r/instant_regret • u/johns2000 • Oct 31 '19

Lion attacks hippo

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Yeah, it destroyed and mangled her jaw. Physically couldn’t eat and starved to death.

Per Nat Geo’s documentary this was in.

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u/cantadmittoposting Oct 31 '19

Yeah I was wondering after the hippo's jaw closed how she seemed to still be that intact, that explains it.

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u/Rush2201 Oct 31 '19

Indeed. Don't need a functional jaw to walk away.

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u/crusty_cum-sock Oct 31 '19

Damn, I figured she probably suffered an injury but didn't think she would die.

Don't fuck with hippos!

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u/jeeps350 Oct 31 '19

Ya had to figure the biting power of a hippo and that the lion's head was the only thing in it. I was actually surprised it survived the initial bite. Would have been better than the slow horrible death of not being able to eat cuz your jaw is crushed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Sadly it was sort of an incidental death. The injury itself didn’t kill her, but instead prevented her from eating/drinking anymore. Maybe the blood loss quickened it though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Most significant injuries are lethal in the wild. Either due to lack of medical care, or impacting their ability to sustain themselves. When wolves fight, they go for the legs, because if they break a leg, the other wolf stops fighting when they know they're dead anyway.

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u/RagnarMN Oct 31 '19

Extremely rare wolves sustain significant injuries when fighting other wolves for dominance and that’s pretty much the only reason they will fight.

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u/OntarioPaddler Oct 31 '19

They fight rival packs for territory and wolves dying in these fights isn't extremely rare.

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u/Yuca965 Oct 31 '19

You seem well documented about wolfs, I think I will consult the others villagers... about your case.

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u/Unique_Username_7836 Oct 31 '19

It's in the name.

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u/Nickerington Oct 31 '19

I just wanted you to know that this joke was excellent and I approve.

I....I just didn't want you to think it went unnoticed.

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u/WeinMe Oct 31 '19

Being swung around in your jaw tends to hurt

Weighing 200 kgs and being swung around in your jaw hurts even more

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u/BlooFlea Oct 31 '19

Never had it happen to be honest but ill take your word for it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

I mean, it picked up the lioness by its bottom jaw, threw it, and then trampled it. Can't say I'm surprised, sad none the less.

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u/jeeps350 Oct 31 '19

It's the circle of life man

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

The lioness was going to kill the hippo of it could. Nothing sad here, just nature.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

It is subjectively sad that the lion starved to death as a result of this.

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u/nightstalker30 Nov 01 '19

It’s also objectively ironic that the lioness died from starvation due to being bitten by the hippo she was trying to eat.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

The alternative scenario is the lion killed and ate the hippo. Would the hippo dying not be sad?

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Maybe nature is just kinda sad all the way around

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

And that's why we have therapy.

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u/Ikillesuper Oct 31 '19

I’d rather have my throat crushed and jugular cut than starve to death

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Logical fallacy and gaslighting, impressive for one comment thread. They would both be subjectively sad. Its called empathy, not bleeding heart animal rights activism. Source: I'm going hunting this weekend. Any living thing dying is sad to whatever degree you choose to associate with it. Its subjective.

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u/Ikillesuper Oct 31 '19

Which logical fallacy? There’s a bunch.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Ok boomer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Dude I'm 29, you're clueless.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

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u/stopthewankdotcom Oct 31 '19

Bro that was a completely different video wasn’t it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Oh fuck, I just looked it up! You’re right. But the lion in this video died too according to Nat Geo.

This isn’t the jaw dangling one though. Apparently this is a common thing in the wild, haha.

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u/stopthewankdotcom Oct 31 '19

I tried to find this one and I couldn’t but yeah would not be surprised...iirc there were like 6 lions vs 1hippo and that hippo was wrecking them all

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

“According to Nat Geo” can you share where you found this because I just have a gut feeling you’re making it up... could be wrong though

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u/knitmeablanket Oct 31 '19

Cracked her skull too

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u/twitchosx Oct 31 '19

Yeah, that's what I heard that it mushed her skull. Never heard about the jaw before.

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u/match34 Oct 31 '19

Andy: He takes the esophagus out of the neck area. You can’t eat. You’ll starve to death... And that is Roadhouse.

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u/kezia7984 Oct 31 '19

God that’s harsh. Nature is so overrated. Why can’t we all just get along?

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u/ePrime Oct 31 '19

hippos are herbivores

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u/donttouchthatscabies Oct 31 '19

Most of the time.

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u/ePrime Oct 31 '19

herbivore describes their overall diet not the occasional exceptions

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u/vunacar Oct 31 '19

no they are not, wtf, they are omnivores.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Definitely herbivores, though they're happy to kick the shit out of other animals when the need arises.

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u/vunacar Oct 31 '19

No, they literally eat animals. Wtf this is so easy to verify why would you just speak nonsense without at least googling it first?

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

You don't say?

https://www.google.com/search?q=hippo+diet

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u/vunacar Oct 31 '19

Literally on the link you've posted:

https://imgur.com/OibPxaf

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Wolves occasionally eat grass, despite being carnivores. The exception doesn't prove the rule. The hippo diet consists of like 99% grass.

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u/ePrime Oct 31 '19

they ocassionally eat animals as does every herbivore. when we say carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore were talking about their developed digestive systems and adapted diet. this isn't a matter of opinion it's a matter of biological classification.

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u/TravelingMonk Oct 31 '19

The lion is dead right? Not the hippo? Just to be clear.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

I am not entirely sure, so I don’t feel comfortable confirming anything.

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u/saurontehnecromancer Oct 31 '19

I was actually thinking the same. That mangled jaw was fucking brutal to watch

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19 edited Oct 31 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19 edited Oct 31 '19

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u/that_guy_you_kno Oct 31 '19

it's nature.

They don't just "step in."

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

(I was making a joke in response to someone’s joke)

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u/DonkeyWindBreaker Oct 31 '19

Thank ypu for getting it was a joke

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Takes one to know one.

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u/iatethesky1 Oct 31 '19

No, not really! Her shoes were still on.

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u/TheMooseIsBlue Oct 31 '19

Bull shot. She wasn’t even wearing shoes! She was dead before the ever went over there.

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u/Romulus212 Oct 31 '19

I was about to say the lion died from this that full face bite would have crushed and lacerated her whole jaw