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In today's video, I have prepared a list for you
with 10 of the most expensive animals ever sold.
From a sample of tuna valued at more than $3,000,000 USD,
to a horse for which they are said to have paid $70,000,000 USD.
This sounds sick, right?
But before starting with the subject I have a small question for you.
In my previous video, the one about the 10 strange things found on beaches,
I told you about something very strange
which frequently appears on some beaches located in southeastern Texas,
do you happen to remember that weird thing?
To make it more fun, here I am going to leave these 4 options on your screen,
choose the option that you think is correct
and write it down here in the comments right now.
At the end of the video I am going to tell you what they find on that beach
and let's see if you got it right with your answer, okay?
All right, make yourself comfortable and enjoy it, bro.
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How much would you be willing to pay for an insect like this?
In case you don't know, this is a 'stag beetle',
a beetle that lives in much of Europe.
At first glance it doesn't seem like an animal that a person is willing to pay
a lot of money for, does it?
Well, don't jump to conclusions so quickly.
In Japan the 'stag beetle' is a highly prized animal,
there is a large community of collectors willing to pay top dollar for them.
The value of each 'stag beetle' is determined by its jaw and by its size,
the bigger it is, the more expensive the animal.
Usually the male beetles are the most expensive,
precisely because of that big jaw.
In 1999, a Japanese businessman who decided to remain anonymous
paid a large sum of money for a specimen of these,
nothing more and nothing less than $90,500 USD.
A fairly large sum of money
if we take into account that it is a beetle.
You're probably wondering why someone would pay so much money for an animal like this, right?
Apparently it was an exotic specimen
and that it was a little bigger than the other beetles at his age.
That $90,000+ deal turned that 'stag beetle'
in the most expensive beetle a person has ever bought.
If you had an old pet that you already know has a short time to live
and suddenly someone offers you to clone it
so you can enjoy its company again,
How much money would you be willing to pay for it?
While you think about it...
- Shut up and take my money!
I'm going to tell you about the case of Sir Lancelot,
a cloned puppy for which his owners paid more than $100,000 USD.
Edgar and Nina Otto, an elderly couple living in Florida, United States,
were the owners of Sir Lancelot,
a golden retriever who passed away in 2008.
4 years before his death, his owners decided to freeze their puppy's DNA
in case one day they decide to clone it
and it seems that the play turned out wonderfully.
When Sir Lancelot fell ill with cancer and passed away,
they already had his genetic code to bring him back to life.
The entire cloning process was carried out by a company located in South Korea,
the total cost of the procedure was $155,000 USD,
that was the amount of money the couple had to pay
to enjoy their pet again.
A rather large amount of money, but one that was worth every penny
because it was as if Sir Lancelot had never left.
If you think of expensive animals,
I don't think the first thing that comes to your head is a pig, do you?
In 2014, during an auction held in Louisville, United States,
a pig was sold for a record amount, exceeding $200,000 USD.
Why would someone be willing to pay so much money for a pig?
The animal in question was a class one pig of the Yorkshire breed,
which is one of the best breeds of pigs out there.
In order to determine the class of a pig, different criteria are taken into account,
such as the shape, the size of the animal, the quality of its meat
and the presence of certain genetic traits.
The animal that was auctioned seems to have been almost perfect
because the farmers who came to the auction were willing to raise the bid
to amounts never seen before.
The final price was $270,000 USD
a figure that broke all known records.
The buyers went to a farm specializing in the breeding of purebred pigs
located in Ohio.
It is the first and only time in history
that so much money has been paid for an animal of this type
and who knows if one day someone will pay more money...
- Hogwash! - Benny...
I'm not going to lend you $271,000 to buy a pig.
The Netherlands is home to one of the most valuable sheep breeds in the world,
it is about the Texel breed.
They are known for having a very dense and fine wool,
which makes them highly prized animals by the textile industry.
They are also very popular sheep as food.
It is said that its meat is very tasty and high quality.
In 2020, during an auction held in Scotland,
a Texel sheep was sold for the incredible amount of $490,000 USD.
That was a number that broke the previous record of $376,000 USD
for a Scottish sheep.
The reason its auction price reached that figure
was because it was a genetically perfect lamb,
according to the farmers' words, of course.
One of them even commented that in all his years as a farmer
he had never seen a lamb with such perfect features before,
so you can imagine that it was not just any lamb.
When a farmer gets hold of a specimen of this quality,
he usually uses it to get genetic crosses to improve his herds.
Although it is a very strong investment,
it is very likely that it will be recovered in a short time.
Can you imagine that someone is willing to pay $1,400,000 USD for a pigeon?
That sounds crazy, right?
In the year 2019, a Chinese citizen who loves these animals
paid that amount of money for one of them,
but it was not just any specimen,
but one of the best homing pigeons ever known.
Its original owner was Joel Verschoot, an expert in columbiculture or pigeon breeding
who had decided to auction off his best pigeons because he already wanted to retire.
The best specimen he had was called Armando,
a homing pigeon that had the distinction
as the best homing pigeon of all time.
This award had been granted by the organization Pigeon Paradise,
which is one of the most exclusive auction houses in the world.
