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Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston and his search for Africa's Unicorn
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2017
- The History Guy remembers Harry Johnston's search for a mythical creature, the unicorn, in Africa and what he actually found, the okapi. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
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I am learning more from the History Guy than I ever did back in school. Thank you for all that you share with us. You're enriching more lives than you will ever know. Thank you.
I really do hate to point out that that is more a reflection on you than your school, most likely. Paying attention in school is a skill like others; it can be learned.
@@puncheex2 The best teacher in the world can only teach you how to learn, not what to learn.
@@seanworkman431: Indeed.
puncheex2 ....and one might find, they actually enjoy the topic at hand. I found that out 35 years ago, first and last time I played hookey on my last class, world history in 9th grade. Got away with it 6 times, caught on the 7th. Stayed after class for 1 hour every friday for seven weeks. We got along fine after that, Sr. Patrick Mary and I....helped her with copying thing's, all that good stuff, and made As for the next 3 years,..
Well we all know he's got a degree !
I've seen an Okapi at Chester zoo in Northwest England, it was bigger then i was expecting but it was so beautiful! It was a long time ago and seeing the Okapi is really the only thing i can remember from that trip. It came up to the boundary of the enclosure to eat leaves from a tree and i must have only been a meter or 2 away from it. A really magical experience!
Adam Shaw , we have one here in the Bronx zoo... a beautiful animal for sure, and worthy of our effort to preserve them.
I saw that at Chester Zoo as well. Beautiful creature!
My drive to work and home with the history guy our hands down my favorite part of the day
My older brother had a degree in History and taught at Annapolis after he retired from the Navy as a Lt. Commander. He loved his home state and The Navy flew him back, even though he had a place at Arlington when he passed on. His main area of interest was The Civil War.
He would have loved you, History Guy, as I do. I bet you two could spend hours sharing brain cells.
Man, I just Love History!
If you ever get to 10EC, let me know!
Love natural history stories! Thank you!
The Okapi is my favorite animal, I've spent hours at the San Diego Zoo watching them,beautiful!! I wish the zoo would stock Okapi souvenirs to buy.
I'm sure there are plenty on Etsy
Unicorns are real too, they just are grey, have a weight problem and are misidentified as rhinoceros.
Yes, the "unicorn" mentioned in the King James Bible is surely a rhinoceros. The scientific name for the Indian rhinoceros is Rhinoceros unicornis. African varieties of rhino have two horns, though.
@@bxdanny Yes and I have a cousin that, unfortunately, took a ride on the horn of an Indian Rhino and lived to tell the story.
😅😅
@@o2wow unfortunately took the ride or unfortunately survived? :P
@@blackdeath4eternity Unfortunate that he was gored.
This is the first I've heard of these creatures. Wonderful. And here l was expecting to hear of the Gorilla. Thank you for another wonderful story.
Nice story. Good to hear something that doesn't always include a battle.
It's a Battle against poachers
I've said this before, but I am shocked that this is about the only Channel on UA-cam that has never ceased to always entertain and educate in a delightful way 100% of the time! I definitely cannot say that about any other channel on UA-cam. Thank you sir!
I thought that I was pretty knowlegable about animals... but never heard of the okapi. Indeed, rare. Thanks History Guy.
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I'm a Born Again Christian, and one day years ago, had a (also rare) vision of an animal that - as it walked... it changed... First it was a leopard, then it changed to an antelope, then it changed to a lion... it was amazing. I guess that God made the okapi as an earthly replica of that. God has some pretty cool things to show His people....
Very cool!! I want one!! What a strikingly beautiful creature..
Well done, history guy!!
Fun fact: the tongue of an Okapi is so long they can lick their own ears. I was able to see a pair of Okapi at Rotterdam’s zoo Blijdorp. They truly are something else.
What a captivating story. Thank you, sir!
a fantastic episode. I notice a trend here: the fewer the number of views and/or the fewer thumbs-ups, the ever more interesting (to me) I find the episodes to be. While all the episodes are great, it is a shame more people do not also take interest in other historic topics and mainly concentrate upon the war material. I hope The History Guy (and Ms History and the Cat) will continue to make episodes on natural history and early explorers too, despite the lopsided appreciation. All history, deserves to be remembered.
Great. Now my feed is going to be filled with Okapi-related videos. Oh, wait!
Thank you for this video. This is not just history, it is biology.
I'm a recent subscriber and I'm sure having fun watching your great collection of videos. Thanks for making these.
I'm both shocked and pleased that I found a previously unwatched episode from the History Guy. An interesting note: There is at least one animal in Africa that could, at first glance, be mistaken for a single-horned creature - the Gemsbok or Oryx have fairly straight horns that, viewed from profile, could be misconstrued as a single horn or unicorn.
