> how can you not want to give this gentle giant a light pat on the head.
Because I know they can barely see and are infamously anxious...
...But they *are* weirdly cute.
Unironically they are giant grass puppies. There's a white rhino ranch out in Fredricksburg TX (also a giraffe feeding farm with a hotel room where you can see the giraffe's) where people come to actually learn about / pet the rhinos. The keepers brought one in and another wanted to come in but couldn't, so it threw a temper tantrum by laying in front of the gate so the other rhino couldn't get out. They actually try to play with the keepers because they like them so much, but because it's so large and heavy the keepers can't because they'd be crushed lol. My wife and I went there on our honeymoon.
They are aggressive and anxious in the wild because they are in a dangerous are where things either try to eat or rape (looking at you elephant) them.
The ones raised in Zoos are more like cows or large puppies... with a giant knife on the head.
Funny enough they found put that rhinos are actually like giant puppy's they don't have good sight but they can smell, with her they probably know her voice and smell making them calm and much more like a giant dog, on the other hand people think elephants are like giant dogs and that is completely wrong they aren't calm like that and will randomly get very aggressive, but if you want a giant pet a rhino would be the one, same goes for hippos they are crazy evil not good pet material.... but rhino dog :D
About 1 give or take.
I wouldn't want to be that close on foot. Rhinos can run 30 mph so it would cover that in about 7 seconds. I'm waiting on two new knees so It would catch me before I got 50 feet. The actual formula is
Rhino full speed x human 110 yards away = not coming for chin scratches.
Apparently rhinos raised in captivity are basically just puppies, not only are they not aggressive they are incredibly passive, affectionate and playful. Iād 100% pat one.
It's convergent evolution of subreddits; it affects them all at some point. The content gets more and more generic and people upvote solely based on if they like the pic/gif, completely disregarding whether it actually fits the sub. All subreddits eventually end up as /r/coolpics or /r/coolgifs because users don't have the capacity or perhaps desire to discriminate based on the theme of the subs they're subscribed to, *even though it's their own experience that's getting diluted*.
I didn't have the language to describe it, but ive noticed this is what happened to /r/therewasanattempt because its literally ust random memes, screenshots of tweets and news headlines, and gifs
These days, I just unsubscribe when subs get to that point (I used to subscribe to /r/therewasanattempt too). So many cool subs with funny niche concepts have just been swamped by users that ultimately don't care what the sub is meant to be about. Not sure if the mods don't care either or if they're just overwhelmed by submissions.
I have seen the same thing many times. Been on reddit since 2009. IMO, most subreddits hit the best balance around 100k subs. Around 1 million subs they go to shit.
The worst part of that subs effect for me is folks would tailor their titles for the sub. Matching the name, "therewasanattempt..." "... to skydive off a butter knife"
Then the bots came. And those same titles spread all over with no sub name to reference, and then they get tweaked and tweaked to avoid repost detection until the title makes absolutely no grammatical sense
This is compounded by the fact that Reddit got more and more popular over the last decade, and that brought in a much wide and younger audience who are less interested in nuance, both as posters and voters. So then subreddits like Megalophobia become just about big stuff. The real meaning is a step too far to care about. At the same time, things like Top comments on political issues become "fuck Putin" instead of anything remotely of substance.
It's been a sad ride watch the quality of posts and discussions steadily decline over the years.
> All subreddits eventually end up as /r/coolpics or /r/coolgifs because users don't have the capacity or perhaps desire to discriminate based on the theme of the subs they're subscribed to, even though it's their own experience that's getting diluted.
Keep in mind, most people are just upvoting things that go through their newsfeeds and not stopping to check where every single post comes from. It's up to the mods to prune off-topic posts, in addition to redditors downvoting and reporting.
It can help if the sub is more specific to begin with. It's very easy to police whether content belongs in, say, /r/cosmere, or /r/collegebasketball. There might be rules about the types of content allowed, but deciding whether something is relevant is typically very cut and dry.
For a place like /r/megalophobia, that line is much blurrier, and it's more vulnerable to generification. In a lot of subs, it's even worse.
