Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Did you know the rhinoceros and horse are related? Or that the elephant and hippopotamus aren’t (relatively speaking)?
---
Subscribe to stay up to date with The Archive: youtube.com/channel/UCweDKPSF65wRw5VHFUJYiow?sub_confirmation=1
Sometimes, you can tell if two animals are related just by looking at them. It’s no surprise dogs and wolves share a common ancestor, or that squirrels and chipmunks are in the same family. But occasionally, two different species share a close relation which stretches the mind. So, let’s take a look at the animals you’d never guess are related.
0:00 Intro
0:24 Rhinos and Horses (& Tapirs)
1:35 Seals and Bears
2:14 Dolphins and Hippos (& Whales)
2:45 Elephants and Rock Hyraxes
3:37 Echidna and Platypus
4:10 Giraffe and Pronghorn Antelope
4:49 Jellyfish and Coral
5:29 Outro
Sources:
Horses and Rhinos - Elaine Kasmer: nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/what-horses-rhinos-have-common-ancestor-india-n253026
Seals and Bears: animaldiversity.org/accounts/Caniformia/classification
Dolphins and Hippos - Lei Chen: nature.com/articles/s41421-022-00483-2
Elephants and Rock Hyraxes: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/rock-hyrax
Echidna and Platypus: https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-monotreme/
Giraffe and Pronghorn Antelope - Riley Black: nationalgeographic.com/science/article/where-the-deer-and-giraffoids-play
Jellyfish and Coral: britannica.com/animal/cnidarian
Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary and social satire.
I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
♫ Beauty Flow Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 ♫
#CuriousArchive #Biology #AnimalRelatives
Did you know the rhinoceros and horse are related? Or that the elephant and hippopotamus aren’t (relatively speaking)?
---
Subscribe to stay up to date with The Archive: youtube.com/channel/UCweDKPSF65wRw5VHFUJYiow?sub_confirmation=1
Sometimes, you can tell if two animals are related just by looking at them. It’s no surprise dogs and wolves share a common ancestor, or that squirrels and chipmunks are in the same family. But occasionally, two different species share a close relation which stretches the mind. So, let’s take a look at the animals you’d never guess are related.
0:00 Intro
0:24 Rhinos and Horses (& Tapirs)
1:35 Seals and Bears
2:14 Dolphins and Hippos (& Whales)
2:45 Elephants and Rock Hyraxes
3:37 Echidna and Platypus
4:10 Giraffe and Pronghorn Antelope
4:49 Jellyfish and Coral
5:29 Outro
Sources:
Horses and Rhinos - Elaine Kasmer: nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/what-horses-rhinos-have-common-ancestor-india-n253026
Seals and Bears: animaldiversity.org/accounts/Caniformia/classification
Dolphins and Hippos - Lei Chen: nature.com/articles/s41421-022-00483-2
Elephants and Rock Hyraxes: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/rock-hyrax
Echidna and Platypus: https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-monotreme/
Giraffe and Pronghorn Antelope - Riley Black: nationalgeographic.com/science/article/where-the-deer-and-giraffoids-play
Jellyfish and Coral: britannica.com/animal/cnidarian
Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary and social satire.
I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
♫ Beauty Flow Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 ♫
#CuriousArchive #Biology #AnimalRelatives
