# Buffalo vs. rhino, or badass vs. bigger badass

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 22, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854 "2012-11-22T18:44:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/1 "2012-11-22T18:44:53Z")

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Or “Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a coupla’ pieces gone…”

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4FChkrZ6kU)

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/2 "2012-11-22T19:09:10Z")

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Lesson: don’t fuck with someone 3000 pounds heavier than you.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/3 "2012-11-22T19:12:33Z")

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He chose…poorly.

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/4 "2012-11-22T19:19:34Z")

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Hmph!

I, for one, won’t be convinced of the rhino’s innate superiority until you provide us with _at least_ 100 more links to drawings and statuary of rhinos besting buffalo.

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**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/5 "2012-11-22T20:11:15Z")

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Those guys didn’t need to fight each other, so why? What were they competing for?

Is it just because buffalos are too dumb to know they have little chance of winning?

How often is it estimated this sort of encounter is likely to happen?

Damn, nature is one brutal bitch.

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**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/6 "2012-11-22T20:34:13Z")

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> [@voltaire](#):
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> Hmph!
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> I, for one, won’t be convinced of the rhino’s innate superiority until you provide us with _at least_ 100 more links to drawings and statuary of rhinos besting buffalo.

Me want to see lion and tiger fight buffalo.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/7 "2012-11-22T20:43:47Z")

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How about buffalo vs giraffe? [Ivan and Bucky at the SD Wild Animal Park](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vf9cgYA4CxY/SZTa3kvYxxI/AAAAAAAAH70/HFS01iFTP6U/s400/Ivan+and+friend.jpg)

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**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/8 "2012-11-22T20:47:37Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> How about buffalo vs giraffe? [Ivan and Bucky at the SD Wild Animal Park](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vf9cgYA4CxY/SZTa3kvYxxI/AAAAAAAAH70/HFS01iFTP6U/s400/Ivan+and+friend.jpg)

Nice to see a tall guy making good use of his reach. I’m guessing he kept on the outside and boxed that buffalo’s ears off for a points victory.

Unless the match was in Vegas - then it’d be a draw so everyone would come back again.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-vs-rhino-or-badass-vs-bigger-badass/641854/9 "2012-11-22T20:53:04Z")

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[Giraffe vs. butterfly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qdGB_jZSmvA#!)
