What is this Hippo Carriage? - History

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  • čas přidán 20. 01. 2022
  • In this video, we take a quick look at the history behind a common internet meme.
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    [1] Aubry, Lisa. "When The Circus Came To Town." Redlands Community News, 3 Jan 2020.
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    [5] "Lotus--the Blood-Sweating Hippo." Calexico Chronicle, Volume XXII, Number 176, 12 March 1926. cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CC1926031...
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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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Komentáře • 189

  • @Prototheria
    @Prototheria Před 2 lety +129

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

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess Před 2 lety +8

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

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @nmwinrich89
      @nmwinrich89 Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany Před 2 lety

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

    • @SMF314
      @SMF314 Před rokem

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

  • @hamslicemcdooogle8080
    @hamslicemcdooogle8080 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +52

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

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @Gerelos
    @Gerelos Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +5

      >not having a shit shield
      ok pleb

    • @WK-47
      @WK-47 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +28

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

  • @Mr.internet.Lag.
    @Mr.internet.Lag. Před 2 lety +10

    Hippo lore video finally

  • @Eli-dd5jc
    @Eli-dd5jc Před 2 lety +4

    That's the Whippopotamus

  • @Archdukeofswol
    @Archdukeofswol Před 2 lety +11

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

  • @jeremy7372
    @jeremy7372 Před 2 lety +5

    pull up in the whippopotomous

  • @canag0d
    @canag0d Před 2 lety +14

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

  • @rukathehamsteratwork8896
    @rukathehamsteratwork8896 Před 2 lety +24

    Interesting ! 😯
    I’ve been watching CZcams 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 Před 2 lety +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.
      czcams.com/video/9wyhhxOZazI/video.html

    • @rukathehamsteratwork8896
      @rukathehamsteratwork8896 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      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.czcams.com/video/7BH2CqE5mNQ/video.html

  • @veleouria
    @veleouria Před 2 lety +10

    I love you lotus your memory lives on

  • @SoiBoi_Kelda1059
    @SoiBoi_Kelda1059 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @wartrix6046
    @wartrix6046 Před 2 lety +7

    Fire of Learning only asks the most important questions.

  • @kleonymos5726
    @kleonymos5726 Před 2 lety +5

    Hippocarting

  • @iamnubb_
    @iamnubb_ Před rokem +2

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

  • @diegoarmando5489
    @diegoarmando5489 Před 2 lety +9

    I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.

    • @kleonymos5726
      @kleonymos5726 Před 2 lety +10

      Will be your last Christmas

    • @jasondaveries9716
      @jasondaveries9716 Před 2 lety +3

      love your username

    • @bettyschneider5268
      @bettyschneider5268 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @Jose-xh5qb
      @Jose-xh5qb Před 2 lety +2

      @@bettyschneider5268 there is 🦛

    • @bettyschneider5268
      @bettyschneider5268 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Nzosaba_Matenge
    @Nzosaba_Matenge Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @TheShveyn04
    @TheShveyn04 Před 2 lety +3

    Congratulations Mr. Learning. Looking forward for next video!

  • @brianlehmkuhl8162
    @brianlehmkuhl8162 Před 2 lety

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

  • @alaskansummertime
    @alaskansummertime Před 2 lety +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.

  • @invisiblejaguar1
    @invisiblejaguar1 Před 2 lety

    So happy you're back

  • @aliali-ce3yf
    @aliali-ce3yf Před 2 lety +2

    poor hippo shouldn't be forced to do that

  • @chrisqw5272
    @chrisqw5272 Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @wermthewerm
    @wermthewerm Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @twilightgardenspresentatio6384

    At least the beasts got to stretch their legs

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA Před 2 lety +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

  • @jaydaniel2145
    @jaydaniel2145 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @seanbecker1714
    @seanbecker1714 Před 2 lety +2

    Bruh we gotta bring back the Whippopotamus

  • @HUASHU03
    @HUASHU03 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @tsdocholiday8965
    @tsdocholiday8965 Před 2 lety +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  Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      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 Před 2 lety

      "History of Nations and Peoples"

  • @giorgos6099
    @giorgos6099 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @SpaceRodan
    @SpaceRodan Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @bartvink976
    @bartvink976 Před 2 lety

    very cool video again, thanks brother

  • @flonn5519
    @flonn5519 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @franklinpierce176
    @franklinpierce176 Před 2 lety +5

    I need it… right now.

    • @nygothuey6607
      @nygothuey6607 Před 2 lety

      Go back to being a terrible and also cursed president.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess Před 2 lety

      A man of culture, I see.

  • @BigScreamingBaby
    @BigScreamingBaby Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @curlyfries2956
    @curlyfries2956 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Squeam9750
    @Squeam9750 Před 2 lety +4

    Okay now that's interesting

  • @BerserkGorilla
    @BerserkGorilla Před 2 lety +2

    The whippopotamus

  • @ZigealFaust
    @ZigealFaust Před 2 lety +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?"

  • @ihatethisaccount2774
    @ihatethisaccount2774 Před 2 lety +1

    Your best video

  • @kaos7186
    @kaos7186 Před 2 lety +2

    Da hippo whip⁉️🥶

  • @mastershake8018
    @mastershake8018 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @EireHammer
    @EireHammer Před 2 lety

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

  • @thelemoninfa7506
    @thelemoninfa7506 Před 2 lety

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

  • @emmanuelledaavila8321
    @emmanuelledaavila8321 Před 2 lety +2

    This is awesome and odd enough as pickles on a burger

  • @erzsblasfantaven3334
    @erzsblasfantaven3334 Před 2 lety +2

    what da hippo doin?

