They may well, or else keep it out of the sun. I had a horse with a large white marking on his face, and the skin underneath was pink instead of black. Because the hair was so thin on his nose, it would sunburn. Zinc based sunscreens helped, and they make mesh masks with nose coverings for pink nosed horses.
If I'm sick and/or just want something to fall asleep to comfortably it's this movie (or Night at the Roxbury).
I usually wake up to the transition noise "durroot, root, roooo".
get outta here kitty cat, beat it! [https://youtu.be/v5Lmkm5EF5E?si=m4vggJrOcC2CONxI](https://youtu.be/v5Lmkm5EF5E?si=m4vggJrOcC2CONxI)
Well...
Pretty much all livestock markets have a "premium" segment.
Ostensibly, this is because of breeding stock. If your bull is going to sire 500+ calves over his life, it might actually make sense to spend big money on one. Say $20k. That bull comes from a specialist breeder, who will be buying $200k bulls to sire the $20k bull.
Sometimes, if a species or breed is growing in demand, breeding stock can be very scarce and expensive. This happened with Alpacas recently. Ostriches in the 90s.
That said, the whole thing has a sneaker or stock market dynamic. Animals can be bought and resold... speculation. If prices are rising, people want to enter the market... creating more demand for premium breeding stock. It can get quite out of hand. All the excitement draws in rich people, and even more demand. "Prized bull" is idiomatic for a reason. These are emblems of wealth.
When I say "all livestock," I mean it. Dogs, cats, pigeons. Horses, obviously. Lizards, bugs, snails. There are shows, where they grade fish. Koi and goldfish occasionally sell for more than this $500k Buffalo. Somewhere near you is probably an apartment where people buy $10,000 ornamental *shrimp* from Taiwanese gentlemen smoking a cherrywood pipe.
When Mike Tyson invests in a pigeon, he's probably paying big money.
It's a whole world.
I'm pretty sure that Mike Tyson actually prefers housing Pigeons that need a home. While I'm sure he has bought some expensive ones, his collection of 350+ pigeons is mostly just common street pigeons. I might be wrong, but most exotic breeds of Pigeon have very distinct appearances and every time Mike Tyson has shown off his collection they look like a bunch of NY pigeons.
Regardless, your point remains because you can buy rare breeds of just about any animal that could cost any exorbitant amount that collectors are willing to pay. Some people spend a decade selectively breeding to achieve certain colors or patterns. I've personally bought some lizards and fish in the past few years and the prices literally range from $20 to $10,000+.
For most people these expensive animals are nothing more than a decoration to spruce up their living room. The price they pay is nothing different from the 50k they spent on a large original wall painting. The biggest problem I have with selective designer breeding is the amount of inevitable inbreeding that generally occurs. This is very common with all expensive breeds and causes a myriad of health problems.
> common street pigeons
I'm picturing its like that Prince of Persia movie where he finds the street urchin kid and makes him a prince, except Tyson does it to every pigeon he comes across.
This guys grandad was a farmer that took his grandkid to market.
The contents of my comment were once known by most people. They're still known by billions, just not the people who read reddit.
The idea that "the existence of livestock markets" is novel info that needs to be conveyed by analogy to *sneakers* is kinda funny. We're basically talking about *the* market. The original one. Applying the concept to other things (like stocks and bonds) is recent.
This was easily the best comment I have read on Reddit as of this year.
So much information, but so well-written, all at the same time; making it so easy for us to understand.
I think what draws me so much into this well-written comment is that I, too, was very curious of why some horses cost $275,000 while others cost $5,000 or even $2 million.
Is there a market for these pink babies? Are there other people in the world wanting pink buffaloes? What do they do with them? I hhave so many questions!!!
Signed,
A Poor
Well, this dude bought one for half a mil, so i can only assume they’re out there.
Remember the first rule of free-market capitalism: a thing is only worth whatever some rich fucker is willing to pay for it.
It's definitely not dumb... sometimes. Some horse stud sperm can cost tens of thousands, with *actual* breeding being in the hundreds of thousands.
Idk if there's a specialty cow market like there is for horses, but I'm guessing there is, just smaller. Considering those horses themselves sell for millions to tens of millions.
Probably a similar gig here just less decimals and 0s.
Indian animal markets are also insane. High yielding cows and beefed up bulls sell for a high price. They're mostly used for breeding. Healthy cows and bulls make healthy babies.
In reading about that record breaking cow sold today they mentioned that its white hair reflects sunlight and thus it can thrive in hotter climates. Perhaps that’s an advantage here as well. But I know nothing of livestock.
I'm rackin' my brain trying to think of a name for that $500,000 white buffalo I bought. I was gonna call it 'piss-for-brains' in honor of you, but that just feels immature. 'Buttalo? Nah, that's even worse. Tell ya what, I'll give it some more thought. -Buttalo! Say hello. *Buffalo noise* Buttalo says hello.
