This reminds me of the Mokele Mbembe stories. Supposedly also huge and incredibly elusive. The local people insist it's real but undiscovered by scientists.
Difference is that Mokele Mbembe is almost 100% fake and is just elephant or rhino and locals keep the story of "elusive sauropod" so researchers will come and spend money.
@@tobiasedwards2643 it didn’t cause this “fun fact” didn’t happen. No okapi has ever walked on a Tarzan movie set. No Tarzan movie has ever been recorded in the DRC. Not even one scene of any Tarzan film was filmed in the DRC. And the DRC is the only country where the okapi lives. So this is just a classic internet “fact” told by someone based on nothing just for attention. Also wouldn’t it be really strange that researchers who dedicate their life to finding these creatures never find one but a random loud Hollywood crew with flashy cameras and hundreds of people on set just randomly stumbled upon one? Yeah sure buddy…
One large elusive animal I highly recommend for you to do would be the Saola. Also known as the Asian unicorn, it lives in the mountains of Laos and Vietnam, and despite looking very much like an antelope, part of the bovid family, or what is traditionally cows and buffaloes. Very few has been seen, it never survives long in captivity, and is critically endangered. Highly recommended
Great video. The snow leopard is also incredibly elusive. I read a book called the Snow Leopard by Peter Matthieson about a big expedition to find one and get it on camera. The closest they got was finding some scat and maybe a footprint or two.
@@BudgellFundraising they were at the london zoo and the enclosure sizes were just not suitable. they were displaying so many signs of zoochosis it was heart breaking :/
This is such a good episode, amazing how they can keep themselves hidden. It makes you wonder about other animals that are generally thought of, with dedicated observers. Perhaps they are right about the thylacine.
Ok I’m gonna settle this once and for all. This guy makes the best animal videos in the world, it’s like he literally knows everything about animals, such a good content creator 10%10
Thanks i really appreciate it but i don't think anybody knows everything about animals. I just do a lot of research for the videos and i'm glad it's noticed :)
I simply love that your first choice is the Okapi - the first animal I thought of when you started the video... Oh, and of course I love all your content - how are your Channas? As I have had aquariums on and off for the last 45 years, I think the fish videos were wonderful!
I was in Uganda in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Woke up and saw an entire family of giant forest hogs down the hill at a river. Unfortunately when I wanted to grab my camera they were gone. However when I was on a boat floating through the river later that day I saw two of them again and I mentioned to get them on camera. That’s one of the rarest animals I’ve ever seen in the wild.
I was expecting Saola (Asian unicorn) to be on this list since I believe it was the last big mammal that was discovered. But it might be in a future video if you decide to make another one of these. Otherwise it's a great video as always, keep it up!
I can attest to the malayan tapirs allusiveness, theres 2 living around our conservation nursery and even after 2 years we still havent seen them, only footprints
I have a new video idea 4 animals that mix with other species groups Wildebeest and zebras Penguins and elephant seals Elk and bison Vultures and hyenas
Australian black panthers would have to be up there no one can seem to get a photograph of then or a look at them for more then a few seconds but swear they are here
In my neighborhood rats and deer are rare to see, so are the most scary spiders I see in my house. I learned something from this video, the Malayan Tapir is very heavy and is the biggest of the tapir species.
Shit, I always thought the American Tapir was the bigger one. I had the privilege to see a Tapir swimming and walking out of the water when going from camp to Angel Falls, it was amazing. It’s one of those animals that if you get to see in the wild, you immediately know you got lucky.
I know a guy in Costa Rica who has a license to hunt tapir and he said they are illusive and unpredictable. The ultimate quarry, and the best chance you get to bag one is when they go "romping" which is a territorial dominance campaign where they decide to seek and destroy anything in their area they don't like
Okapi are hunted by the natives as a rite of passage. The rear markings are as fingerprints as no one is exactly the same. The rear is preserved as a sash.