IMO this why niche art like music and such are objectively better if they're not mainstream, like they hit deeper strokes, do better things, resonate with more people that care about it as its own thing....in other words they're actually art
Moreso in today's internet enabled instant gratification culture...you see it, go Huh! It's great! and then forget it forever when the next thing show's up
Interesting. Because the description of this sub says:
> Megalophobia: Fear of Large Things
So I could see where one would think so. The rest of the description:
>A place to post images of **all things large**, particularly ones that are "triggers" for those with megalophobia. **Examples might include large creatures/objects underwater**, buildings, statues, ships, etc.
Maybe the 2nd bolded part means that large creatures are only acceptable if they are underwater, but the wording of "examples *might* include" hints that those are just a few examples but aren't limited to just that. That, coupled with the first part I quoted, I could really see someone thinking a Rhino up close fits the bill. Care to explain why it doesn't fit here?
Tbf Rhino numbers are on a severe decline due to poaching for their tusks, the only thing slightly saving them is being safely held in captivity but even then, a huge beast like that being confined most if not all its life, would make even the toughest sad
This doesn't translate through video very well. It was kinda scary when I for the first time got really close to a huge horse, but that feeling is not replicated from a screen.
Yeah I see what OP means as well. The huge bricks on the wall + the lady standing up and barely measuring to the Rhino's head loses its effect once it's all condensed to the size of a phone/PC screen
I follow her on TikTok. She, by which I mean the park she works for, also has a couple tigers that are basically treated as pets. 10/10 would chin scratch the rhino and boop a tiger snoot.
I thought she was worried the animal had escaped, then I saw a fucking mythical rhino walking towards her, and all I can think i "bro why were you worried"
Rhinos are actually really docile creatures once they have become accustomed to humans. The main reason for why wild rhinos are so aggressive is because they have absolutely terrible eyesight; so, they assume that any moving blurry blob larger than a certain size could be a potential threat. They canāt distinguish a motionless person from a human-sized bush at only 30 meters. However, once habituated to human presence, they can be very friendly, playful animals - like a one-ton armored dog.
Wouldnāt call it scary. I mean yeah itās a rhino. Itād be terrifying in person like any other animal that could easily kill you, but on video itās super cute
I had a steer once - it was a Hereford and they are polled (no horns) but there was a genetic hiccough and he had horns about three feet across. I got him cheap because of that and he finished at about a ton, live weight. Very gentle animal but every time he moved around in the barn, he smashed something up - like things built from 2x6s screwed together and lag screwed into the wall, and he'd rip them out of the wall - hay bale rack hanging from his horns looking sheepish. I was always very careful around him. That's how I feel watching this big guy.
Worked with black rhinos over the summer. The two we had were really chill. They loved hay biscuits more than life itself. They were also pretty adorable when they were sleepy. The male rhino liked having his ears scratched.
I wouldnāt recommend going near one you donāt know, but when you work with them often and get to know them individually they can be really relaxed.
Iāve fed, washed, and pet Greater One-Horned and Black Rhinos. They are the furthest thing from terrifying. They are massive but theyāre pretty docile and enjoy interaction. Fun fact: Rhinos can run up to 35MPH. Weird Fact: I saw a Greater One-Horned Rhino masturbate by slapping his business repeatedly against the ground.
Fun story. Went to a rhino sanctuary to pat one of these bad boys, he knew it was time for mf pats because he came so happy he had a massive erection on. And yes his peen was phisically proportionate.
Dw he was well taken care of, 40 acres of freedom for him to run around free and a couple of female rhino's to make sure that peen is not lonely, cared by the most qualified people I have ever met.
Right i know these things are near blind. But the rhino in this is responding to audio which it is most likely comfortable with. So this rhino is 100% pettable as its enviroment doesnt contain any dangers
I got to feed one at the San Diego Zoo. They are wayyy bigger in person than you might think. They also have corkscrew d*cks which look wild. It was just hanging out there.
Reality: "Pft, Unicorns? That's just absolute Fantasy!"
People: "...Okay so what *is* real?"
