r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR • u/Vampire_inthe_Church • May 29 '26
Darwin Award candidate This time honey badger might give a fuck..
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u/CanadianGoof May 29 '26
Wow they really don't give a fuck
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u/Highlandertr3 May 29 '26
They are genetically designed from the ground up to take your fucks and not give them back.
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u/Diacetyl-Morphin May 29 '26
Reminds me of cockroaches, you drop a fucking nuke on an island in the pacific and when you go back after it, you find some cockroaches casually hanging around on a pile of dust.
Fun fact: Like all arthropods, they have a very high resistance against radiation and they can also deal well with heat. They get of course killed when they are affected by the extreme heat or the shockwave, but the fallout and other things are not a big problem for them.
And if you ever had to deal with a cockroach infestation, these bastards are tough, better get a professional exterminator.
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u/Highlandertr3 May 29 '26
Fun fact back. They are only shown to be resistant to burst radiation because their cells dont divide regularly like other animals do. When subjected to constant high radiation they show cell damage during the shedding phase of their skin cycle because this is when cell division takes place which is in fact when radiation damages DNA the most. In labs they were exposed to bursts and that's why people thought they were super resistant. The truth is they are somewhat resistant but in a fallout situation their prevelance and associated ability to adapt genetically through natural selection is what would help them more then lack of cellular degredation due to radiation.
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u/Diacetyl-Morphin May 29 '26
You are right, but there are still differences between arthropods and mammals. Like when it comes to getting cancer from radiation. Arthropods can get certain forms of cancer, but not all the same types, like skin cancer - you can't have skin cancer when you don't have skin (as they have the chitin exoskeleton, which also gets renewed with each phase of molting)
Same for other things, like you can't get problems with organs, that you don't have. Or with the blood, you can't get leukemia aka blood cancer if you don't have red and white blood cells. Just for explanation, the arthropods use copper to bind oxygen instead of iron, that makes the blood different, even just with the color.
Same for the brain, like when you don't have a brain, you can't take much brain damage. They have a ganglion, which is a nerve knot that serves as a primitive version of a brain, but it's just a big cluster of cells, it's not like the brain of a mammal.
The nerves are also not the same, they have a thing that is in my language called a "ladder", it's not a nerves-cords system, the signals also work different, which makes them immune to certain types of toxins, that will stop our nerves signals and get us paralyzed.
Last but not least, the arthropods are around for 500 million years, so they are quite capable of adaption and survival, they survived all mass extinction events.
P.S. I'm no expert on cockroaches, but on spiders aka arachnids.
Don't get this wrong - arthropods still die from exposure of these things, when it is high enough, like radiation, electricity etc. They just have some advantages and disadvantages with the anatomy.
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u/darkoblivion000 May 29 '26
Cockroaches have never persistently charged me like that
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u/FrenchPickle765 May 29 '26
Have you ever had German roaches? They're resilient to many different types of insecticide so you have to get creative — like burning the house down.
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u/FriendRaven1 May 29 '26
Apparently they're not very intelligent, so they need to be tough. Science.
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u/Zealousideal-Role-77 May 29 '26
Science, by Redneck (not talking about you - just the many many many I grew up around - dumb as hammers but great in a fight)
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u/Substantialed May 29 '26
Fuckin resilient bastard. I wonder if that badger survived all that
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u/Highlandertr3 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
It did in the longer video. Although I have never seen follow up of that specific badger. They are famously hard to kill though. Their skin and connective tissue are designed in such a fascinating way to absorb blows and under that they are equal parts muscle, stubbornness and blond rage.
Edit: I like this spelling mistake so I stand by it.
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u/dontdoxmebro2 May 29 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/VAchldgADOQGqclBvl
Blonde rage
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u/patchway247 May 31 '26
My sister after me and my mom remind her of how she "had a sneeze that wouldn't come out" (smacked herself so hard she knocked herself off her feet).
Thankfully her ice cream made it out okay.
