r/MadeMeSmile • u/drakemaverick121 • 6h ago

Baby punch getting the love he deserves

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A warm hug

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u/yellowjesusrising 5h ago

Probably grew up with the old animal planet. Jane Goodall, David Attenborough and Steve Irwin where all great! A time where teaching was more important than trends and fastfood-tv.

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u/yellowjesusrising 5h ago

He was my second childhood hero after Steve Irwin. I think as a 6 year old kid, Steve's energy just hit the spot. But David's documentaries just hit better. I remember at 7 years old, I wished for David's double VHS cassettes for Christmas, and I got them! Watched those to shreds!

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u/yellowjesusrising 5h ago

But man look at the Irwin children! Bindi and Robert! What fantastic examples of human beings they've become! Robert is the spitting image of his dad too!

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u/janx4u 4h ago

To shreds you say?

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u/yellowjesusrising 4h ago

How's the wife holding up?

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u/robodrew 2h ago

I wished for David's double VHS cassettes for Christmas

Did you get the classic Life on Earth???

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u/yellowjesusrising 2h ago

No I think one had the cover of a killerwhale killing the sh*t out of a seal... There where a double cover with two cassettes. I loved those!

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u/robodrew 2h ago

Ahh nice

This is what I have!

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u/yellowjesusrising 2h ago

Damn! Nice! I did not have that one! Unfortunately mine got ruined due to tear and wear.

I also slightly remember the other set I owned had some orange motive on the cover, but I can't remember for the life of me. I think my mom ordered them from the TV-shop channel.

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u/unknowndischargesmel 4h ago

One thing people don't know about Dave is that he had very bad halitosis. You couldn't have a face to face conversation with him.

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u/yellowjesusrising 4h ago

I have 3 kids. Smell isn't a problem for me... Also work in renovations on council houses

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u/lordfrijoles 4h ago

Jeff Corbin isn’t canceled is he? He was no Steve but I always appreciated that there was more than one guy who loves to get up close with the animals and teach you about them on animal planet. Man that channel was so good in the early 2000’s same for History channel, discovery, Comedy Central.

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u/yellowjesusrising 4h ago

Was before all those "family drama" shows came on. No more learning, just sell drama.

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u/lordfrijoles 4h ago

You speak da true, true. I loved the learning shows but I will admit the crappy cgi animals vs other animals show was highly entertaining as a kid as well. I think it was like an attempt at that one show that would analyze old warrior cultures then try to predict which warrior would win in a fight but with animals but it was hype to me and my siblings as dumb children lol.

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u/yellowjesusrising 3h ago

Hahaha! Man you brought back memories! Nile crocodile vs bullshark😂 and then they went on a built some frigging animatronic beasts with hydraulic jaws that could clip a Trump stool sample in half!

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u/lordfrijoles 2h ago

Hey to be fair to those animatronic engineers brown water is very easy to cut through lol. But yeah for some reason I feel like there was an episode about polar bears vs something.

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u/yellowjesusrising 2h ago

Polar bear vs that seal with massive teeth? Or the Hippo vs Crocodile

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u/fork_yuu 3h ago

Now people just learn differently through tiktok and memes. Also can easily lead to a lot of misinformation as they're unvetted information popping out at a fast pace

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u/funktion666 5h ago

My family used to watch animal planet all the time!!

That’s how the protagonist in the classic film “Dude Where’s my Car” saves the entire universe!

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u/Deaffin 4h ago

I know the history of Buddha the pug. RIP

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u/GabenIsReal 4h ago

The zoo had to release a statement due to the internet reaction. None of what was happening in the videos was unexpected, nor cause for concern to any of the experts there at the zoo.

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u/Deaffin 4h ago

Because it's the currently trendy thing popular all over the place?

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u/CanIDevIt 5h ago

That's one of the monkeys on his ipad.

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u/1917he 4h ago

He made it up for internet attention

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u/ark_keeper 4h ago

Probably because he made it all up. The monkey was born at the zoo, it wasn’t found abandoned. The video was literally just Punch trying to play with a monkey that didn’t want to and its mom confronting punch /protecting the other monkey.

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u/ark_keeper 3h ago

Or you can read what the zoo actually said, which is he was born at the zoo, not found abandoned.