Armando had won all the competitions in which he participated since 2017.
Upon learning Armando's story,
a Chinese businessman who loves the world of colombiculture,
he decided to make a very juicy offer that his original owner could not refuse.
As you can imagine, the goal of the Chinese businessman was to reproduce Armando
to have more pigeons with his genes.
It is true that Armando has privileged genetics,
but pay almost $2,000,000 USD for a pigeon
seems like a surprising amount to me.
The 'Tibetan Mastiff' is a breed of dog native to Tibet,
they are easily recognizable by their large size and their imposing appearance.
Although they may seem like a dangerous breed of dog
they are actually very protective and friendly.
Of course, if you disturb them, they may react violently
and taking into account its size and power...
Things can get very ugly for you, if that is the case.
Due to its characteristics, not everyone can have a dog of this breed at home,
feeding and caring for it is very expensive.
In countries like China, having a 'Tibetan Mastiff' is basically a status symbol.
In 2011, the highest price anyone was willing to pay for one of these dogs was recorded
when a 'coal magnate' from North China
offered $1,500,000 USD at auction.
The specimen named Hong Dong
was only 11 months old at the time,
but he was already about a meter tall and weighed more than 80 kilograms,
dimensions that were above average for his race.
Some expert breeders rated Hong Dong as a perfect specimen,
although thousands of dollars are often paid for one of these dogs...
Not every day someone is willing to pay $1,500,000 USD.
The Angus breed is one of the most popular cattle breeds in the world,
this breed is native to Scotland.
and is characterized by its black fur and its high-quality meat.
In 2019 a farmer shelled out $1,510,000 USD
for a 2-year-old Angus bull.
becoming the most expensive bull in the world.
Like most of these cases, its high price was due to the genetics of this animal.
At a young age it already weighed more than 500 kilograms,
which is a record for an animal like this at that age.
The farmer who bought it said that he had never seen a bull with these characteristics before
and that it was probable that he would never see it again in his life.
For an expert farmer there are details that for a person like you or me
go completely unnoticed.
Whatever this farmer has seen,
he took him to buy that animal for more than $1,500,000 USD
and to date it is the most expensive bull on record.
Koi fish are a type of fish native to Japan.
They are very popular all over the world for their variety of colors and patterns,
it is very likely that you have seen them before.
These fish have been selectively bred for several centuries in Japan,
until they become ornamental fish that can adorn ponds and gardens.
If you want to buy one of these fish,
you have to be willing to spend a good amount of money.
The price is variable, it depends on its age, its size
and even the pattern of its colors,
but despite the fact that a well-bred fish with an exotic color pattern
can cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars...
I don't think it's close to what a Taiwanese buyer was willing to pay
as a fan of these fish.
In 2017 it is known that this millionaire woman paid $1,800,000 USD
for a female Koi that had won the most important Koi contest of that year.
The specimen in question belonged to the variety of Kois Kohaku,
which is distinguished by its white and red colors.
At the time of purchase, the fish was 1 meter long and 9 years old,
which is a tender age, when you consider that a carp fish can live for 25-35 years.
I wonder where these people get so much money from.
Have you ever heard of the Pacific bluefin tuna?
It is the most expensive fish in the world.
This tuna is not the typical you find in a can of tuna,
but of a very precious tuna in the gastronomic industry.
They say that its tastiest part is the one located under its belly,
in fancy restaurants this piece of meat can sell for tens of dollars.
These animals are so desired in Japan
that every year in the month of January the tuna auction is held.
This is a very important event where the first catches of the year are auctioned,
we are talking about the best tuna of the season
and the auction figures exceed tens of thousands of dollars.
At the auction held in 2019, Kiyoshi Kimura,
the man nicknamed 'The Tuna King',
paid a record amount of $3,100,000 USD
for a 278-kilogram or 612-pound Pacific bluefin tuna.
With that move, Kiyoshi Kimura broke the previous record,
which had not been broken since 2013
and that it also belonged to him.
They don't call it the 'The Tuna King' for nothing.
- Bullsh*t! - Benny...
Your nickname is not the 'bullsh*t king'.
No, that doesn't make sense.
The first place on this list of expensive animals
belongs to a thoroughbred horse and I think it is not surprising.
For his excellent athletic ability and speed
these animals are used in races where a lot of money is moved,
the cost of a champion horse can exceed millions of dollars.
That was the case with Galileo, one of the best thoroughbreds in history
that was valued at $200,000,000 USD, can you believe it?
That is much more money than what the best soccer players in the world cost.
Although Galileo was never sold,
so we can't technically include it on this list.
In the year 2000 a person was willing to pay a lot of money for another champion horse,
it was the thoroughbred Fusaichi Pegasus,
2000 Kentucky Derby champion
and it was purchased at auction for $70,000,000 USD.
It is the highest sum ever paid for a thoroughbred horse
and the highest sum that has been paid for an animal in general.
The person who bought it, as in most of these cases,
wanted it for reproduction and thus obtain champion pups.
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Although it is sad, on the beaches of this area it is very common to find accumulated garbage,
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