When the Lion fought the Bear: Interspecies Cage Fighting on the Mexican Border
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On April 1, 1895, American businessmen, Mexican elites, local officials, soldiers, vaqueros, and vendors selling cold drinks filed into the Plaza de Toros bullfighting arena in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Sitting just across the border with the United States, the bullring had been prepped for a spectacle. Red, white, and green Mexican flags hung throughout the…

Literally breaking a lions back with a strong swip of its paw. I've seen wild Grizzlies in Yellowstone and they are truly awe inspiring animals.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I want to go camping in the more wild areas of the Rockies, Wyoming/Montana/Idaho/Canada, but grizzlies are biological tanks. Until I have the right-sized gun to defend myself, no way in hell would I risk it.

    (CW: death) Here's one in Yellowstone chasing down a trophy bull elk and fighting it in a river: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzo2Ie7B7CI . Those elk combine the power of a horse with a head full of knives and it's completely helpless. There's another video of one raiding a black bear den, just digging straight down through like 2m+ of earth and tree roots to eat another bear. Nope.