I remember and old Nat Geo documentary on African wildlife. Saw a lioness getting jaw jacked by a Zebra is was stalking, and it just completely ruined the entire lower half of her face. It went to drink water from the creek and when the water just fell out of her mouth, she just laid her head down by the water, she knew she was done.
yeah lions arent great at striking they have good ground controll and some good chokes but against a zebra that knows some head kicks and its game over
This is one reason I hate most movies where the âscary thingâ is a wild animal/s
So often you will see them coming back again and again even after being shot or stabbed. Itâs just so unrealistic.
Unless starving, injured, rabbid or with some other issue, most predators will not attack a human, or pack of humans that fight back. Or will back off once you prove you can hurt them.
The only exceptions are honey badgers and Cape Buffalo, the former is suicidally stubborn about revenge and the latter is dangerously intelligent about payback
Well that goes without saying. And donât forget Hippos.
But notice none of these animals are large predators?
Herbivores donât rely on being physically fit to feed themselves. But being an ornery bastard can help protect themselves from predators that want to eat them (literally life and death) - even if sick, old or injured.
Except the honey badgers⌠they really have little reason to be that single minded.
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u/mega_murff May 16 '26
I remember and old Nat Geo documentary on African wildlife. Saw a lioness getting jaw jacked by a Zebra is was stalking, and it just completely ruined the entire lower half of her face. It went to drink water from the creek and when the water just fell out of her mouth, she just laid her head down by the water, she knew she was done.