There are populations of elk in the US which are only rarely seen, or only seen at certain times of year. It's remarkable because they weigh a 1100 pounds (80 stone). lol
Well you have clearly missed a certain giant creature whose name they only say in hushed whispers. It is said to be absolutely massive, voluminous enough to fill an entire classroom or a pool. There are no records of its weight, yet it is said that the ground trembles with every step it takes. It also is said to have the appetite of entire communities its feeding leaves massive swaths of land ransacked and desolate. Having a roar so loud it can be heard for miles. Its fear is said to keep even tigers at an alert. Yet scarcely anyone claims to have caught a glance of the creature, that's because it's said that anyone who does never makes it alive. There is but one recorded instance of a man claiming to have seen the creature an old man mauled beyond recognition on the brink of death, when asked what did this to him whispered only one word, the creature's name "Yomama".
@@altoncadle3348 he said that the Malayan tapir is the only tapir that isn’t from Central and South America and it is the other three species are only found in Central and South America and in prehistoric times there were tapirs in North America
Fun fact , The Tapir is believed to be the inspiration for the Baku , A yokai from Japanese Folklore that eats Dreams
Tsuki uploads regularly but its always high quality content
I'm glad that it's appreciated :)
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That’s true🙂🙂
Strange sentence
This reminds me of the Mokele Mbembe stories. Supposedly also huge and incredibly elusive. The local people insist it's real but undiscovered by scientists.
Difference is that Mokele Mbembe is almost 100% fake and is just elephant or rhino and locals keep the story of "elusive sauropod" so researchers will come and spend money.
Problem with Mokele Mbembe is that we would have found footprints, trampled vegetation, and ginormous piles of s%# if it was a sauropod dinosaur
it was largely shaped by the import of knowledge and pictures about dinosaurs from european conquerors
Fun Fact: After it's initial discovery, researchers thought the Okapi had gone extinct, until one had walked onto the set of a Tarzan movie. 😅
I hope it got screen time.😂
@tobiasedwards2643 It received royalties too.
@@TEAMSTERLOCAL282NYC cool
😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
@@tobiasedwards2643 it didn’t cause this “fun fact” didn’t happen. No okapi has ever walked on a Tarzan movie set. No Tarzan movie has ever been recorded in the DRC. Not even one scene of any Tarzan film was filmed in the DRC. And the DRC is the only country where the okapi lives. So this is just a classic internet “fact” told by someone based on nothing just for attention.
Also wouldn’t it be really strange that researchers who dedicate their life to finding these creatures never find one but a random loud Hollywood crew with flashy cameras and hundreds of people on set just randomly stumbled upon one? Yeah sure buddy…
One large elusive animal I highly recommend for you to do would be the Saola. Also known as the Asian unicorn, it lives in the mountains of Laos and Vietnam, and despite looking very much like an antelope, part of the bovid family, or what is traditionally cows and buffaloes. Very few has been seen, it never survives long in captivity, and is critically endangered. Highly recommended
Just googled it and it seems very interesting, it’s crazy that it was only discovered in the 90’s!
This channel is probably my favourite on RUclips. So much effort goes into these. Keep doing what you're doing❤
Thank you i really appreciate it and i'll keep them coming :)
i agreee!
Great video. The snow leopard is also incredibly elusive. I read a book called the Snow Leopard by Peter Matthieson about a big expedition to find one and get it on camera. The closest they got was finding some scat and maybe a footprint or two.
awesome vid, love it. Its good you are covering these amazing creatures
Thanks i really appreciate the support :)
i also love the naming scheme, the elusive-the mysterious and the striking. Sounds like a team
i’ve seen an okapi and never expected them to be so massive! they’re truly magnificent creatures though they were absolutely miserable.
Miserable why?
@@BudgellFundraising they were at the london zoo and the enclosure sizes were just not suitable. they were displaying so many signs of zoochosis it was heart breaking :/
allways sad when there is only like a few thousend individuals left :( AND the tapir is cute
Tsuki if you do a part two, PLEASE talk about the Saola! The Asian Unicorn.
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Who Are The Strongest Creatures Of ASEAN~?!
