎁🎅🤶 no hippopotamuses emoji!

    • @Jose-xh5qb
      @Jose-xh5qb 2 роки тому +2

      @@bettyschneider5268 there is 🦛

    • @bettyschneider5268
      @bettyschneider5268 2 роки тому +1

      @@Jose-xh5qb Thanks but i don't have a hippo emoji! Lol 😂

  • @alaskansummertime
    @alaskansummertime 2 роки тому +5

    If you bred gentle hippos over many generations you could breed hippos safe enough to keep as pets. Then its just a matter of house training them.

  • @kleonymos5726
    @kleonymos5726 2 роки тому +5

    Hippocarting

  • @Nzosaba_Matenge
    @Nzosaba_Matenge 2 роки тому +5

    The most dangerous vehicle known to man, that's what is.
    Someone beat me to it

  • @invisiblejaguar1
    @invisiblejaguar1 2 роки тому

    So happy you're back

  • @bartvink976
    @bartvink976 2 роки тому

    very cool video again, thanks brother

  • @twilightgardenspresentatio6384
    @twilightgardenspresentatio6384 2 роки тому +2

    At least the beasts got to stretch their legs

  • @SpaceRodan
    @SpaceRodan 2 роки тому +1

    Someone send this to Casual Geographic. He will no doubt have words for anyone interfacing with a murder water horse.

  • @seanbecker1714
    @seanbecker1714 2 роки тому +2

    Bruh we gotta bring back the Whippopotamus

  • @flonn5519
    @flonn5519 2 роки тому +2

    Great video i am happy i know what the hippo carriage is now thanks

  • @BigScreamingBaby
    @BigScreamingBaby 2 роки тому +1

    That's just a pre industrial tank nothing to worry about

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 2 роки тому +2

    on the topic of hippos did you know that in the early years of the 20th century America was undergoing a meat crisis when it came to farming lifestock so the US Congress thought the unthinkable they considered a bold and ingenious plan that would simultaneously solve two pressing problems -- a national meat shortage and a growing ecological crisis. The plan was this: hippopotamus ranching.
    Hippos imported from Africa and raised in the bayous of Louisiana, proponents argued, would provide a delicious new source of protein for a meat-hungry nation. In the process, the animals would gobble up the invasive water hyacinth that was killing fish and choking off waterways. It would be an epic win-win. A bill was introduced in Congress, and newspaper editorials extolled the culinary virtues of "lake cow bacon."

    • @nfwrambo
      @nfwrambo 2 роки тому +2

      Dear god, I can’t even imagine the fatality rate of an early 20th century hippo rancher

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA 2 роки тому +2

    We're all Hippos rollin' down the river
    Sometimes we can't touch the ground
    Like Hippos slidin' in the water
    Somehow we're stompin' around - Steppenwolf 1970

  • @chrisqw5272
    @chrisqw5272 2 роки тому +7

    You should make more of these videos it’s nice to see you make less serious video and see your Sense of humor

  • @BerserkGorilla
    @BerserkGorilla 2 роки тому +2

    The whippopotamus

  • @ihatethisaccount2774
    @ihatethisaccount2774 2 роки тому +1

    Your best video

  • @HUASHU03
    @HUASHU03 2 роки тому +1

    I wait for the day when future historians analyse our memes with the same level of commentary, professional research, and high quality as this.

  • @jaydaniel2145
    @jaydaniel2145 2 роки тому +8

    Imagine if the Hippo had some Jordans on!!!! Gotta look good when pretending to be a Bus!

  • @wermthewerm
    @wermthewerm 2 роки тому +1

    "while the hippopotamus may seem like a gentle giant"
    how to die 101

  • @mastershake8018
    @mastershake8018 2 роки тому +1

    I love HIppos. It's natures way of saying "Oh yeah? You got tanks? So am I."

  • @EireHammer
    @EireHammer 2 роки тому

    Hippo nitrogen cycle...that's a hilarious and poignant statement on hippo's defecation.
    Helicopter poops 🚁😂

  • @giorgos6099
    @giorgos6099 2 роки тому +2

    I'll be honest, i expected this photo to have been taken in Florida.

  • @tsdocholiday8965
    @tsdocholiday8965 2 роки тому +12

    I wonder if he will ever finish that “history of 20 countries” or whatever it was before where he did England, France, and Spain amongst others. That’s what I subscribed for and while this stuff is fine and interesting I’d still like to see that series finished

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  2 роки тому +12

      Yes, Spain part 3 is a top priority. It's just it's been shifted around for a few reasons though. I will likely have it up this winter. Recent news may cause me to get it up even earlier than I planned.