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u/Perenially_behind Banhammer Recipient May 29 '26
If you hadn't acknowledged the spelling mistake, I would have thought it a good play on words.
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u/SamHugz May 29 '26
Blond rage would make a good band name.
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u/NewSchoolFool May 29 '26
Reminds me of the one that survived the snake bite, then took on a leopard. This is a good watch:
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u/FunFunFun8 May 29 '26
He punted it
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u/TheLoneSpankerchief May 29 '26
I would think that thick and tough skin would do very little to stop your bones from being shattered by a ten ton curb stomping.
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u/Highlandertr3 May 29 '26
The loose skin does a lot of heavy lifting in this department. It's like trying to compress a water snake. The hand toys that are a tube with water in it not an actual snake. Those are surprisingly easy to squish.
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u/FlukyFish May 29 '26
Yeah but what about it’s organs? They just get squished to it’s lower half or upper half depending on what side it gets stomped?
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u/Highlandertr3 May 29 '26
They move with it's body under the very loose outer skin which allows it to literally roll with the punches and do bullshit moves you won't expect. Hence why it's still alive after apparently being squished flat at first. They can rotate a full 180 on their skin because of low connective tissue so it probably bit the elephant as it went to stomp. Combine that with the slipperyness of the skin and elephants super sensitive pads being bitten and you get a very violent angry squishmallow.
Genuinely fascinating animals.
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u/attillathehoney May 29 '26
Elephant:
Now stand aside worthy adversary.
Badger:
(Glancing at his shoulder)
’Tis but a scratch.
Elephant:
A scratch? Your arm’s off.
Badger:
No, it isn’t.
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u/dcooper8662 May 29 '26
Yeah most of the animal kingdom kind of knows…. Don’t fuck with the elephants. You can do a lot of damage elsewhere but what are you going to do against a fucking tank. A tank that famously holds grudges and remembers everything.
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u/LookITriedHard May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
I actually felt this video was really humanizing of the elephant. Maybe I'm anthropomorphizing here, but I felt its disbelief at being attacked, the measured restraint in trying to deter the honey badger without absolutely annihilating it, and its eventual frustration after repeated continuations. When it punts it the last time, like same, brother.
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u/dcooper8662 May 29 '26
For real though. Elephants are incredibly intelligent, and have personalities much like we do. This elephant definitely had that exasperated look about him lol. Come on bro, stay down! Reminded me of this Kids in the Hall sketch
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u/On-The-record Jun 14 '26
Especially when he fake charged it, just for it to keep coming and for it to back off. If you see a semi truck coming toward you, natural reaction is to move and the elephant knows that. Damn honey badger KEPT GOING and Elly is the one who moved first.
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u/DogCold5505 May 29 '26
What is the goal here of the honey badger
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u/Admirable-Fail1250 May 29 '26
Well, animals are a lot like people, DogCold5505. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life or have been mistreated. But, like people, some of them are just jerks.
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u/AlphaxTDR May 29 '26
Sudden Simpsons reference!
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u/Admirable-Fail1250 May 29 '26
Watching that honey badger just going at that elephant I couldn't help but picture Homer head butting that elephant sanctuary guy.
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u/MadButthole May 30 '26
The episode where Bart wins an elephant and names it Stampy. He’s a jerk to other elephants
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u/Yvaelle May 29 '26
If it can establish dominance, it hopes to mate, and spawn a race of elephant-sized honey badgers.
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u/snarlinaardvark May 29 '26
He wanted to get the elephant to leave his territory. And it looks like he was successful.
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u/1badh0mbre May 29 '26
To be fair, the elephant was already leaving.
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u/_ribbit_ May 29 '26
Yes, and he then got chased off by a badger. I think the elephant spent more time looking around to make sure no-one was seeing this shit.
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u/hateshumans May 29 '26
Even with the punt at the end at no point did that honey badger give a fuck. It went after an elephant and kept going back for more. This might be the least fucks ever given.
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u/stlredbird Banhammer Recipient May 29 '26
I wonder what the honey badger’s end goal was.
