Weird at Last
Earth is home to many weird and strange creatures, some that seem too weird to be real. With so many oddities that we know to be real, why can we say that a few more exist? One such strange creature is the Okapi. Before it became officially recognized as an actual creature, the only evidence of its existence were tales told by early explorers. It was Sir Harry Johnston that found real evidence:
In 1900, during an expedition to the eastern edge of the Congo forests, he was able to obtain some bits of striped skin from an animal known locally as o'api. At the London Zoological Society the skin was identified as belonging to a new species of horse. Less than a year later, however, when Johnston acquired two skulls and a complete skin of the animal, he realized it was not a horse but was related to the giraffe, and he tentatively identified it as a member of the extinct genus Helladotherium. Further study …show more content…
These Australian animals were once considered cryptids, some even believing the creatures to be a hoax. One of the earliest reports of the platypus, from research done by B.K. Hall (1999), is from 1797 by naturalist Captain John Hunter. He was able to see one when a hunter caught it, he was able to create a drawing of the animal. It was only in 1799 when it got its scientific name, Platypus anatinus. It would seem weird if someone in today’s time said that this animal wasn’t real. People at the time had never really seen a large variety of animals outside of their own country. Modern people know better because we are taught about animals from all over the world and can see many different species in zoos. So why do people still think that crypids can’t really exist? With so many examples of weird animals that are seen on a daily basis it would be ignorant to say that sea serpents, giant animals and even Yetis have no chance of being
Earth is home to many weird and strange creatures, some that seem too weird to be real. With so many oddities that we know to be real, why can we say that a few more exist? One such strange creature is the Okapi. Before it became officially recognized as an actual creature, the only evidence of its existence were tales told by early explorers. It was Sir Harry Johnston that found real evidence:
In 1900, during an expedition to the eastern edge of the Congo forests, he was able to obtain some bits of striped skin from an animal known locally as o'api. At the London Zoological Society the skin was identified as belonging to a new species of horse. Less than a year later, however, when Johnston acquired two skulls and a complete skin of the animal, he realized it was not a horse but was related to the giraffe, and he tentatively identified it as a member of the extinct genus Helladotherium. Further study …show more content…
These Australian animals were once considered cryptids, some even believing the creatures to be a hoax. One of the earliest reports of the platypus, from research done by B.K. Hall (1999), is from 1797 by naturalist Captain John Hunter. He was able to see one when a hunter caught it, he was able to create a drawing of the animal. It was only in 1799 when it got its scientific name, Platypus anatinus. It would seem weird if someone in today’s time said that this animal wasn’t real. People at the time had never really seen a large variety of animals outside of their own country. Modern people know better because we are taught about animals from all over the world and can see many different species in zoos. So why do people still think that crypids can’t really exist? With so many examples of weird animals that are seen on a daily basis it would be ignorant to say that sea serpents, giant animals and even Yetis have no chance of being