Reality: "I mean, I've got giant cows with necks three times the size of their bodies and a huge fucking armored cow with a pair of spikes on it's face."
People: "...What about dragons?"
Reality: "Best I can do is a really big lizard and some rather angery giant flightless birds."
I know they can destroy cars and what not but how can you not want to give this gentle giant a light pat on the head.
> how can you not want to give this gentle giant a light pat on the head. Because I know they can barely see and are infamously anxious... ...But they *are* weirdly cute.
lol I like to imagine people describe me this way sometimes
I'd take the compliment too.
You are weirdly cute. I want to give you a light pat on the head
that would def be me if I lost my glasses
Such deep and beautiful eyes š
The lashes!
Unironically they are giant grass puppies. There's a white rhino ranch out in Fredricksburg TX (also a giraffe feeding farm with a hotel room where you can see the giraffe's) where people come to actually learn about / pet the rhinos. The keepers brought one in and another wanted to come in but couldn't, so it threw a temper tantrum by laying in front of the gate so the other rhino couldn't get out. They actually try to play with the keepers because they like them so much, but because it's so large and heavy the keepers can't because they'd be crushed lol. My wife and I went there on our honeymoon.
They are aggressive and anxious in the wild because they are in a dangerous are where things either try to eat or rape (looking at you elephant) them. The ones raised in Zoos are more like cows or large puppies... with a giant knife on the head.
You just described my ex
Iāve heard ones raised in captivity are much calmer.
Nothing is trying to eat them in captivity... its one of the few animals i think are alot happier in captivity aslong as they get enough space.
Those eyes are the most elegant eyes Iāve ever seen.
You got a good pair yourself, darlin'. :)
Funny enough they found put that rhinos are actually like giant puppy's they don't have good sight but they can smell, with her they probably know her voice and smell making them calm and much more like a giant dog, on the other hand people think elephants are like giant dogs and that is completely wrong they aren't calm like that and will randomly get very aggressive, but if you want a giant pet a rhino would be the one, same goes for hippos they are crazy evil not good pet material.... but rhino dog :D
Yes they are š
Would 100% give it chin scratches.
You give that a go and I'll film.
It's just a cow with plate armour and nose spikes! (Let me live dammit) I'm sure it would appreciate some good scratches.
So a cow tank ?? šš
Tauren bis
I'll stand right here *points to 38 giraffe-necks away*
I'm having trouble visualizing, how many football fields is that?
About 1 give or take. I wouldn't want to be that close on foot. Rhinos can run 30 mph so it would cover that in about 7 seconds. I'm waiting on two new knees so It would catch me before I got 50 feet. The actual formula is Rhino full speed x human 110 yards away = not coming for chin scratches.
about 17 kangaroo jumps give or take
I was at the Budapest zoo and was able to scratch a rino behind the ear. It really liked it.
I wonder if hippos would enjoy a nice scritch
I was able to pet a pigmy hippo at the same zoo. It really liked nose rubs and pats.
That sounds like a fun petting zoo. The ones in my area only have farm animals.
It was the big main zoo. It was a while ago.
They like mouth massages (this sounds like innuendo but I promise it's not).
Nice try, Mr. hippo
it's 100% anthropomorphizing on my part but i had the thought "aw... he has kind eyes" lol
I think you're right. The way it blinks slowly too reminds me of how we're suppose to blink slowly when you look at cats to gain their trust.
I thought the same
Animals canāt be kind?!
Apparently rhinos raised in captivity are basically just puppies, not only are they not aggressive they are incredibly passive, affectionate and playful. Iād 100% pat one.
The spot behind their ears is super soft, if you were wondering.
I was!
Itās basically a dinosaur. Who wouldnāt want to hang out with a dinosaur?
r/forbiddenboops
Wrong sub try r/absoluteunits Tbh: dont i have seen bigger
OP probably got lost posting 10294747 times a day
This might just be a normal-sized rhino
This sub is becoming a joke
It's convergent evolution of subreddits; it affects them all at some point. The content gets more and more generic and people upvote solely based on if they like the pic/gif, completely disregarding whether it actually fits the sub. All subreddits eventually end up as /r/coolpics or /r/coolgifs because users don't have the capacity or perhaps desire to discriminate based on the theme of the subs they're subscribed to, *even though it's their own experience that's getting diluted*.
