Baboon Gets Savage And Eats Gazelle Alive!

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Red Squirrel

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Brutal. Nature can be cruel. This stuff happens a lot. Ever watch a video of a snake swallowing a bird or mouse? Now that's brutal to watch too. Such a slow and painful death.

Then there's chinese people, they do pretty wacked stuff to animals too like skinning them alive.
 

Twista

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Aikouka

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So is it dead towards the end or not?

I believe the baboon ripped its heart out (Fatality!) about halfway through the video. I saw it reach in and pull a round-ish looking organ out (and probably eat it), which I would assume is the heart.
 

Ventanni

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Brutal, but not terribly uncommon for many primates to do due to protein needs.
 

Markbnj

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Very graphic, but I can't say revolting. Just sort of shockingly raw, and real. I can theorize from my own experience with a significant trauma, and from what I've read about research on mice, that the gazelle didn't feel much of that. The brain can only process so much pain, which after all is supposed to be a warning. If you're suffering that much trauma the warning isn't very useful, and I believe the brain floods the body with endorphins. In my case I suffered an injury that might be described as approximately as severe as the baboon's first bite, and all I felt was ice-cold numb.
 

Lifted

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That image will disturb me for some time. I think I may cry later as a result.

I was feeling a bit nauseous after watching the first minute or so of this (just ate lunch), but that comment made me feel better. :D :thumbsup: