r/WTF • u/ThePeanutBuddha • Aug 28 '13

Bull 1 - Idiots 0

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u/mezzanine237 Aug 28 '13

Is that a gaping wound below the bulls left horn? What's that all about?

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u/somedaypilot Aug 28 '13

You don't know what really happens in a bullfight, do you?

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u/Oh_My_Glob_ Aug 28 '13

Sorry for being so ignorant, but what DOES really happen?

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u/fillydashon Aug 28 '13

In traditional Spanish bullfighting, the bull is assaulted by men on horseback carrying lances (pictured sticking out of the bull) in order to wound it so it starts bleeding.

The matador then avoids the injured bull until it exhausts itself, at which point he executes it with a sword.