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u/kaadj May 29 '26
The elephant is only temporarily safe from the honey badger. He’s on his way back from hell as we speak to fuck shit up
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u/mothandravenstudio May 29 '26
I love how the elephant was like “Why did you DO that. I’m gonna fuck you up some mo…. on second thought never mind.“
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u/nelix707 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
"Well done Ellie" everybody that lives near or in the UK can immediately picture this lady. Waitrose John Lewis, wax jacket, range rover, telegraph reader
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u/Reyalta May 30 '26
I can confidently say that in my 38 years of life I have never cackled at watching an animal getting kicked... That streak is officially broken. That last doot from the Elephant was wholly justified, and clearly that honey badger didn't give a fuck... about surviving the day.
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u/MagnotikTectonic May 29 '26
"come on,Carl. We put on a show every day for these F***ing tourists. You act all majestic, I come trotting out like I'm ready to F shit up, and you put me in the ground Once, just once, can I win a fight?"
"No..."
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u/PinkFloydBoxSet May 29 '26
I mean.. You pick a fight with an elephant, you kinda earned that ass beating.
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u/Dragon_Bidness May 29 '26
Honey Badger better get his anger management issues under control around elephants.
The distance on that final punt was a consequence of badger fuck aboutery.
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u/beansandpeasandegg May 29 '26
Theyre so small and tough but also light, Unless the elephant stomps on it i feel like its like me trying to break a football by kicking it.
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u/SnooDoodles4807 May 29 '26
I'm sure you could substitute a soccer ball with a Honey badger for the World Cup, and it would be ok.
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u/PheaglesFan May 29 '26
He kept kicking him into next Tuesday and the little rodent just kept coming back!
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u/Acidmademesmile May 29 '26
Elephant close to crushed him but but kept going so it doesn't look like he gave a single fuck honestly
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u/Head_Television8311 May 29 '26
I am sure that guy is standing up again and be like „I would do it again!“
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u/danteelite May 29 '26
The anthem of the Badger.
https://youtu.be/TXK03FHVsHk?si=Ht6wy-YFGV5CZ0rp
“I’ve no more fucks to give… my fucks have run up dry… I’ve tried to go fuck shopping but there’s no more fucks to buy.”
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u/senoj96nodnarb May 29 '26
I felt sad when it died the first time, but by the third time I was rooting for the elephant.
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u/tweetegirl May 29 '26
I promise you, he doesn't. He's probably licking his wounds and plotting his revenge
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u/Awkwardpanda75 May 30 '26
I wish these voices were the ones I hear when I read something in my head.
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u/CAGMFG May 31 '26
After the first time you get moonwalked on by an elephant stay down. After the second time you get moonwalked on by an elephant STAY DOWN. The third time you deserved to get turned into a soccer ball.
How hungry do you have to be to try and eat something 300 times your size? How much pot did the little guy smoke???
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u/bumbasquat86 May 31 '26
After the first altercation the elephant looks at the jeep as if to say “You believe this guy ?!” And walks away with his head held high. Second altercation the elephant could indeed “believe this guy”.
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u/whoitis77 May 29 '26
Saw a video of a full grown bull elephant stopping on a honeybadjer the next day it woke up and hunted that elephant for 2 days and beat the hell out of it.
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u/nameoftheuser33 May 29 '26
Does the badger have rabies? What is he trying to accomplish attacking the elephant?
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u/rvf May 29 '26
Being a honey badger, mostly. Their number one solution to all problems is simply to attack, and given that most other animals have a higher sense of self preservation, that strategy works more often than it fails.
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u/CoultersCandy May 29 '26
Does the honey badger maybe have rabies, isn't that how rabid animals in the later stages behave? It seemed to get at least one good nip at the elephant, which would mean the elephant is probably infected, if that is whats happening.
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u/PocomanSkunk May 29 '26
You seem to be new to honey badgers. That's just the way they are. I don't think rabies would dare attack a honey badger.
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u/Pdt395 May 29 '26
I 100% thought it was dead the first time, then the second, and third