Betting actual money on the behavior of wild animals isn’t the best idea ever, but the latest Planet Earth II water cooler moment suggests there’s a clear favorite in any possible showdown: giraffes. In a Hitchcock-ian twist not seen on the small screen since How I Met Your Mother‘s 2014 fumble, the BBC One docuseries shocked viewers with footage of a giraffe literally walking all over a lion:
As David Attenborough calmly commentates the would-be brawl, the giraffe’s chances of just waltzing away from a brewing lion attack appear to be quite slim indeed. Then, much to the entire lion community’s collective chagrin, this fucking giraffe throws a few blows before confidently strutting elsewhere.
source: complex.com BY TRACE WILLIAM COWEN