The Unicorn Discrepancy

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A tremendous thank you to all the incredible creators who made this video possible:

0:00 The Unicorn Discrepancy
0:40 “Frank Said He Saw this Thing”
2:02 How to Catch a Unicorn
3:52 The Horn Sweats?
6:20 The Scam Gets Weirder
8:30 To Destroy a Symbol
10:14 Rhinos, Mammoths, and Orangutans
11:47 Biology of a Unicorn
13:41 The Re’em Mystery
15:00 Unicorns Got a Little Freaky
16:35 Nightmare Fuel
18:00 The Last Unicorn
20:13 The Kelpie Conundrum?

Media Shown: Death of a Unicorn, The Last Unicorn, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Legend, Stardust, The Legendary Unicorn, Unico, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Puff the Magic Dragon, Flight of Dragons, My Little Pony, Gravity Falls: The Last Mablecorn, Jurassic World, Blade Runner, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Fantasia Yu-Gi-Oh, Adventure Time, Scrubs, The Office, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, SpongeBob, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Legends of Tomorrow, Sailor Moon, Dungeons & Dragons, Various Commercials

♫ Music Used – The Four Seasons - Summer III (Vivaldi), The Trade Parade (RuneScape), Demon Dragon (Zelda), The Ninth Realm (God of War), A Plague Tale (A Plague Tale), Around the Fire (Skyrim), Vorte Toast (Bizet), Sky Above, Voice Within (Skyrim), Resurrection (Shadow of the Colossus), Wind Guide You (Skyrim), Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven), Menu (One Must Fall) Sword Search (Zelda)

♫ Additional music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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.

I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.

Sources:
“The Natural History of Unicorns” (2009) by Chris Lavers
“The Unicorn Trade” (2023) by Timothy S. Miller
“Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural History” (1992) by Paul and Karin Johnsgard

[endplanets]

Unicorn horn starts sweating
"Wife...You hath poisoned my wine"
"All wine is poison dear. You need to cut back."

[Noperare]

It baffles me how a platypus, a beaver with duck beak that lays egg and produces venom is real, but a horse with a horn isn't.

[denikehi]

body of a goat? feet of an elephant?tail of a pig??? that's a rhino

[AceWolf]

“Describe a unicorn.”
“Good teeth.”
I’m sorry what? Sir, please, I beg you to elaborate on that statement.

[EN_]

Horses have always been so important to humanity as a whole, it's no wonder it spawned so many myths. Horses with horns, horses with wings, horses with people stuck to them, horses that swim, horses with fish legs, horses with a bunch of legs, etc. etc.

[Temudhun]

Modern representations of unicorns have one massive flaw: A goatee used to be part of their canon appearance, and now it's gone. I think as a civilisation we failed the unicorn by removing it.

[purplehaze]

I found one really cool bit of creature art which depicted unicorns as large antelopes whose horns spiraled around each other, forming a single composite horn.

[OctopusLady]

"I get comments saying I'm overthinking it. To which I say, 'You're missing out by not overthinking it.'" EXACTLY. Excuse me for wanting to use my imagination in fun and creative ways!

Thanks again for inviting me to overthink a mythical creature with you, CA.

P.S. We need stricter tax laws on unicorn-owned corporations.

[z-beeblebrox]

16:14 Medieval writer, sweating profusely: "So she's gotta be rich and she's gotta be polite. Okay, uh um... *gulp* ...and uh, she's gotta be big. Like BIG. In fact, *gulp*, w-what if we actually need multiple big, like BIG big women?? What if that happened? Like right in front of me - I mean the unicorn?"

[KaiseaWings]

I love that black unicorn, with silver mane and horn. Gotta love good contrast.

[RinneAvicula]

I remember reading that to catch a unicorn, according to a European legend, you specifically needed a virginal maiden.
The maiden would have to sit out in a clearing in the deep woods and sing, and the unicorn would come and lay their head in her lap. She would weave flowers into their mane, singing lullabies. When the unicorn fell asleep, hunters would spring from the forest and either throw a net over them or spear it to death.
I always thought it was a nasty trick, making them feel safe and comfortable before taking their life

[SomeBlokeOrWhatever]

I hate that I live in a reality where unicorns aren't real but giraffes are.

A HORSE with a HORN is insane mythology, but an ELONGATED DOTTY HORSE with ALIEN ANTENNAE and PREHENSILE TONGUES is real.

[AalbiBerto]

Dragon paradox
Unicorn discrepancy
Mermaid incongruence
Troll odd circumstances
Fairies contrasting evidenceses

[adog]

I love how all of the YouTubers are joking around in there answers and tierzoo is being complety serious

[matrixiekitty]

A unicorn with a flute horn is actually incredible, that version needs to become more popular!!

[PotatofBlood]

Horses with carrot hats are awesome and now I know that they are apparently immune to fall damage

[rich]

The connection between unicorns and sweets seems straightforward enough, considering how sugar cubes are the classic treat people think of giving to a horse. In general, since sweet foods are relatively rare in nature, such a concentrated form of energy would appear to be a good way to attract an animal.

[Skyok]

12:48 I like how when asking what color a unicorn is, you don't use art, environment or things found naturally in the wild that are white, but products; sauces, paint thats used, things that are consumed. It really helps to show how the unicorn is marketed

[Ivy.Rose.Iris]

19:04 "take my hand and dream with me, I promise you'll have more fun" is quite a good quote

[saltiestsiren]

1. I heard that Skyrim inn music in there somewhere! Good choice.
2. I'm so glad somebody in the video mentioned how horses are related to rhinos. They're only a couple twigs apart on the taxonomy tree, as it were. Something I learned during my horse girl phase, which has never truly gone away. My theory is that nobody is a "former" horse girl/boy. You are one for forever.
3. Nobody, NOBODY mentioned that the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland? Shameful.
4. I could have gone the entire rest of my life not remembering that ridiculous Squatty Potty advertisement, so thanks for that.
5. I haven't seen the movie itself but I want that purple unicorn van from Nevermore or whatever the movie's called, from 19:26. If I ever have a gas guzzling van like that and can also afford a custom paint job, I'm giving the shop a frame from that movie as a reference.
6. Nobody, not once, referred to Harry Potter's brief mention of the unicorn: how its silvery, mercury-like blood is basically life-sustaining, but drinking it is also a great act of evil? For shame! But I'm sure there's countless pop culture references and this was the origin of the myth, not its current adaptations lol. I'm just being a nerd over here, probably.