    • @JohnnyLodge2
      @JohnnyLodge2 2 роки тому

      Could be worse. Flash Point History is still doing a series on reconquista but he has spent about a year now on a side trip to the crusades itself a side trip to the fall of constantinople. And it is glorious

    • @hkleider
      @hkleider 2 роки тому

      "History of Nations and Peoples"

  • @kaos7186
    @kaos7186 2 роки тому +2

    Da hippo whip⁉️🥶

  • @curlyfries2956
    @curlyfries2956 2 роки тому +1

    I am a simple man. I see hippo carriage, I click

  • @karetsin265
    @karetsin265 2 роки тому

    this video was in my recommended for like 1 year

  • @Squeam9750
    @Squeam9750 2 роки тому +4

    Okay now that's interesting

  • @pavelmachytka5604
    @pavelmachytka5604 2 роки тому +1

    I SWEAR i saw that image Right before this video.

  • @thelemoninfa7506
    @thelemoninfa7506 2 роки тому

    "Road dome so sloppy I almost crashed the Whippopotamus..."

  • @franklinpierce176
    @franklinpierce176 2 роки тому +5

    I need it… right now.

    • @nygothuey6607
      @nygothuey6607 2 роки тому

      Go back to being a terrible and also cursed president.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess 2 роки тому

      A man of culture, I see.

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 2 роки тому

    Now I’ve seen everything!

  • @ZigealFaust
    @ZigealFaust 2 роки тому +1

    Ceaser: "You must race me and my best horse for freedom, lass."
    Me, after my hippo eats 30% of his horse: "Race you and your what?"

  • @erzsblasfantaven3334
    @erzsblasfantaven3334 2 роки тому +2

    what da hippo doin?

  • @fales2109
    @fales2109 Рік тому

    road done so sloppy almost crashed the whippopotamus

  • @emmanuelledaavila8321
    @emmanuelledaavila8321 2 роки тому +2

    This is awesome and odd enough as pickles on a burger

  • @reverse_thursday
    @reverse_thursday Рік тому

    Road dome so sloppy I almost crashed the whippopotamus

  • @Tyrexthecreaturedesigner
    @Tyrexthecreaturedesigner Рік тому

    So many dangers of this transportation. For both people in front and in the drivers seat

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 2 роки тому

    Tom Smothers once rode a hippo out onto stage in an episode of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour......I miss that short-lived show.

  • @TilliginMusicandGaming
    @TilliginMusicandGaming 2 роки тому +1

    I see you for what you really Are!!!

  • @kitzilmasked7374
    @kitzilmasked7374 2 роки тому +1

    we always ride hippos in my country

  • @JAGzilla-ur3lh
    @JAGzilla-ur3lh 2 роки тому +1

    There needs to be a hippo cart in the next Twisted Metal game. The thing is already dangerous and over-the-top, just slap some machine guns and missile launchers on it and it's good to go.

  • @vquill3927
    @vquill3927 2 роки тому

    You should make a video on the complete history of pirates.

  • @jessicaschoonmaker2073
    @jessicaschoonmaker2073 2 роки тому

    Yess

  • @abraxas365
    @abraxas365 Рік тому

    It's the newest Twisted Metal character!

  • @ermenher8381
    @ermenher8381 2 роки тому +1

    How did I not know about this, I made a whole video about animals people used or attempted to use as transport? Out of all the crazy animals including lions and tigers, I found hippos the worst due to a combination of their preferred environment and terrible tempers. I didn't find a single account of anyone using a hippo for transport without eventually dying by it. But here is the exception, one can use a hippo to pull a chart safely. Still I would advise avoiding it.

  • @BlooCollaGal
    @BlooCollaGal 2 роки тому

    My mom's best friend from highschool was a lion tamer who became moderately famous in Japan in the 80s

  • @diebesgrab
    @diebesgrab 2 роки тому

    I saw a thumbnail of a man riding a hippo chariot and clicked before I even saw it was in my sub feed.