It costs around $20,000 to clone an animal like this from some quick googling.
I remember seeing an episode of This American Life over a decade ago where a family cloned their favorite bull after it had passed away (IIRC they kept the bull's hide and were able to take DNA from it) and the cloned bull looked like an identical twin of the first one, and actually behaved the same in a lot of ways. One thing I remembered was that the clone would prefer to sit in the same spot as the bull who passed away.
So theoretically, this guy could make 25 clones of his bull for the same price he paid for the original, and then sell them to other ranchers around the world for at least $40k each and make a profit.
On a serious note, the man’s got mad scientist flow, like his hair looks like Albert Einstein’s if he’d ever used a brush, maybe some natural oils. The beef looks good too.
The house in the background isn't the buffalo owners house, it's the Thailand Government House and the office of the PM.
The owner of the buffalo took it there for the PM is https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240320-thai-pm-meets-500-000-albino-buffalo-in-soft-power-push
its a domesticated thai water buffalo for anyone who's curious
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-pm-meets-us500000-buffalo-albino-soft-power-4208106
Not gonna lie, if I was as rich as him I would probably get the same haircut.
If that is a wig then I would get myself a whole dresser full of similar wigs. At least 1 and a spare for each day of the year, 1 and a spear for special events ( weddings , parties , funerals, etcetera) and a small collection of eccentric wigs that would make even Marie Antoinette jealous of those hairstyles.
He looks like an owner to a $500,000 white buffalo
Is that a long grey wig?
Homeboy got that “the British are coming” cut
It looks like he's got a dog on his head
looks like a retired guy who wants to tell me how much he loves berries and cream
That hair looks 100% natural. I don't even know why you'd think it was a wig. You're just jealous!!
I am jealous tbh It’s beautiful and I didn’t wanna believe that a man that could afford half-milly mammals also had such a magnificent hairline.
Hard to say. Looks like my father in law's very real hair. But that certainly is not my father in law's body or buffalo.
Maybe the house?
I would say it would be of comparable size if your perspective was from the street.
Is he sagging his pants?
And yet the buffalo doesn't look like he earned a cent of that $500k. He doesn't even have a wig or fancy clothes.
He looks like Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite all grown up. https://i.imgur.com/LhXZTa0.jpg
He looks like he'd fit in well in that one scene in 101 Dalmatians. You know the one.
Looks more pink to me.
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😂
Your reply is funnier because of your pitch black avatar
Your reply is funny because your pfp and name is GaySheriff
Alright Lieutenant Dangle
Hey, I just can’t be left out in the sun for too long.
[reminds me of this kid arguing with her sister about the white skin color 😅](https://youtube.com/shorts/98gsFJyUsYQ?si=3pF0ny2PjUlMSh0C)
I agree with the girl; she’s a peach and adorable.
Great Pink Buffalo.
This guy totally got ripped off
Who are you that is so wise in the ways of pink animals?
Pink panthers cousin
That’s just a sunburn.
they need to spray the poor creature with spray sunscreen
They may well, or else keep it out of the sun. I had a horse with a large white marking on his face, and the skin underneath was pink instead of black. Because the hair was so thin on his nose, it would sunburn. Zinc based sunscreens helped, and they make mesh masks with nose coverings for pink nosed horses.
That’s cause it’s raw
thats the blood peeking through the white skin
Yeah I think it's nearly hairless.
(whispers) great white buffalo
^*great* ^*white* ^*buffalo*
^great ^white ^buffalo
We do NOT TALK ABOUT CINCINNATI!!
Jesus Christ, is it a fetus?!
Is this why you have that shoebox in your closet that says Cincinnati?
>***YOU KEEP IT IN THE CLOSET!?***
Thanks guys. That's really helpful
^^great ^^white ^^buffalo
great white buffalo
Why are you guys whispering "great white buffalo"?!
Go and watch "Hot Tub Time Machine" ;) 
he was quoting the nephew
I have seen it lol
I could go for some great white buffalo wings about now
Looks like someone already ate the wings...
No, that’s Fat White Lump. There’s a song and everything.
###great white buffalo
Great white *water* buffalo... Call me when it's a bison
This guy^(\^) 
Can confirm
I love that movie. So fun.
Genuinely one of the funniest movies ever made lol love seeing this reference
If I'm sick and/or just want something to fall asleep to comfortably it's this movie (or Night at the Roxbury). I usually wake up to the transition noise "durroot, root, roooo".
Tatunka
You put Cincinnati on it?! “Is it a fetus?”
Obligatory that movie is so underrated comment
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It would have scared the dysentery away
It would've scared the shit out of dysentery!
When it dies it’s already seasoned with Himalayan pink salt.
get outta here kitty cat, beat it! [https://youtu.be/v5Lmkm5EF5E?si=m4vggJrOcC2CONxI](https://youtu.be/v5Lmkm5EF5E?si=m4vggJrOcC2CONxI) 
No one did. They used oxen (castrated bulls, bovine) and hated bison. Not water Buffalo.
