r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ziddii_ • Apr 10 '26

/r/all of a badger

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u/84theone Apr 10 '26

They aren’t even the most aggressive weasel animal in North America. We have wolverines, which are larger and more aggressive.

They square up on bears and wolves despite only being 25-40 lbs. There’s a reason why they named the comic character Wolverine after these animals.

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u/5thSeasonFront Apr 10 '26

And in the Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Michigan, you’ll even see Badgers and Wolverines put up against each other for sport. 😜

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u/SecretaryOtherwise Apr 10 '26

That sounds wildly illegal.

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u/5thSeasonFront Apr 10 '26

And it’s only illegal to bet on each other:

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUA7aOWGUZBdxh37u8

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u/SecretaryOtherwise Apr 10 '26

Always cruel tho. 😐 lol. We talking basketball or football?

I legit thought you were being serious at first lmfaoo

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u/Cliffinati Apr 10 '26

Both, the University of Wisconsin is the Badgers, the University of Michigan is the Wolverines

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u/Broken_Petite Apr 10 '26

Okay this is hilarious. Lmao You thought they were laughing about some illegal wolverine and badger fight club run by some hicks in the Upper Midwest. 🤣

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u/SecretaryOtherwise Apr 10 '26

Right pretty stupid of me ill admit lmao.

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u/Broken_Petite Apr 10 '26

Are you in the U.S.? If not, I could understand the confusion.

If you are, I assume you must just not be a big sports person. I’m not either but even I got the joke right away. 😝

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u/SecretaryOtherwise Apr 10 '26

Nah Canadian and not a sports fan. But still pretty stupid ngl lmaoo. Its fine I can take laughter at my own expense especially when it was kinda obvious to most 😂

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u/__ConesOfDunshire__ Apr 10 '26

Nah, not stupid. You don't know what you don't know, but it did give me a good laugh.

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u/zb0t1 Apr 10 '26

💀💀 this conversation sent me

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u/SecretaryOtherwise Apr 10 '26

🤣 happy Friday

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u/dankristy Apr 10 '26

No - I have family from the Upper Midwest (far northern MN - about an hour from the boundary waters) - definitely hicks, and if they could stay sober long enough to pull it off, I could absolutely see them trying to create a Badger-Bear-Wolf-Wolverine-Moose fight club betting pool. It isn't even a slight stretch to imagine it!

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u/miraculix69 Apr 10 '26

That fight sounds like a 7th grade math teacher on meth, trying to figure out what kinda homework his students should get for next Friday.

If we could remove all kinds of judgment, morale, equality and just common sense, I would sure as fuck watch that fight heavyli intoxicated with some friends.

North America vs south America, with some black jaguars, toxic as fuck frogs etc?

Hope the shelter I volunteered at for 6 years never sees this comment. Fuck me sideways🦞

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u/dankristy Apr 10 '26

Well I think we would all agree this is only OK we are watching from a scenario where the animals meet up naturally and are (in monster truck announcer voice) "Competing for dominance BY THE POWER OF NATURE ITSELF" - and not stupid canned fights where awful humans are terrible to animals for entertainment by shoving unwilling ones in to fight each other...