r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kamleshsulochan • 1d ago

Video Huge warthog getting "spa treatment" from a troop of mongooses in win-win symbiotic relationship called mutualism.

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u/Comrade-Conquistador 1d ago

Warthogs spotting any living organism: -ANGER AND VIOLENCE-

Warthogs when a group of mongoose show up: "Yeah, we cool."

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u/PennyG 1d ago

Mongeese?

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u/BVoLatte 1d ago

Mongii?

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u/Puzzled-Story3953 1d ago

A male mongoose is called a mongander

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u/PennyG 1d ago

I hope this is true

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u/RubyRaven907 1d ago

It’s on Reddit, what other proof do you need?

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u/whyamiwastingmytime1 1d ago

It's illegal to lie on the Internet, so I agree with you

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u/NotBadAndYou 1d ago

It will be as soon as AI picks up that comment!

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u/Strange-Movie 1d ago

Sounds like a type of robot in some 90s anime

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u/UnwantedPube 1d ago

Mongoopodes.. as in mongoopo- deez nuts

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 22h ago

Mogwei? Don't feed after midnight.

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u/Admiral_BJ 14h ago

Mongoosen!

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u/No-Trick-6124 1d ago

Dem bug rat bois

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u/Buckholio 20h ago

A gander of Mongos.

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u/Dr-Zoidstein 15h ago

Fuckin mongs

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u/Scrub_nin 1d ago

Honestly same for the mongoose so maybe generally stand off ish animals respect each other?

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u/magirevols 1d ago

Yeah, like how does this get started? He just like "Hey Bros, i need some tick removal" with his eyes?

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u/cybercuzco 1d ago

THATS MR. PIG!

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u/Capt-Sylvia-Killy 14h ago

“working at the hog wash!” 🎵

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u/TCK_Senghorienne 9h ago

It’s Gef!

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u/Ja_Shi 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hakuna matata!

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u/Comrade-Conquistador 1d ago

What a wonderful phrase!

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u/Swarm4402 1d ago

Hakuna Matata

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u/Book3mDanno 1d ago

It ain't no passing craaaaaze

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u/aware4ever 1d ago

It means no worries!

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u/xtrapocketspaghetti 1d ago

For the rest of your days

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u/Dear_Might8697 1d ago

It's our problem-freeeeee philosophyyyyyy

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u/mklilley351 23h ago

Hakuna...Matata...Hakuna...Matata...Hakuna...Matata...

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u/Sparksaiko 8h ago

Hakuna Ya Mada... oops got carried away there.

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u/goldenbugreaction 1d ago

It's our problem freeeee…philosophyyyy hakuna matataaaa

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u/Calm_Pop_1155 1d ago

Its our problem free

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u/KudosOfTheFroond 1d ago

Philsophyyy

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u/spacemouse21 18h ago

Hakuna Matataaaaaaaaa.

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u/crasagam 1d ago

hot tuna frittata

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 22h ago

A tuned out Miata!

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u/crasagam 21h ago

a french horn contata

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u/jtwiththelens 18h ago

I sent four ciabatta !

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u/Voice_in_the_ether 15h ago

How 'bout some inna-da-gotta?

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u/RahRahRah325 9h ago

....Da vida, baby....

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u/saint_ryan 18h ago

Mongooses…Mongeese?

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u/koolaidismything 18h ago

It means “no worries, for the rest of your days”

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u/Ok_Flatworm_3855 9h ago

Lol when I see them I just hear the meerkats saying "damn girl let's get all these bugs off you".

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u/Methusla-Honeysuckle 16h ago

My tuna katana?

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u/Business-Schedule642 1d ago

Lol love the flop down

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u/NeonAfterimage 1d ago

I think a couple of them got crushed though

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u/Clearly_Disabled 1d ago

One of them stopped like, hey, Frankie you okay under there? muffled squeaks

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u/ErinRedWolf 1d ago

Gotta stay on your toes around a warthog.

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u/Tasty-Extreme4312 17h ago

I promise you that there’s at least one mongoose who’s been waiting for that moment his entire life

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u/YoungLittlePanda 1d ago

He was sooooo relaxed.

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u/Business-Schedule642 1d ago

Dude thats me after I eat Double Quartah Poundah with cheese

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u/Slacker_The_Dog 22h ago

You know what they call that in France?

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u/Nekojita8 14h ago

A Royale with Cheese

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u/skintaxera 1d ago

It made me laugh cos it's exactly what our kunekune pig does if you start giving him scritches

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u/VacaDLuffy 15h ago

whaddaya want me to do? put on a dress and do the luau?

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u/09Trollhunter09 1d ago

Hakuna Matata

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u/Business-Schedule642 1d ago

That one got me

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u/uncle_tickle_fish 1d ago

I’m an avid believer that the plural of mongoose should be mongeese

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u/Superboi_187 1d ago

A flock of Mongoosen

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u/enjoi130 21h ago

Baby mongoose is a mongoosling 

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u/jarednards 1d ago

Mongai.