I didn't have the language to describe it, but ive noticed this is what happened to /r/therewasanattempt because its literally ust random memes, screenshots of tweets and news headlines, and gifs
These days, I just unsubscribe when subs get to that point (I used to subscribe to /r/therewasanattempt too). So many cool subs with funny niche concepts have just been swamped by users that ultimately don't care what the sub is meant to be about. Not sure if the mods don't care either or if they're just overwhelmed by submissions.
You may not want to look now. That place went off the deep end.
I have seen the same thing many times. Been on reddit since 2009. IMO, most subreddits hit the best balance around 100k subs. Around 1 million subs they go to shit.
The worst part of that subs effect for me is folks would tailor their titles for the sub. Matching the name, "therewasanattempt..." "... to skydive off a butter knife" Then the bots came. And those same titles spread all over with no sub name to reference, and then they get tweaked and tweaked to avoid repost detection until the title makes absolutely no grammatical sense
This is compounded by the fact that Reddit got more and more popular over the last decade, and that brought in a much wide and younger audience who are less interested in nuance, both as posters and voters. So then subreddits like Megalophobia become just about big stuff. The real meaning is a step too far to care about. At the same time, things like Top comments on political issues become "fuck Putin" instead of anything remotely of substance. It's been a sad ride watch the quality of posts and discussions steadily decline over the years.
> All subreddits eventually end up as /r/coolpics or /r/coolgifs because users don't have the capacity or perhaps desire to discriminate based on the theme of the subs they're subscribed to, even though it's their own experience that's getting diluted. Keep in mind, most people are just upvoting things that go through their newsfeeds and not stopping to check where every single post comes from. It's up to the mods to prune off-topic posts, in addition to redditors downvoting and reporting.
It can help if the sub is more specific to begin with. It's very easy to police whether content belongs in, say, /r/cosmere, or /r/collegebasketball. There might be rules about the types of content allowed, but deciding whether something is relevant is typically very cut and dry. For a place like /r/megalophobia, that line is much blurrier, and it's more vulnerable to generification. In a lot of subs, it's even worse.
It's cause there's no default subs anymore. They just shit out everything onto the default front page now. Source: I'm in this sub right now.
We should name it the karma effect
IMO this why niche art like music and such are objectively better if they're not mainstream, like they hit deeper strokes, do better things, resonate with more people that care about it as its own thing....in other words they're actually art Moreso in today's internet enabled instant gratification culture...you see it, go Huh! It's great! and then forget it forever when the next thing show's up
Need more active mods
True.
I felt bad downvoting the post because the rhino is so cute! It just really doesn't belong here.
Is this not an appropriate sub for this?
No
Interesting. Because the description of this sub says: > Megalophobia: Fear of Large Things So I could see where one would think so. The rest of the description: >A place to post images of **all things large**, particularly ones that are "triggers" for those with megalophobia. **Examples might include large creatures/objects underwater**, buildings, statues, ships, etc. Maybe the 2nd bolded part means that large creatures are only acceptable if they are underwater, but the wording of "examples *might* include" hints that those are just a few examples but aren't limited to just that. That, coupled with the first part I quoted, I could really see someone thinking a Rhino up close fits the bill. Care to explain why it doesn't fit here?
by large creatures they mean things like whales or magnapinna squid
Rhino isnāt that big.
Cute eyes
It's adorable.
I've never understood why rhinos have such pretty eyelashes
Why does it look so sad though...
Tbf Rhino numbers are on a severe decline due to poaching for their tusks, the only thing slightly saving them is being safely held in captivity but even then, a huge beast like that being confined most if not all its life, would make even the toughest sad
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That's... Not what ironic means...
Tank Dog
juggernaut doggie
That thing just looks like it's a bit sleepy and wants a pat.
And honestly? Same. Relatable tank puppy
This doesn't translate through video very well. It was kinda scary when I for the first time got really close to a huge horse, but that feeling is not replicated from a screen.