[ Category : Mammal ]
-Burmese Tiger(Myanmar)
-Bengal Tiger(Cambodia)
-Indo Tiger(Indonesia)
-Indo Rhino(Indonesia)
-Malay Rhino(Malaysia)
-Giant Orangutan(Malay&Thai)
-Dwarf Orangutan(Indonesia)
-Lighter Leopard(Myanmar)
-Stone Wild Cat(Thai)
-Asiatic Chamois(Thai)
-Asiatic Wild Dog(Thai)
-Asiatic Tapir(Myanmar)
-Asian Elephant(Thai&Laos)
-Asiatic Black Bear(Thai)
-Sun Bear(Thai&Malaysia)
[ Category : Fish ]
-Swordfish(Singapore)
-Rice Field Eel(Cambodia)
-Rice Field Catfish(Laos)
-Freshwater Stingray(Laos)
-Bull Titan Trigger Fish(Thai)
-Snakehead Fish(Thai)
[ Category : Bird ]
-Harpy Eagle(Philippine)
-Asiatic Heron(Vietnam)
-Asiatic Parrot(Brunei)
-Indo Parrot(Indonesia)
-Indo Quail(Indonesia)
-Siamese Pheasant(Thai)
-Burmese Peacock(Myanmar)
-Burmese Owl(Myanmar)
-Ghost Owl(Cambodia)
[ Category : Reptile ]
-Ramree Crocodile(Myanmar)
-Siamese Crocodile(Thai)
-Burmese Python(Python)
-Rice Field Turtle(Vietnam)
-Komodo Dragon(Indonesia)
-Water Monitor(Thai)
-Flying Lizard(Thai)
-False Gharial(Malaysia)
[ Category : Prehistoric ]
-Gigantopithecus(Indonesia)
-Dinopithecus(Myanmar)
-Andrewsarchus(Thai)
-Entelodontidae(Cambodia)
-Hyaenodon(Laos)
-Cave Hyena(Myanmar)
-Deinotherium(Laos)
-Stegodon(Cambodia)
-Palaeoloxodon(Myanmar)
-Stegosaurids(Cambodia)
-Spinosaurids(Malaysia)
-Ichthyovenator(Laos)
-Siamosaurus(Thai)
-Chalawan Thailandicus(Thai)
I think he already did a video about them
I was gonna say how’d the Malayan tapar get Asia and not the saola
Great video!
Tapirs are some of my favorite mammals.
Never heard of the Giant Forest Hog before watching this video.
Latin name: Pumbaanus Magnus Hispidus, or translated in english, a big bristly Pumbaa.
Amazing Video! :)
Can you do animals only known from 1-3 specimens? Also congrats for 100 K subscribers!
The African Forest Elephant is quite elusive as well as the Bongo Antelope!
This is such a good episode, amazing how they can keep themselves hidden. It makes you wonder about other animals that are generally thought of, with dedicated observers. Perhaps they are right about the thylacine.
Ok I’m gonna settle this once and for all. This guy makes the best animal videos in the world, it’s like he literally knows everything about animals, such a good content creator 10%10
Thanks i really appreciate it but i don't think anybody knows everything about animals. I just do a lot of research for the videos and i'm glad it's noticed :)
@@TsukiCove same here
Can't wait for you to get a checkmark, I've been watching since you had less than 30k subs
You've been here a long time :)
8:06 the giant Arnie may not seem elusive, but turn your back for one second and he’ll be across the country
turn your back and he will eat your lunch
What a fascinating vide!!! Thank you!
I simply love that your first choice is the Okapi - the first animal I thought of when you started the video...
Oh, and of course I love all your content - how are your Channas? As I have had aquariums on and off for the last 45 years, I think the fish videos were wonderful!
It appears that every animal in Africa and Malaysia are endangered. Most distressing. Thank for another great video.
I was in Uganda in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Woke up and saw an entire family of giant forest hogs down the hill at a river. Unfortunately when I wanted to grab my camera they were gone. However when I was on a boat floating through the river later that day I saw two of them again and I mentioned to get them on camera. That’s one of the rarest animals I’ve ever seen in the wild.
Aha the African unicorn (Okapi). I really hope to see one in the wild one day. It would be one of the ultimate wildlife watching goals
Thanks for the insights it’s always good to know what is happening with nature😮🙌🏾🤓
You could do a part two that includes SE Asian forest elephants, deep water beaked whales, and Siberian tigers.
this animal look very cool
Bigfoot enthusiasts: So you’re saying there’s a chance?
