The funniest examples of medieval European paintings where the artist had clearly never seen the animal before.

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Medieval European art of animals often looked… a little different from the realworld species. European texts and illuminated manuscripts from this period are full of hilarious attempts to depict of faroff species, so here’s a breakdown of some of the most inaccurate — and most amusing — examples.

0:00 Intro
0:38 Elephant
0:58 Hippopotamus
1:24 Giraffe
1:42 Hyena
2:07 Tiger
2:40 Ostrich
3:24 Pelican
3:53 Whale
4:17 Dolphin
4:31 Sea Turtle
4:56 Crocodile
5:22 Scorpion
5:45 ???
6:13 Outro

Sources:
Animals in Medieval Art Overview Melanie Holcomb: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bes...
Medieval Elephants: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscri...
Pelican Myth Anastasia Pineschi : https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/thepeli...

Most images from Wikimedia Commons

♫ Music credit to Hooksounds ♫

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