Exotic Animals in Ancient Rome

You know something is messed up when even collosseum spectators start crying

Holy shit that depressed elephant art is something else...

imagine going to a circus and the opening act is them killing an elephant slowly and painfully

Sam at 3 am, hunched over and drawing himself in an elephant’s trunk: yes....perfect....

If only the Australians knew about those arrows.

my favorite animal related thing about ancient rome was how they were mystified by the legendary camelopard (as in a camel-leopard hybrid) from beyond the southern deserts. i saw it mentioned a few time before i realized they were talking about giraffes.

3:16 ”Just pack every team’s mascot into a decommissioned submarine. Then, when they all run out, we have the troops gun ‘em down while the National Anthem plays in the background.” -Sam O’Nella, 2017

"Lions" "Crocodiles" "Gizelles" "Demon from 7. Layer of Hell" "Dogs"

Long live the elephant who gains the sympathy of an audience.

I will never be able to unsee the crocodile with human hands and feet.

I love how Sam casually gets into an elephants trunk while he's still talking

The elephant story reminds me of a more recent event where a matador broke down and wept because the bull he put two swords into did nothing to retaliate. There'd a photo of it standing in front of the matador just looking at him as if it was saying "Ow, why'd you do that? ):"

So when exactly am I gonna graduate Sam O'Nella academy

why was sam's voice so hecking deep in this video hey kids.

I love how Sam did a research on a guy who made experiments by torturing animals and the first thing he thought was "wait how did he get THOSE animals?"

2:02 may i ask why the ant is so big?

I want to become like John Wick but for abused elephants.

I can’t tell if his name is purposely a pun or if his parents are just cruel

Literally any art teacher: Your art must MOVE your audience. It must be beautiful and exotic. It must show your inner demons and your greatest strengths. Sam: Aight but what if we intentionally make everything as hideous as possible

Fun fact: George Lucas re-imagined the existential dread of seeing war elephants for the first time with the AT-AT walkers coming across the snow of hoth. That scene is a direct reference to Hannibal Barca coming down out the Alps to attack Rome. Further fun fact, the number of walkers even represents the Carthaginian attack in numbers. There are only 3 or 4 elephants left to Hannibal by the time the Alps had been crossed, but that was still enough to be psychologically effective. Empire strikes back only shows 3 to 4 walkers and their effect is very similar in the film.