I love the History Guy who has a degree in history. My degree is in English and must point out there are no degrees of uniqueness. Unique is like virginity; you either are or aren't. Most unique is not a thing. Please keep up the great history work. I love them.
A degree does not give you a license to be condescending. I’m sure there are some discrepancies in my sentence, so feel free.
@@etubrutus3501 please learn the difference between condescending and conscientious, that is, if your ego will allow it.
Sorry, Jim: that battle is lost - you may as well try to stop the tide.
lol
I must disagree. He is using a figure of speech. Unique could mean rare, most unique is extremely rare. This is acceptable bc we are to understand there are varying degrees of rare, strange, exceptional, etc.... An item you might see once a month could be called rarely seen, an item you might see once a year would also be rarely seen and more rare than the first item.
Copenhagen Zoo had an Okapi who died from stress in 1994. The sounds of opera singers rehearsing for an open air concert in a nearby park was apparently too much for the poor thing.
Thank-you for bringing history alive!
You start every story, drawing me in and causing desiring more. A fan of your tales and truth based history. Thank You.
Still here. Still going through most of your vids. I don't watch them all, but I DO watch most of them... any that take my interest as I look through them in chronological order, from the beginning.
This was fascinating.
Thank you history guy! Never knew or heard of this animal or event! As always you come through teach awesome history then disappear into the sunset!
I love how he keeps using the word "unique" during this episode! :D
Superb storytelling! I knew it was an Okapi yet I hung on your every word.
No mater which century, and what ever type of empire or power structure; there were, there are and will always be people of noble intentions and deeds as well as those of evil intentions and deeds. One wonders how scholars of the future will judge our generations.
As mostly over political correct idiots I should think.
@@backchat8086 As mostly politically divided. BECAUSE of idiots. You're right about one thing though, you most definitely SHOULD Think!
@@michealpowell1299 nice usage of caps... Lol
Fool's errand.
@@michealpowell1299 Though admittedly frustrating that each generation hones it's sensitivity to cultural norms differently, you may want to educate yourself and THINK for yourself how moral outrage has always played a large part in cultural prosperity throughout history. To think differently lacks critical knowledge of history and is strange that you can so bombastically proclaim yourself the mouthpiece of reasoned thought.
See Steven Pinker's *The Better Angels Of Our Nature* as an example. Or would you rather the Roman Games, cuz, you know, every generation after were snowflakes.
If I'd met you back in my college days (which would have been impossible since I'm sure I'm much older than you,) I'd definitely have become an historian. Without question.
Again, always solid. History guy rocks it
Saw an Okapi at the Columbus Zoo the other day. Beautiful, gentle creature.
I enjoy your show so very much..in these Covid times..History seem's to mean so much more..but .. I am a historian of sorts...You are just charming...and a real soul looking in to the depths of human history..Very interesting and hold's my attention...Not bad lookin' either!! haha..Hope I hear from you...I am in California..Angel's Camp..Home of the Gold Rush..I live right next door to the Hotel/Bar..where Mark Twain got the story about the Gold Rush..all about the frogs..which..to this day..we are all about the frogs and Mark Twain...wonderful to live in such deep California History
I was born in Oakland....
Loving your Australian Slouch hat..
This southern girl was glad to hear you speak a little slower in this video💜. You articulate well, but when trying to absorb information, sometimes your speed makes it hard to keep up. Loved this video too!
I keep going to watch something else, and one of your vids comes up that sounds so intriguing I have to stop scrolling and watch it. Then I forget what other video I was searching for, so I just watch another one of yours. Lol.
what an interesting topic for you to choose.
I just discovered your channel and like it immensely. I too have a degree in history and worked as a history teacher so it's right up my street. thanks
I know this is an old video but hopefully you still check the comments- I think you should make a video about the history behind the word "jumbo" and thusly about Jumbo the elephant. His story is pretty amazing and he died in a small town in Canada not far from where I grew up (hence why I know about him)- if it hadn't been for him we would have never gotten the word jumbo into common language so its a pretty neat story.
Always learning something new here. Thank you.
Never heard of this animal before. Very cool! Thank you.
Great story.👍
Aussie slouch hat at left! :)
Hi. My dad was on Tinian during WWII, was a CFC in a B-29. When the war ended and the military was trying to keep the men occupied before they shipped home, they held the Pacific Olympics. Dad apparently did well in the javelin event. We always heard that he won a case of beer for his performance. (Who knows, though?).
I have searched over the years for anything I could find on the program, hoping to find some record of my dad.
I’ve never been able to find much of anything at all about the Pacific Olympics, and nothing about athletes and events. From what I have found, events were held at several locations, not much in specifics, but that’s about it. Could you look into it? It may be an interesting topic to people, certainly to me, and I still search for occasionally for something to pop up that might lead me to a record of my late father’s participation.
Thank you for your kind consideration!
I love watching your episodes. History rocks!
