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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know, I'm 52 years old and I don't think I've ever seen an up-close picture of yak that gave a good sense of scale. Those things are just cold-weather banthas.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ever seen an Indian gaur? Fuckers are massive. They can get bigger than American bison.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFXS243BnaA

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Holy shit, that thing is a monster. They make cape buffalo look dainty and soft. :P

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I wish I could find the video where I first saw a gaur. He's just strolling down the road of this town, and everyone is clearing the streets. It was kind of awe inspiring.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I just had the same realization. Look at the size of the yaks head!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I had a similar realization about bison recently too, those things are goddamned huge, bigger even than that mid-sized SUV. Apparently they can get up to 3000lbs in weight.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We camped in Yellowstone 30 years ago, and woke up to a bison in the campground, we all just decided to stay in our tent and wait it out, it wandered off, but left a buffalo chip the size of a x-large pizza at the entrance to our site.

    It dried out by the 2nd or 3rd day so we could pick it up and toss it.

    Nature is amazing

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I had a similar experience camping with my family as a kid outside of Wichita Falls, I must've been 9 or 10 tops. I woke up one morning in the camper of my dad's pickup instead of in my tent. Groggily trying to figure out what was going on I started to crawl out over the tailgate only to have my dad's hand come around the corner, grab me by the face, and shove me back in, which was sufficient to wake me up enough to realize that there were 15-20 full-sized bison ambling through the camp. One of them even came within a couple feet of the truck. Needless to say I practically crapped my pants because I had never been anywhere near any kind of animal that big before.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's a Jim Henson creature that's about to guide that dude through a maze. You can't convince me it's not.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    *sigh*

    resets the board "Lemmy day without yak posts" back to zero.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    Yaks are dope I'm jealous we don't have em here

    Bring on the yakposting

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Lacking in Yaks? Don't talk back.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Someone must have spent the better part of a week brushing that huge beast.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Dude looks like he’s got a killer rendition of Secret Tunnel

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    That dude is such a vibe, but the yak still steals the spotlight completely

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I want to hide beneath its fur coat until it’s safe again.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Yakkety Yak

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I absolutely agree. We need more Yaks on Lemmy

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Absolutely beautiful, still not a fan of the septum piercing.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How do they mount that nose ring without hurting it? :(

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The nose ring is pretty much necessary. Bulls (in general and I assume for yaks its the same thing) lose their respect for humans the older they get. It can then happen, that they try to attack a human to demonstrate, that they are stronger (which they are). In this case this nose ring is the only way you can save yourself. Grab the ring, turn it and suddenly a raging bull turns into a quite submissive animal.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And you don’t see that as a reason why you shouldn’t subjugate and abuse another being?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I agree that it is morally bad to make another living being feel bad BUT if i have the choice between getting attacked and very likely injured (i dont know the extend but if it stomps on me i guess is could be fatal for me) or have the animal wear a nosering i can pull when worst comes to worst

    I would definetly pull

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you get attacked by a yak or bull with no nosering they can and will easily kill you, or at least injure you quite badly. In this scenario your only way to survive is to aim for the nose, since its the most sensitive part of the body and then get the hell out of there. If you dont have anything close by where the bull can't reach you, you are fucked.

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    There has been a distinct lack of Yaks.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Lemmy has been yaking.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yak.net promo, right here folks

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    lemmy is the home of NoYak

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Yanks are real?

    edit: meant yaks, but this is funnier.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    OMG.

    I want to spin yak hair (? Wool? Fleece?) into yarn so bad. That looks like so much fun.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Big dude looks like he'd be down for a nice long walk.

    Or dressed up and paraded

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    AI posts going to 11 these days

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