  • @mikasantiagoable
    @mikasantiagoable 2 роки тому

    "what is this hippo carriage?"
    It's actually a Whippopotamus

  • @blankstride7634
    @blankstride7634 2 роки тому

    The history of the whippopotamus

  • @bubbadoes6225
    @bubbadoes6225 2 роки тому

    Such a cute hippo

  • @coltinglovich4096
    @coltinglovich4096 2 роки тому +1

    What is this hippo carriage? A question i ask myself everyday.

  • @robertarguello1115
    @robertarguello1115 2 роки тому +1

    Interesting, ... I never knew that hippopotamus' had been or could be domesticated. Thanks for the insight!

    • @ScampiTheSighted
      @ScampiTheSighted 2 роки тому

      As I understand it, if you raise any animal from birth around outside of the wild and around humans, they're 'tame', though can still be unpredictable and dangerous. Domestication is where humans have been breeding them for so long they're basically they're own species now. I'd never get close to a 'tame' hippo hahaha

  • @Alfonzo_the_Marine_Iguana
    @Alfonzo_the_Marine_Iguana 2 роки тому

    Hippos can live between forty and fifty years in captivity.

  • @416loren
    @416loren 2 роки тому

    2:58 Did you sat TIME Magazine?

  • @CwL-1984
    @CwL-1984 2 роки тому

    I want one

  • @Breatheairmyguy
    @Breatheairmyguy 2 роки тому

    Pa I want a hippopotamus for Christmas! Okay Jessica. Waits for Christmas, yay I got a hippopotamus! I'm going to ride her! The hippo ooh another victim! Looks bite sized

  • @babutler1607
    @babutler1607 2 роки тому +1

    Dripped out 🦛

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 2 роки тому +1

    Hippomobile

  • @madambrianne
    @madambrianne 2 роки тому

    Do a documentary on St. Valentine's day

  • @dnstone1127
    @dnstone1127 2 роки тому +1

    There was a lot of cruelty in America in first half of 20th century.

  • @Darksmirk1
    @Darksmirk1 2 роки тому

    Hippos almost shoot poop out of their bodies and wag it with their stubby tail. Why sit behind one? Lol

  • @Urlocallordandsavior
    @Urlocallordandsavior 2 роки тому

    Can you do a country profile on a non-European (also applies to European cultural countries like the former Anglosphere, Francosphere nations, etc...) country in the future Fire of Learning?

  • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
    @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 2 роки тому

    I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS
    ONLY A HIPPOPOTAMUS WILL DOOOO
    NO CROCODILES NO RHINOCEROSUSES
    I ONLY LIKE… HIPPOPOTAMUSESES
    AND HIPPOPOTAMUSESES LOVE ME TOO OOOO

  • @ianrodabaugh4674
    @ianrodabaugh4674 2 роки тому

    Ah yes, the Whippopotamus

  • @raider2537
    @raider2537 2 роки тому

    Have you considered doing Greek mytho story’s?

  • @jimgill19770
    @jimgill19770 2 роки тому

    Poor hippo

  • @miamidolphinsfan
    @miamidolphinsfan 2 роки тому +1

    Time or Life magazine ???

  • @thepokeybird
    @thepokeybird 2 роки тому +1

    Whippopotamus

  • @vitriolicAmaranth
    @vitriolicAmaranth 2 роки тому

    RICARDOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @tanjoy0205
    @tanjoy0205 2 роки тому

    That would be the highest hippo power form of transport .

  • @jtgd
    @jtgd 2 роки тому

    I want a Rhino carriage

  • @lovelememes6694
    @lovelememes6694 2 роки тому

    The Whippopotamus

  • @Sviareik
    @Sviareik 2 роки тому

    Please make History of Sweden or any nordic country. Most desirably Sweden since it has a rich and engaging legacy🇸🇪

  • @1lps1
    @1lps1 2 роки тому

  • @imthatninja7669
    @imthatninja7669 2 роки тому +1

    Only a real baller can pull off the Hippo Carriage

  • @LegendIke
    @LegendIke 2 роки тому

    Please do war of roses some day

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee 2 роки тому

    Hippo shit everywhere.
    Everywhere

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 2 роки тому

    Participate in the nitrogen cycle🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Bagginsess
    @Bagginsess 2 роки тому

    More like the chadmobile.

  • @sirwannabeguy4886
    @sirwannabeguy4886 2 роки тому

    The Hippo Carriage is a carriage being pulled by a hippo, end video

  • @Potatotenkopf
    @Potatotenkopf 2 роки тому +1

    Swagmobile