South African Man Teases Kudu and Gets Gored in the Face in Viral Video

South African Man Teases Kudu and Gets Gored in the Face in Viral Video

  • A South African gent teased a kudu while out with his friends in a viral video
  • Against his friends' advice, the man came closer to it, and it suddenly attacked him
  • South Africans laughed at him for goading a wild animal

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered accidents, outbreaks, nature and natural disaster-related incidents at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for seven years.

A kudu attacked a man who was trying to tease it and South Africans laughed at him
Netizens laughed at a man who goaded a kudu and was attacked. Images: namibelephant and Nick David
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A South African man found out the hard way not to mess with Mother Nature when he got attacked by a kudu for playing with it. South Africans could not help but laugh at him, warning him of the consequences of trying to provoke an animal.

Man goads kudu in viral video

In the video posted by @kakspotter on X, formerly Twitter, the man walks backwards while the kudu walks towards him. The man grins and looks at his friends while he feeds the animal. He then tries to touch it when it suddenly attacks him and goads his face. His friends shout that it struck his head. Watch the video here:

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South Africans were not surprised

Netizens were not shocked that the animal attacked him.

General TD said:

"John, jou kop. Jou dom kop."

Anton de Waal remarked:

"Love it. Well done, kudu."

Lassy Laden remarked:

"He found out."

TC added:

"Very beautiful."

Motho oa Batho commented:

"People watch Snow White and think they can be friends with wild animals."

Andrew Bannister commented:

"I don't know why people mess around with wild animals. Cute but potentially very dangerous."

Kung Mfanelo:

"He's lucky it didn't goad his stomach."

Sebata exclaimed:

"Wild animals are wild and cannot be predicted. Period!"

Steve Hendricks:

"Nice, USA-level stupid."

Baboon attacks man

In a similar article, Briefly News reported that a baboon attacked a man, and the incident was caught on camera.

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In the incident, the man was fetching something when the primate attacked him, and he bravely fought back.

South Africans were horrified and praised the man for fighting the animal when it attacked him.

Source: Briefly News

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. He joined Briefly News in 2023. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za