  • @pavelmachytka5604
    @pavelmachytka5604 Před 2 lety +1

    I SWEAR i saw that image Right before this video.

  • @karetsin265
    @karetsin265 Před 2 lety

    this video was in my recommended for like 1 year

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 Před 2 lety

    Now I’ve seen everything!

  • @fales2109
    @fales2109 Před rokem

    road done so sloppy almost crashed the whippopotamus

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 Před 2 lety

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

  • @reverse_thursday
    @reverse_thursday Před rokem

    Road dome so sloppy I almost crashed the whippopotamus

  • @vquill3927
    @vquill3927 Před 2 lety

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

  • @416loren
    @416loren Před 2 lety

    2:58 Did you sat TIME Magazine?

  • @kitzilmasked7374
    @kitzilmasked7374 Před 2 lety +1

    we always ride hippos in my country

  • @Tyrexthecreaturedesigner

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

  • @mikasantiagoable
    @mikasantiagoable Před 2 lety

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

  • @TilliginMusicandGaming
    @TilliginMusicandGaming Před 2 lety +1

    I see you for what you really Are!!!

  • @jessicaschoonmaker2073

    Yess

  • @JAGzilla-ur3lh
    @JAGzilla-ur3lh Před 2 lety +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.

  • @abraxas365
    @abraxas365 Před rokem

    It's the newest Twisted Metal character!

  • @robertarguello1115
    @robertarguello1115 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @ScampiTheSighted
      @ScampiTheSighted Před 2 lety

      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

  • @diebesgrab
    @diebesgrab Před 2 lety

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

  • @BillyWitchDoctorDotCom

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

  • @CwL-1984
    @CwL-1984 Před 2 lety

    I want one

  • @ermenher8381
    @ermenher8381 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @blankstride7634
    @blankstride7634 Před 2 lety

    The history of the whippopotamus

  • @coltinglovich4096
    @coltinglovich4096 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @bubbadoes6225
    @bubbadoes6225 Před 2 lety

    Such a cute hippo

  • @babutler1607
    @babutler1607 Před 2 lety +1

    Dripped out 🦛

  • @Alfonzo_the_Marine_Iguana

    Hippos can live between forty and fifty years in captivity.

  • @miamidolphinsfan
    @miamidolphinsfan Před 2 lety +1

    Time or Life magazine ???

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 Před 2 lety +1

    Hippomobile

  • @dunkcsa9780
    @dunkcsa9780 Před 2 lety

    " What is this hippo carriage?" Epic...epic is what it is

  • @thepokeybird
    @thepokeybird Před 2 lety +1

    Whippopotamus

  • @Urlocallordandsavior
    @Urlocallordandsavior Před 2 lety

    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?

  • @Mikefantasia22
    @Mikefantasia22 Před 2 lety

    Justin,
    What's going on? Long gone are the glory days of ( the history of ) Rome, and other such titles in your library.
    What's going in with the channel?

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  Před 2 lety +1

      I admit, my health has unfortunately gotten in the way of my productivity for the past year or so.
      I have a classic history of nations and peoples coming out this week though, in the form of Spain part 3. I am thinking of taking on another special HNP project this year as well.

    • @Mikefantasia22
      @Mikefantasia22 Před 2 lety

      @@Fireoflearning had no idea you had health issues man. That's terrible to hear. You were far and away my favorite History CZcamsr for quite some time.
      I fell asleep to your History of Ireland last night.
      I hope things improve, Justin. I truly miss your old content.

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  Před 2 lety +1

      @@Mikefantasia22 Thank you! The support from my viewers, especially viewers like you who I see quite often, is what keeps me going. I hope you will find tonight's video similar enough to my old content.

    • @Mikefantasia22
      @Mikefantasia22 Před 2 lety

      @@Fireoflearning awesome. I look forward to it.

  • @vitriolicAmaranth
    @vitriolicAmaranth Před 2 lety

    RICARDOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @raider2537
    @raider2537 Před 2 lety

    Have you considered doing Greek mytho story’s?

  • @jimgill19770
    @jimgill19770 Před 2 lety

    Poor hippo

  • @tanjoy0205
    @tanjoy0205 Před 2 lety

    That would be the highest hippo power form of transport .

  • @madambrianne
    @madambrianne Před 2 lety

    Do a documentary on St. Valentine's day

  • @ianrodabaugh4674
    @ianrodabaugh4674 Před 2 lety

    Ah yes, the Whippopotamus

  • @oscargarciarey6355
    @oscargarciarey6355 Před 2 lety

    What happened to your Instagram account?

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  Před 2 lety

      I deleted it

    • @oscargarciarey6355
      @oscargarciarey6355 Před 2 lety

      @@Fireoflearning Why?

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  Před 2 lety

      @@oscargarciarey6355 I disliked the website and did not feel continuing my account would benefit my channel. I also distrust social media

  • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869

    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

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee Před 2 lety

    Hippo shit everywhere.
    Everywhere

  • @Darksmirk1
    @Darksmirk1 Před 2 lety

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

  • @jtgd
    @jtgd Před 2 lety

    I want a Rhino carriage

  • @lovelememes6694
    @lovelememes6694 Před 2 lety

    The Whippopotamus

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 Před 2 lety

    Participate in the nitrogen cycle🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @LegendIke
    @LegendIke Před 2 lety

    Please do war of roses some day

  • @1lps1
    @1lps1 Před 2 lety

  • @ducksinarowpatience3670

    🥺

  • @Vincent-nd3pj
    @Vincent-nd3pj Před 2 lety

    Hippo on a stone

  • @Breatheairmyguy
    @Breatheairmyguy Před 2 lety

    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

  • @bradabar2012
    @bradabar2012 Před 2 lety

    The More You Know...