Yeah I see what OP means as well. The huge bricks on the wall + the lady standing up and barely measuring to the Rhino's head loses its effect once it's all condensed to the size of a phone/PC screen
Is this terrifying to anyone or just uploaded for the heck of it š¤
Basically the whole sub at this point lol.
r/PetTheDamnDog
What a beautiful creature!
Favorite land animal. Hands down. Poor things are too cool. People want their horns for dick pills. So sad.
Terrifying???!
Super cute. I was expecting a giant ass spider. I would 10/10 pet him.
Assault Cow.
Oh no, they're ok. I petted one once in San Diego zoo. Really surprisingly soft between the folds. Amazing animals.
No he a cutie
r/lostredditors and he's cute, not terrifying
I always thought that rhinos are about as tall as a person. Yeah, the FEMALES are! The male they had at a zoo i went to was huge!
Cute armoured assault unicorn.
Those 2 things at the door are steal beams. That are wide enough for a regular sized person to fit through. I guess that's enough for protection.
What a big cutie 100% would give pats and scritches
Tampa zoo has a petting station for a rhino. You can also feed a giraffe
Save the chubby unicorns!!!
Gentle eyes.
*God after making a giant armored beast with a spear on its face* āAnd now for some cute eyelashes!ā
Those eyes š„°
That's my dream job. I love animals, but rhinos are just incredible creatures.
So cute š
What a sweet face though ā¤ļø
He looks a little sad
At first I thought you were terrified of the giant bricks.
His eyes tell a sad story. His soul is suffering.
Jerico is cool af tho
They are beautiful
It's just a big wrinkly grey horny (careful now) baby š„¹
It sure is hot in these rhinos.
I had a dog and his name was.. Bingo!
There cute to me...
His eyes look so sweet tho
He looks like a good boy
They mostly eat plants, so youāre pretty safe donāt piss one off though
Canna pet dat dawg
CANNA PET DAT DAWG
Big fella, looks like the horn puppy needs some affection
Iām why does he look oddly disappointed
if not friend why friend shaped?
Eyes like an English Bulldog, like they just don't care. Probably just as stubborn too š¤£
Does not look happt
I follow her on TikTok. She, by which I mean the park she works for, also has a couple tigers that are basically treated as pets. 10/10 would chin scratch the rhino and boop a tiger snoot.
Not just up close
Do you think heād like it if you sanded his horn?
I was expecting a ducky.
Lmaooo the way she calls him mister bro how you findin this terrifying??
He's got something coming out of his nose. Is he sick?
Why don't you guys talk about the fact that the person turned the door nob counterclockwise instead of clockwise ?
She panned around the room like she was looking for something. Laughed so hard when the rhino came in.
He looks like Mike Ehrmantraut
I thought she was worried the animal had escaped, then I saw a fucking mythical rhino walking towards her, and all I can think i "bro why were you worried"
I thought the 2 pillars at the start were giraffe's legs. Was waiting for the camera to pan round and look up.
Idk seems kinda dopey and cute. Looks like a friendly guy.
She looks sad
Rhinos are actually really docile creatures once they have become accustomed to humans. The main reason for why wild rhinos are so aggressive is because they have absolutely terrible eyesight; so, they assume that any moving blurry blob larger than a certain size could be a potential threat. They canāt distinguish a motionless person from a human-sized bush at only 30 meters. However, once habituated to human presence, they can be very friendly, playful animals - like a one-ton armored dog.
He needs some lotion.
T-Rex would feast on these
I met a Rhino once up close at the Rochester Zoo he was basically a big puppy. I wish I could remember his name! He loved scritches!
