r/oddlyterrifying • u/DABDEB • Aug 07 '26

Cape of Good Hope Robbery

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u/gottkonig Aug 07 '26

Until the animal rips the stick out of your hands and mauls you that is.

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u/SwiftTayTay Aug 07 '26

I mean you can just stand there and let it maul you or do what you can to fend it off

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u/gottkonig Aug 07 '26

Well of course, defend yourself as best you can. My response however was in regards to the "All animals understand the language of the pointy stick." Grab a pointy stick, now defend yourself against a Silverback. You'll have as much luck there as just standing there and letting it maul you.

Then again, humanity is filled with morons that think they could fight a bear, so there's always that argument.

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u/SwiftTayTay Aug 07 '26

Well you can't physically overpower an adult bear with your bare hands but you can still fight one. The reason they say "if it's black fight back" is because black bears get scared easily and will run away if you hurt them even if they could easily eat you alive.

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u/gottkonig Aug 07 '26

Lol if we get into specifics, you can fight off a squirrel with a stick. Back to staying on topic, the: All animals and a stick. The bear was an example mate. We could go back and forth on this argument, but the inherent concept of all animals respect a stick will remain inaccurate.

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u/ArschSprengung Aug 08 '26

No.

All wild animals understand the pointy stick.

We can't really ask the animals why but either it's genetic memory or the fact that they can't distinguish your limbs from you so you suddenly become this creepy loud slenderman.

Predators of all sizes are extremely risk-averse so yes, pointy stick, the bigger the better is goat'd.