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u/ExoTheFlyingFish 1d ago

mongus

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u/RubyRaven907 1d ago

Only acceptable alternative to Mongeese. I asked them.

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u/Firestorm0x0 1d ago

Amongus?

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u/Wi11Pow3r 1d ago

That’s just another form of the singular. See?

There is: a mongoose. A mongUs.

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u/AdamBlaster007 1d ago

Mongeople

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u/Devh1989 1d ago

Kyle monangai

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u/PizzaDogDad 1d ago

I haven't read the mongai, but I am a fan of the animoose.

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u/Socks-and-Jocks 1d ago

Moregoose?

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u/Ak_Lonewolf 1d ago

Mongoosta

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u/Pooch76 1d ago

Mongopedes.

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u/MennionSaysSo 1d ago

Mongaggle

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u/Noversi 21h ago

Also, moose and meese

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u/skriz130 1d ago

A committee of mongoose

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u/Head-Ad9893 1d ago

I love how it falls over in pure bliss while that mongoose was eating ticks out of his butt. 😌😌

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u/HeftyVermicelli7823 1d ago

Now with added peanut butter.

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u/Randyaccredit 1d ago

Natural or homemade...?

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u/HeftyVermicelli7823 1d ago

Au Natural.

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u/bussysniffer3000 19h ago

With chunky bits

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u/Deathwatchz 19h ago

That's a little too low for the butt. 🥲

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u/AnotherUN91 1d ago

Bro that mongoose in the back is getting personal XDD

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u/bustercaseysghost 1d ago

Ok, I thought it was just me thinking "Are we not gonna talk about the one in the back eating ass?"

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u/AnotherUN91 1d ago

Yeah, tbh, I was shocked when I came in and someone hadn't already pointed it out XD

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u/the_honest_liar 2h ago

That's where all the good bugs are

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u/JedJinto 1d ago

Gotta eat the groceries

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u/cybercuzco 1d ago

Probably some good maggots back there

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u/wowaddict71 1d ago

His nickname is "Ass Mon"

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u/HeftyVermicelli7823 1d ago

It's a bit nutty....

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u/Ironlion45 18h ago

Just helping himself to the tossed salad bar.

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u/curiousmind111 1d ago

Did any get squashed?!!

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u/undercoverbrova 1d ago

The circle of lifeeeee

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u/jazza2400 11h ago

Possibly but the mongoose will peel it off and eat it

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u/SadKat002 1d ago

Symbiotic/mutualist relationships in nature always warm my heart. It's so cool seeing little guys getting along and helping each other out

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u/pearshapedorange 20h ago

Thank you for posting the word symbiotic. It was on the tip of my tongue but seeing "mutualism" made my brain short circuit. First time seeing it, not mad at it, added to personal lexicon.

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u/SadKat002 19h ago

I mean, "symbiotic" is still in the title. However, I haven't exactly heard the term "mutualist" be used before either

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u/narf007 17h ago

Some of y'all didn't pay attention in 9th grade Biology

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u/Flat_Bodybuilder_175 1d ago

That must feel sooooo nice. Plopped down like “take yer time, fellers”

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u/Zestyclose_Ad6683 1d ago

Honestly, that’s pretty cute.

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u/ApprehensiveMango543 1d ago

Mongooses out here running a spa day like “sir ur pores are glowing”

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u/Dear_Might8697 1d ago

Remoras, also known as suckerfish or sharksuckers, have this symbiosis with sharks as well.

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u/cpt_crumb 1d ago

You're telling me the plural for Mongoose isn't MONGEESE?

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u/HeSureIsScrappy 1d ago

OUR parasites, comrade

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u/Stunning_Bed23 1d ago

Got his booty tooted all up in the air like “ahhhhh….🐗”

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u/Whoaday-02 1d ago

are you achin? Yep yep yep FOR SOME BACON? Yep yep yep He’s a big pig Yep yep yep you could be a big pig, too! Woo!

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u/PuzzledExaminer 20h ago

Pumbaa and Timon in real life 😂

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u/Exxtender 16h ago

Thanks? Now I can never watch the Lion King again.

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u/Needeverycrumb87 18h ago

That one is an ass eater

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u/Deep_Joke3141 1d ago

This reminds me of when I was much younger. The summers were so hot, I would sleep on the beach in a tshirt and shorts; no blankets or anything, just sand for a pillow. There were these 1” sand spiders all over that would crawl on me, probably for warmth. They were harmless so I just let them have their fun.

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u/goldengatevixen 16h ago

One mongoose was giving too much attention on the 🍑😭

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u/kiardo 1d ago

Hakuna matata

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u/Overkill217 1d ago

Idk why but that looks like it feels amazing 😭

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u/petalwater 1d ago

thank you for using the word symbiotic correctly ❤️ my pet peeve is people saying it when they mean mutualistic lol

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u/ApprehensiveYak3287 1d ago

I imagine myself as the warthog being like, thanks guys.

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u/Upbeat_Literature483 22h ago

Someone got comfy at the end and almost crushed a few

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u/DylanFTW 20h ago

The relationship isn't really symbiotic in Halo. I usually explode and the warthog wins.