2nd August 1917 at Scapa Flow HMS Furious recorded the first ever landing of an aircraft on a ship that was underway. To mark the centenary of this event the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (carrying out her sea trials) visited Scapa Flow (2nd August 2017) and had helicopter landings on her fight deck.
Furious is certainly an interesting and famous ship. I can't imagine trying to maneuver a Sopwith Pup onto a pitching wooden deck. The new Queen Elizabeth class is also an interesting design, and it is appropriate that she be there to celebrate the centenary of Squadron Commander Dunning's landing.
Good video, but UA-cam kept showing me weird Unicorn videos in my recommendations for 2 months.....
Sorry! unintended consequence.
No worries, I enjoyed your video very much!
Tokisaki Kurumi - That's what happened immediately when I viewed this video - all but two of the sixteen recommendations below the description were about unicorns and NONE of them were produced by the History Guy. I have a (happy) habit of watching several History Guy videos one right after another, sometimes for over an hour...
I just doomed my self ;-;
Were they being ridden by a wizard and shooting rainbows out of their nose?
I have watched every video you have ever made. The best advice I could ever give you is go back and watch Walter conkright in his glory and you will pull yourself up to the top
Good animal to know for crossword puzzles. They appear there more frequently, by far, than in real life.
It is amazing how God creates animals similarly, but still unique.
thank you for this history of the Ocapi
yet another great video
The unicorn on the Royal Crest comes from Scotland (it's our national animal) not England.
The Columbus Ohio zoo has one of two of these animals, tucked away in the furthest reaches of the zoo. I never knew how rare the animals were until this video
If history teachers in high school and beyond, taught the subject as H.G does, history classes would be standing room only.! 👍
3:08 Dr. Livingstone I presume?
An artist would have been invaluable on those early expeditions to Africa (or anywhere else for that matter) as early photography required the subject to stand still for up to 20 minutes. This would have made wildlife photography impossible.
They were there.
FYI. That slouch hat with the rising sun badge in the background is on back to front. Only the left side is folded up, the right side NEVER is.
Dave Sisson good point. Was trying to display the badge.
The left side was folded to allow soldiers to shoulder arms. The hat is generally associated with Australian troops, but is actually an African bush hat. The story is that an old Africa hand commanded a British Volunteer Battalion during the 2nd Boer War and equipped them with bush hats. They were bivouacked with Australian troops who took a liking to the hats. Next morning, the Volunteers couldn't find their hats, but the Australians were all wearing something suspiciously like them. The rising sun badge is based on a plaque made of bayonets now displayed in the Department of Defence foyer in Canberra.
I have found a watercolour signed " Harry Johnston" dated 1921. Ive had it cleaned and I wonder if there is anybody collecting his art...the picture was found in a recycle shop in Northern N.S.W.
Cool find! He was an interesting fellow. If you are willing, I’d love to see a picture of it.
no worries, I have one on my phone but will just need to find someone for help to post it.. @@TheHistoryGuyChannel
The unicorn is the heraldic symbol of Scotland and was joined to the English Lion after James 1st and 6th became King of England and Scotland following the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
Okapis are such beautiful creatures that need to be protected!
That was extraordinarily interesting.
Excellent once again. Two points: epoch not epic; second syllable rhymes with 'lock'. Also discovered by westerners as I'm sure the locals would express surprise at being told they didn't know about it.
Love your stuff
I thought the okapi was extinct. Bless you for educating me!
I believe you are thinking of the Quagga
One of your most amazing and surprising episodes. I am working in East Africa and though you were talking about the "Dik-Dik" initially. So many amazing creatures here and even today, I have two friends down with malaria as we work here just like the protagonists in your episode. Very nice to hear this history that resounds decades and centuries later.
When you said ''Unicorn', I immediately thought 'Rhinoceros', as in the biblical sense, but was delighted to learn I was wrong.😃
Fascinating (Spock voice).
I would be interested in a video about the Miller 101 Ranch out of Ponca City OK. This channel is great, thanks.
Their is a mutation with deer that can make their two antlers grow out of their head come out as one single antler resembling the horn of a unicorn. This mutation is extremely rare, but it does happen. So as to the question of wether or not unicorns exist or not, the answer would be, sometimes.
Good one, History Guy.
I have to disagree that the Okapi was the last major mammal discovered on the continent of Africa, as the Mountain Gorilla (specifically _Gorilla beringei)_ was discovered a year later in 1902 by Captain Friedrich Robert von Beringe, an officer in the German Army. Unless you are drawing a distinction between primate and all other mammals.
I think he might mean seperate species??? The were other types of apes discovered before..?
Consider doing a piece on Thomas Francis Maher. He had an amazing life as an Irish then an American patriot.
I want to hear about the employment of local staff aspect of Johnston.
I had never heard of one of these.