Never heard of Okapi before , very cool
What about the alaskan moose, one second you see them, the next they are gone, they camouflage to well
I love the okapi
I was expecting Saola (Asian unicorn) to be on this list since I believe it was the last big mammal that was discovered. But it might be in a future video if you decide to make another one of these. Otherwise it's a great video as always, keep it up!
The baby tapir is so cute!
My local zoo in Bristol, UK actually had both Tapir’s and Okapi’s for quite a long time
The American antelope. Is also related The ocopy and the giraffe.
Very factual and informative video Tsuki uploads😲🙂👍. Learning so much 🙂.
I can attest to the malayan tapirs allusiveness, theres 2 living around our conservation nursery and even after 2 years we still havent seen them, only footprints
Hello
hey hey :)
I just recently learned about the giant armadillo and I believe they believe a spot on this list ~
There should be an Okapi Pokémon
Wonderful videio
Great docu/video very interesting and informative.
Recently, a malayan Tapir was found running in Singapore. Probably stranded one or swam across from Malaysia.
Brilliant channel ❤ Thanks
Excellent video 😊
Okapis are hard to spot in the wild because they're striped.
Who else thinks Tsuki uploading more frequently with shorter videos kinda took a toll on the quality?
Good video editing.
I have a new video idea
4 animals that mix with other species groups
Wildebeest and zebras
Penguins and elephant seals
Elk and bison
Vultures and hyenas
Man I never knew tapirs could get that chonk
Hey Tsuki, I have another request for you
3 African animals that would destroy Australian ecosystems
The first animal is pronounced
O- COP- EE just to help out a bit, and thank you for the video, and keep up the great work ❤
Fun fact!: pronghorns are more closely related to giraffes and okapis than others deer goats or antelopes!!
Also great video!!
Baby Malayan tapir livery was recently shared on a foal zebra and probably highlights the genetic relationship between perissodactyls.
Have you done a top 5 cryptids? Would be fun for April fools!
Australian black panthers would have to be up there no one can seem to get a photograph of then or a look at them for more then a few seconds but swear they are here
If an animal lives in the density of the jungle, it is hard to fight despite its size, who would have though? xD
In my neighborhood rats and deer are rare to see, so are the most scary spiders I see in my house. I learned something from this video, the Malayan Tapir is very heavy and is the biggest of the tapir species.
Shit, I always thought the American Tapir was the bigger one. I had the privilege to see a Tapir swimming and walking out of the water when going from camp to Angel Falls, it was amazing. It’s one of those animals that if you get to see in the wild, you immediately know you got lucky.
Malayan Tapirs have always been adorable to me like a panda and a pig had a baby.
i have seen all of these in zoos, i really appriceiate this opertunity, helping breeding programs and not damaging the natral habbitat
Save the Okapi!
I know a guy in Costa Rica who has a license to hunt tapir and he said they are illusive and unpredictable. The ultimate quarry, and the best chance you get to bag one is when they go "romping" which is a territorial dominance campaign where they decide to seek and destroy anything in their area they don't like
My local zoo keeps Okapis. There is a captive breeding program. They are fascinating, and surprisingly graceful.
Okapis in native tribal captivity feature in the Rhonda Fleming film Odongo.
Isn't the american pronghorn a member of the giraffe family who Isn't a giraffe?
No they are not part of the giraffe family. Their closest relatives are giraffes but the pronghorn is in the family Antilocapridae
My local zoo had a pair of Malayan tapirs several years ago
Although you alluded to one of them at the end, I'm surprised you didn't include pandas and bigfoot. Both very elusive and big.
Elusive sea animals would be a cool vid lol
Please do a part 2
My groundhogs!
Im a simple person
I see a tapir, i click lol
The most elusive creature in the world is Big Foot, lol
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Who Are The Strongest Creatures Of ASEAN~?!