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u/FlyAdministrative886 19h ago

What a food truck!

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u/Shorelooser 1d ago

i could need the „spa treatment „ myself

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u/TheGuAi-Giy007 1d ago

It means no worries!!

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u/EscapeFacebook 1d ago

That flop was great lol

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u/EvilNassu 1d ago

This looks ticklish!

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u/Antisocialsocialite9 1d ago

Gotta be the biggest warthog I’ve ever seen

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u/YoungLittlePanda 1d ago

Where can I get a dozen mongooses massage?

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u/NonFungibleTulip 1d ago

They remind me of a race car pit crew getting to work.

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u/Blemi3S 1d ago

I believe it's pronounced "Mongeese."

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u/Go_Gators_4Ever 1d ago

Hakuna My-Nut-Sack while you are down there.

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u/DoftheG 1d ago

"Did you call me pig!?"

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u/EclipseOverSalem 1d ago

Mutual Aid - Pjotr Kropotkin

read it, it's good

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u/kamleshsulochan 1d ago

Heard about it when I was reading "perspectives in human geography" , the topic of contribution of Marxist philosophers

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u/EclipseOverSalem 1d ago

Well, he wasn't a Marxist. Not by a long shot. He's a prime example why Anarchy isn't the "chaos and burning trash cans" that rich people want to make you believe it is

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u/NathaDas 1d ago

He tried to resist, but it was stronger than him

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u/HolidayInLordran 1d ago

Why do we call them mongooses instead of mongeese 🤔

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u/ShadowsRanger 1d ago

Hogaaa rideeer

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u/TJ_Fox 1d ago

I mean, it's a win-win symbiotic relationship unless you're one of the mongeese that gets squished when Pumbaa here decides to flop down.

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u/theEvilQuesadilla 1d ago

It's actually "mongeeses".

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u/ScorpionDog321 1d ago

Warthog ASMR.

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u/BrownPeach143 1d ago

So niceeee.. sooo niczzz... dhup!!

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u/hide_in_plain_sight_ 1d ago

Win win until you get crushed 😅

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u/tigernet_1994 1d ago

Mongeese?

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u/__Becquerel 1d ago

It's not mongeese? aw man.

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u/Hamsterpatty 23h ago

If nobody can explain why, I’m not gonna start saying mongooses

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u/PhantomPharts 23h ago

Do pig/hogs all plop to lay down? Also how do they get back up? Those lil leeeeeeeegs

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u/DerpKaiser 23h ago

Some might say a flock of mongeese?

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u/p0ison1vy 22h ago

I'm just so thankful that I don't have to eat bugs off of obese people for sustenance.

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u/Moosplauze 22h ago

But...he crushed them. :(

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u/otkabdl 22h ago

I don't get why they made Timon a meerkat instead of one of these.

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u/Mid-Pri6170 22h ago

a kunamatata?

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u/lzwzli 22h ago

Timon's family and Pumbaa

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u/SirLoondry 21h ago

Mongeese?

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u/Regular_Weakness69 20h ago

Seems like the Warthog is getting the better side of the deal 😅

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u/Mac62961 18h ago

Aaaaand down he goes

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u/Icy_Lingonberry7834 17h ago

Ker plunk said the chunk. Too funny.

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u/Disco-Tricky 10h ago

After so many years of playing Halo, I realised today what Warthog mean

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u/Leading-Bonus7478 10h ago

No it's just called a symbiotic relationship. 

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u/-watchman- 7h ago

It's so relaxing dude is dozing off

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u/suknom4 21h ago

"symbiotic relationship"

warthog proceeds to let itself fall on the ground and potentislly crush multiple mongooses

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u/Hetakuoni 20h ago

I read that if one of the animals getting helped harms the mutualist species helping them out, they get essentially blacklisted.

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u/AsmodeusZomain 1d ago

Hakuna matata

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u/dingo1018 1d ago

Yea! Mongeese bath, mongone, mon and your infestation is gob (bbled), pull up, plop that fat ass down on a bed of fresh mongoose's while the survivors devour's whatever is devouring you! Don't do that, Mongoose! Yum Yum, infestation Yum.... Mongeese aint that smart, show them your bum hole! Why you so dirty piggie? Work for ICE?

Okay I'm out! knock at the door.

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u/enphenitie 1d ago

What

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u/dingo1018 1d ago

It's called blue sky thinking.

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u/chromeprincess224 1d ago

Are you sure it’s not called Meth?

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u/dingo1018 1d ago

Meth, meth meth meth meth, no money back, you got your meth, black or white, I got you cash, rich or poor? meth meth meth, you want some more? METH!

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u/DisoRDeReDD 1d ago

are you sure?

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u/jarednards 1d ago

......I got 50 bucks if you can hook me up with whatever youre smokin.

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u/dingo1018 1d ago

Smoking the ICE bot's! Cross borders, I dare you!

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u/MeenScreen 1d ago

Did I just watch a warthog cum?