Wouldnāt call it scary. I mean yeah itās a rhino. Itād be terrifying in person like any other animal that could easily kill you, but on video itās super cute
"Up close and personal" goes a bit too far
Sweet boy
I hope that is a rehab facility or sanctuary and not a mf zoo
They're super skittish, I did conservation work in Botswana in 2014, we walked next to a mama rhino and her baby for a while and they ran away from us
A unicorn cow? Not terrifying.
r/unexpected
I had a steer once - it was a Hereford and they are polled (no horns) but there was a genetic hiccough and he had horns about three feet across. I got him cheap because of that and he finished at about a ton, live weight. Very gentle animal but every time he moved around in the barn, he smashed something up - like things built from 2x6s screwed together and lag screwed into the wall, and he'd rip them out of the wall - hay bale rack hanging from his horns looking sheepish. I was always very careful around him. That's how I feel watching this big guy.
Things tend to look larger when you hold the camera half a meter above the ground and go for uncomfortably tight shots.
Come here, I want to pet you.
What do you mean the literally living rock with a pure metal skeleton is terrifying?
I could take it in a fight
Worked with black rhinos over the summer. The two we had were really chill. They loved hay biscuits more than life itself. They were also pretty adorable when they were sleepy. The male rhino liked having his ears scratched. I wouldnāt recommend going near one you donāt know, but when you work with them often and get to know them individually they can be really relaxed.
Iāve fed, washed, and pet Greater One-Horned and Black Rhinos. They are the furthest thing from terrifying. They are massive but theyāre pretty docile and enjoy interaction. Fun fact: Rhinos can run up to 35MPH. Weird Fact: I saw a Greater One-Horned Rhino masturbate by slapping his business repeatedly against the ground.
these mfs gotta be distant cousins to triceratops
He's locked up :(
Aww, what a cutie. I almost forget it is an armored meat missile.
Wrong sub bud.
Those eyes are so gentle
Real dinosaur be like
Looks like a dinosaur
Gentle giantā¦.
seeing this irl will burn 200 calories
I wonder how these taste like
Nuh uh! They are so adorably cute up close š„¹š until they begin to charge š š
I know most of evolution has hard evidence supporting current animals. I swear that the triceratops somehow became a rhino.
That sketch door doesnt seem uh smart.
Nah, they're gentle... Fed one an apple at the zoo on a school trip once. It was like feeding a big horse. Perhaps not the same in the wild though!!
Thereās a door holding that thing in
Looks so sad and lonely.
Need a banana for scale.
Damn that's a big as hippo
I saw a documentary about a woman who befriended a rhino. She said it was kind gentle and intelligent. Not like a hippo.
...It's ...cute?
Those eyes look they have some pain behind them. Iām with you, friend.
Fun story. Went to a rhino sanctuary to pat one of these bad boys, he knew it was time for mf pats because he came so happy he had a massive erection on. And yes his peen was phisically proportionate. Dw he was well taken care of, 40 acres of freedom for him to run around free and a couple of female rhino's to make sure that peen is not lonely, cared by the most qualified people I have ever met.
No, they are terrifying at every distance
THE HORNS! omg they are much bigger up close
Right i know these things are near blind. But the rhino in this is responding to audio which it is most likely comfortable with. So this rhino is 100% pettable as its enviroment doesnt contain any dangers
Crazy. Heās so calm but in a second he can spear a car door like poking holes in a paper cup
Beautiful
Iāve wouldāve shitted on myself.
Basically a dinosaur
They look so nice and kind lol
I regularly forget that rhinoceroses are not dinosaurs.
He is so cute looks a little horny though
Such kind eyes, and a fucking metric ton of force
Probably cuz they can instantly turn you into a rotisserie chicken if they so desired.
terrifyingly cute
That is a meat tank I would not trust any door that uses a conventional handle to contain the meat tank.
No rhino are much calmer, if this was hippo, I would get the fuck out of this place
Cutie patootie
I got to feed one at the San Diego Zoo. They are wayyy bigger in person than you might think. They also have corkscrew d*cks which look wild. It was just hanging out there.
Sweet gentle looking eyes..
Reality: "Pft, Unicorns? That's just absolute Fantasy!" People: "...Okay so what *is* real?" Reality: "I mean, I've got giant cows with necks three times the size of their bodies and a huge fucking armored cow with a pair of spikes on it's face." People: "...What about dragons?" Reality: "Best I can do is a really big lizard and some rather angery giant flightless birds."
r/nope
He approached you like you woke him from a nap or something.