[ Category : Mammal ]
-Burmese Tiger(Myanmar)
-Bengal Tiger(Cambodia)
-Indo Tiger(Indonesia)
-Indo Rhino(Indonesia)
-Malay Rhino(Malaysia)
-Giant Orangutan(Malay&Thai)
-Dwarf Orangutan(Indonesia)
-Lighter Leopard(Myanmar)
-Stone Wild Cat(Thai)
-Asiatic Chamois(Thai)
-Asiatic Wild Dog(Thai)
-Asiatic Tapir(Myanmar)
-Asian Elephant(Thai&Laos)
-Asiatic Black Bear(Thai)
-Sun Bear(Thai&Malaysia)
[ Category : Fish ]
-Swordfish(Singapore)
-Rice Field Eel(Cambodia)
-Rice Field Catfish(Laos)
-Freshwater Stingray(Laos)
-Bull Titan Trigger Fish(Thai)
-Snakehead Fish(Thai)
[ Category : Bird ]
-Harpy Eagle(Philippine)
-Asiatic Heron(Vietnam)
-Asiatic Parrot(Brunei)
-Indo Parrot(Indonesia)
-Indo Quail(Indonesia)
-Siamese Pheasant(Thai)
-Burmese Peacock(Myanmar)
-Burmese Owl(Myanmar)
-Ghost Owl(Cambodia)
[ Category : Reptile ]
-Ramree Crocodile(Myanmar)
-Siamese Crocodile(Thai)
-Burmese Python(Python)
-Rice Field Turtle(Vietnam)
-Komodo Dragon(Indonesia)
-Water Monitor(Thai)
-Flying Lizard(Thai)
-False Gharial(Malaysia)
[ Category : Prehistoric ]
-Gigantopithecus(Indonesia)
-Dinopithecus(Myanmar)
-Andrewsarchus(Thai)
-Entelodontidae(Cambodia)
-Hyaenodon(Laos)
-Cave Hyena(Myanmar)
-Deinotherium(Laos)
-Stegodon(Cambodia)
-Palaeoloxodon(Myanmar)
-Stegosaurids(Cambodia)
-Spinosaurids(Malaysia)
-Ichthyovenator(Laos)
-Siamosaurus(Thai)
-Chalawan Thailandicus(Thai)
The Eurasian lynx and the European wild cat are also very elusive.
Fantastic Video as Always! :) 👏👏👏👏👏👏 ❤❤❤❤ 💖💖💖💖
Bro so valid
How does bro have quantity and quality
Okapi are hunted by the natives as a rite of passage. The rear markings are as fingerprints as no one is exactly the same. The rear is preserved as a sash.
Hope these animals can be more protected and thrive
There are populations of elk in the US which are only rarely seen, or only seen at certain times of year. It's remarkable because they weigh a 1100 pounds (80 stone). lol
Well you have clearly missed a certain giant creature whose name they only say in hushed whispers. It is said to be absolutely massive, voluminous enough to fill an entire classroom or a pool. There are no records of its weight, yet it is said that the ground trembles with every step it takes. It also is said to have the appetite of entire communities its feeding leaves massive swaths of land ransacked and desolate. Having a roar so loud it can be heard for miles. Its fear is said to keep even tigers at an alert. Yet scarcely anyone claims to have caught a glance of the creature, that's because it's said that anyone who does never makes it alive. There is but one recorded instance of a man claiming to have seen the creature an old man mauled beyond recognition on the brink of death, when asked what did this to him whispered only one word, the creature's name "Yomama".
I’ve always wanted to know why the Malayan tapir isn’t in the Americas like the rest of them
You didn't say America he said south east Asia
@@altoncadle3348 he said that the Malayan tapir is the only tapir that isn’t from Central and South America and it is the other three species are only found in Central and South America and in prehistoric times there were tapirs in North America
Let's hope they all stay elusive, and as far from humans as possible, and survive the mess we are making of this planet
Elusive often times means endangered.
The Saola or Vietnamese antelope could be a good choice for this video.
Borneo Pygmy Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis)
Gaur (Bos gaurus hubbacki)
You should make a video on how African animals can destroy a American ecosystem
what about the aguara guazu?
Fun fact : giant Forest hot is called also giant forest horned pig or giant black forest pig
What's the third predator you mention for the tapir? Subtitles say Dolls, and that's what I hear as well, but it seems hard to search for.
Dholes, it's pronounced like doll but they're an asian wild canine
@@TsukiCove Thanks!
No shout out to the Giant squid?
Happiness is elusive
Big foot!!!
DOOOT
The further these animals stay away from people the safer they will be
Snow Leopard...?
You forgot platypus
the platypus is not a giant but it is a very interesting creature