Never heard of this animal fascinating
Saw the article on the News-Democrat about you and your lovely wife. Why not put the link here so others will know how you built this amazing channel. It's a tale worth remembering.
Unicorns were real. but they lived in South east Asia. Most probably a small Deer though. a Single Horn would be perfect for navigating in Jungle's with thick foliage and Vines.
Humans do like to kill things though
the Greeks called it the Indian Horse.
I think its already been mentioned, but if you look in the bible, you will find both the unicorn and the bicorn mentioned. They refer of course to what we call the two species of rhinoceri. One with two horns and the other with only one. Where the rainbow tinged horse came from, I've no idea at this point.
Great video as usual.
Just .. Please .. Do not use the phrase "most unique".. Something is either unique as in " one of a kind", or it is not...no modifiers allowed.
Like Deja Vu all over again
October 19th of next year marks 400 years since the beginning of slavery in the Americas, you should do a video on the topic.
Maybe if you asked him he might.
you should do one on gunslingers
Steve Capps I have done a few episodes on the Wild West. ua-cam.com/play/PLSnt4mJGJfGjsRc1-OGew_L9SHpfcOKXu.html
As ridiculous as it sounds, the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
so interesting, educational, so fucking captivating (copy/paste onto every single video on this channel)
Less well known: The exhaustion of guano supplies inspired and fueled the phosphate mining boom in Florida, 1889-1914.
Ancient horses had toes ...? What, like the way wolves and tigers have toes...? Picture that ! ..
.... probably for running through grass and grasslands... and then maybe evolve to hooves for harder types of terrain ?
TheKais
Thank you for explaining that.. that's pretty interesting.
Ronnie Boswell
This is true and they could even talk and say things like Wilbur..
Thanks for the show that is partially on nature.
I hope that you can do more shows on nature,the anti poachers & pro nature humans.
Wow, in deepest darkest Africa, you say? Is the jungle very dense there?
Hello History Guy. As your usual - most captivating video.
A request: please do not use the invalid term: most unique. Unique means one of a kind; not rare.
I wonder if Johnston ever saw a Narwhal?
Cool
Its always so incredible to find well learned and intelligent people that accept the millions of years belief. When science has clearly shown that any creatures makeup is locked in its DNA. There is ni evolution. Only the capability for adaptation...built into its DNA.
However, it is impossible for species identity to be found in DNA of sexually reproducing organisms. Beyond the problem of, for example, more than 70 trillion distinct chromosomal combinations from a single human mating pair, if species identity were in DNA then species formation would be fully reversible. The inescapable conclusion is that species identity must somehow be passed through non-Mendelian inheritance. We now know DNA is not a blueprint, it is an instruction manual.
The Australian Slouch hat on the glass skull is on backwards.
It takes more faith to believe the theory of evolution than creationism. Science doesn't back up evolution.
Where did you get all the hats you have on display behind you?
Interesting. I was expecting it to be a Rino. The reason why is because I've read that when the KJV Bible refers to the unicorn they were talking about what we now call the Rino. Guess I need to look up the animal this video is about.
Have you ever considered composing an anthology of your scripts as I am sure that it would be well received? BTW are you a doctor or a professor?
if memory serves, didnt the interior of north america pose the same mystery? that Lewis and Clark might find dinosaurs roaming the great plains
Not sure if you're being facetious.. I thought the concept of dinosaurs did not exist until the fossils or bones of them had actually been discovered much later.
www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/fossils.htm "President Jefferson and Meriwether Lewis cannot really be considered naive for thinking that mammoths or mastodons (which had been discovered) might still exist in the West." Their primary goal was finding a water route to the pacific, hence the reason they took the longest hardest route up the Mississippi river, second was establishing sovereignty over the territory by contacting local tribes leaving medals. they also intending for the tribes to stop warring with each other and hunt furs for us company like Hudson Bay did up north.
mark burkdoll
Mark okay I got you now... mastodons make sense.... for some reason I was picturing T-Rexes and pterodactyls and all that.
As a kid growing up in Africa, I always came across some fantastic species of insect knowing that it quite likely had never been named or discovered. Too bad I didn't have a camera, as if I would have thought to use it.
How about Sir John Monash of the AIF
All that killing by a bunch of mindless poachers, so tragic.
Did you know that the United States had to side wheel aircraft carriers during world war II? They were used for training pilots. The USS Sable and the USS Wolverine. The Sable was made from the SS Greater Buffalo, Both my parents work on the Buffalo. George Bush senior crashed his plane flying off the Sable.
@yan chang USS Wolverine converted from the SS Seeandbee in 1942 a side wheel cruise ship and the SS Greater Buffalo cruise ship was converted to the USS Sable. Both were used as training carriers. You can get more info on the net about these.
Yay silver play button day
Orix with missing horn.
How about John Wetherill, A rainbow frozen in stone, and the last discovery of the Southwestern United States?