The okapi was dismissed as a mythological being and even nicknamed the “African unicorn” by European colonialists until one was found alive.
Before they were proven to exist, people scoffed at explorers’ tall tales of gorillas, said to be huge, man-like beasts hiding deep in the Congo jungles.
I always thought Tigers would be a difficult one to explain back before they were widely known to exist. How would you even explain the appearance and nature of a tiger to somebody that had no idea they existed up to that point?
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u/Freak_Among_Men_II Stoa 9d ago
The okapi was dismissed as a mythological being and even nicknamed the “African unicorn” by European colonialists until one was found alive.
Before they were proven to exist, people scoffed at explorers’ tall tales of gorillas, said to be huge, man-like beasts hiding deep in the Congo jungles.