I've been to bull fights in Spain (when I was very young) and Mexico. Also cock fights in Mexico and Thailand, and water buffalo fighting in Thailand. Water buffalo fights are very different than bullfighting though: two buffalo bulls lock horns and push each other around to establish dominance until one tires out and runs away. Injuries / deaths to the "losing" buffalo are possible but pretty rare. Actually, it ends up being pretty similar to fights that males would do to establish dominance in nature without any human intervention.

Basically, I'm not strongly opposed to or in favor of any of those. Cruel and unnecessary? Sure. But nature itself is frequently pretty cruel also. I don't feel the need to support any of these activities by paying to watch or betting on outcomes, but I don't really begrudge those that do. Often a lot of cultural momentum to overcome if you want to put these things in the past (where they belong?).

Upvote because this video was well done in technical terms, and because it makes an argument against bullfighting (and arguably other similar practices) to those that support it without being too abrasive about it.

The American buffalo (Bison bison) is also commonly known as the American buffalo. Same for the European bison (Bison bonasus). From wikipedia:

The term "buffalo" is sometimes considered to be a misnomer for this animal, and could be confused with two "true buffalo", the Asian water buffalo and the African buffalo. However, "bison" is a Greek word meaning ox-like animal, while "buffalo" originated with the French fur trappers who called these massive beasts bœufs, meaning ox or bullock—so both names, "bison" and "buffalo", have a similar meaning. The name "buffalo" is listed in many dictionaries as an acceptable name for American buffalo or bison.

I'm very late to this, but...

It is definitely Thailand. Every city is a rat's nest of electrical cables, telephone lines etc. just like that. Construction is generally pretty haphazard, and public safety is rather low on the checklist...

I've lived in Thailand for the past 8 years, and speak Thai well enough to give a translation of the beginning of the video, which is pretty funny:
Guy 1: (pointing) Scary, isn't it?
Guy 2: (camera) Jeez, what asshole set this up?

That's a pretty close translation. The guy with the camera refers to the people responsible as "heeah", which literally means "monitor lizard" but is used colloquially as a slur somewhere between "asshole" or "mother f*cker". Thai uses animal words like that as insults in several other instances also, with a softer example being "kwai" which literally means "(water) buffalo", but colloquially is like calling someone a "stubborn dumbass". Sorta like "jackass" in English, but a bit more offensive.

water buffalo <> water moccasin

"Hey Conan, just hop on this water buffalo. What? Yeah sure we do it all the time, no risk at all."

>> ^calmlyintoit:

jeez, no contest. I felt pity and a little frustration with that buffalo. What were they even fighting over?


rhino's have very bad eyesight and a brain that is primitive. If spooked they would likely charge. Water Buffalo's have very bad eyesight and a brain that is primitive. They are also in a constant state of being pissed off. So likely the buffalo saw something that looked like another buffalo and wanted to display dominance over it, which was a poor decision.

I can't believe those jerk water buffalo would hit women like that. Jerks.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'PETA, hermit crabs, water buffalo' to 'PETA, hermit crabs, water buffalo, onn' - edited by Zifnab

I'm only *Promoting this to attack the absurdity of the claim that bottled water is good for emergencies. NO. IT IS NOT. No matter WHAT the situation, bottled water is NOTHING but a drain on resources and an ecological disaster. Energy to draw the water, energy to "purify" the water. Energy to bottle the water. Energy to Ship the water.

GET A FUCKING ON-TAP WATER FILTER AND A FUCKING REUSABLE BOTTLE YOU PRICK.

Emergencies? How about a fucking water bull? It holds 400 gallons and has 5 dispensing points. Not enough? Use some of these. Then give families a couple 5 gallon water jugs to cart the shit around with.

No wasted plastic. No trash. No litter.

Bottled water should be fucking illegal.

Would we be having an issue if it were lions eating water buffalo? Wolves eating a deer? I don't think so. The extra dimension here is human negligence since these animals appear to be in captivity.

>> ^Aemaeth:
>> ^BillOreilly:
>> ^Ryjkyj:
In Komodo

Thanks, I would never have guessed that.
So where does the Burmese Python live?

Burma.


It's a joke aemaeth

>> ^BillOreilly:
>> ^Ryjkyj:
In Komodo

Thanks, I would never have guessed that.
So where does the Burmese Python live?


Burma.

>> ^Ryjkyj:
In Komodo


Thanks, I would never have guessed that.

So where does the Burmese Python live?

Hehe, np, it was still a good vid.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I'm sorry I had the wrong embed, it's been corrected.

In reply to this comment by syncron:
What water buffalo?

No need to apologize to me.. I think it worked out for the best, now I get to watch two Komodo dragon videos.
By the way, the father of a friend of mine fell asleep on a beach in Komodo, while the rest of the group (it was a wedding party) went hiking. When they got back he was still sleeping, and there were two dragons walking up the beach towards him. They were easily scared off... but I wonder if they would have gone for the goat curry (probably) or my friend's father (more interesting) first.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I apologize, it was the wrong embed, I've changed it to the proper one.

In reply to this comment by grinter:
This has got to be the wrong video.. Notice the tags referring to sepsis brought on by a dragon's bite. Wonderful creatures.