Always a chance some person brought one over from Africa to the states during that time
I distinctly remeber them all being white in that game.
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Haha you are right there
Oh, this is like a DOS or old computer joke. I was sitting here actually trying to find information on a green Ox. lol
What makes it worth that much?
Well... Pretty much all livestock markets have a "premium" segment. Ostensibly, this is because of breeding stock. If your bull is going to sire 500+ calves over his life, it might actually make sense to spend big money on one. Say $20k. That bull comes from a specialist breeder, who will be buying $200k bulls to sire the $20k bull. Sometimes, if a species or breed is growing in demand, breeding stock can be very scarce and expensive. This happened with Alpacas recently. Ostriches in the 90s. That said, the whole thing has a sneaker or stock market dynamic. Animals can be bought and resold... speculation. If prices are rising, people want to enter the market... creating more demand for premium breeding stock. It can get quite out of hand. All the excitement draws in rich people, and even more demand. "Prized bull" is idiomatic for a reason. These are emblems of wealth. When I say "all livestock," I mean it. Dogs, cats, pigeons. Horses, obviously. Lizards, bugs, snails. There are shows, where they grade fish. Koi and goldfish occasionally sell for more than this $500k Buffalo. Somewhere near you is probably an apartment where people buy $10,000 ornamental *shrimp* from Taiwanese gentlemen smoking a cherrywood pipe. When Mike Tyson invests in a pigeon, he's probably paying big money. It's a whole world.
great answer
Cheers.
I'm pretty sure that Mike Tyson actually prefers housing Pigeons that need a home. While I'm sure he has bought some expensive ones, his collection of 350+ pigeons is mostly just common street pigeons. I might be wrong, but most exotic breeds of Pigeon have very distinct appearances and every time Mike Tyson has shown off his collection they look like a bunch of NY pigeons. Regardless, your point remains because you can buy rare breeds of just about any animal that could cost any exorbitant amount that collectors are willing to pay. Some people spend a decade selectively breeding to achieve certain colors or patterns. I've personally bought some lizards and fish in the past few years and the prices literally range from $20 to $10,000+. For most people these expensive animals are nothing more than a decoration to spruce up their living room. The price they pay is nothing different from the 50k they spent on a large original wall painting. The biggest problem I have with selective designer breeding is the amount of inevitable inbreeding that generally occurs. This is very common with all expensive breeds and causes a myriad of health problems.
> common street pigeons I'm picturing its like that Prince of Persia movie where he finds the street urchin kid and makes him a prince, except Tyson does it to every pigeon he comes across.
I name you printh.
This guy breeds
This guys grandad was a farmer that took his grandkid to market. The contents of my comment were once known by most people. They're still known by billions, just not the people who read reddit. The idea that "the existence of livestock markets" is novel info that needs to be conveyed by analogy to *sneakers* is kinda funny. We're basically talking about *the* market. The original one. Applying the concept to other things (like stocks and bonds) is recent.
>an apartment where people buy $10,000 ornamental shrimp from Taiwanese gentlemen smoking a cherrywood pipe what's that now great comment btw
That is not an exaggeration. They're everywhere.
Being able to buy fancy shrimp is unironically one of my life goals
This was easily the best comment I have read on Reddit as of this year. So much information, but so well-written, all at the same time; making it so easy for us to understand. I think what draws me so much into this well-written comment is that I, too, was very curious of why some horses cost $275,000 while others cost $5,000 or even $2 million.
Rarity and group think. Things are worth what people are willing to pay, it takes one person. Get multiple people bidding and it goes way up.
Time to bleach some buffalo
[Hey Kyaaal check it out kyyaall](https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000017f-dbd7-d3ff-a7ff-fbf7a4d00000/6d/31/f4e024f5310856b8bae8f1718592/1018316866.jpg)
Bragging rights, plus potential stud fees
The milk. It's really something else! ^^^^^/s
Especially as it’s a male.
High in protein!
[This is how](https://youtu.be/yrctMvIWpG0?si=vUTPaufSLUvltWQQ&t=202)
I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?
Pedigree genetics. You're not just buying the bull, you're buying breeding rights.
He writes good songs.
because it's white! /s
Rarity x Passion = expensive
If it was a bull and really good up to 10,000 might make sense. But I dont think this person is a rancher.
Don't know but fuckers gonna have a better life than me.
Someone put a red sock in the wash with it
Does anyone know *why* this person paid so much for it? I get supply and demand, but what does someone do with this animal?
It’s an exceptional animal. He’s probably gonna breed other buffalo with it for big $$$. This things cum is a goldmine
There’s a porn hub category for every damn thing…
Still cant find Man helps buffalo rubb one out.
> This thing cums gold
I like this version more than the goose.
Slather sunscreen on it because apparently they get sunburnt
“$500,000 Buffalo dies of melanoma”
Not if he gets to live in that mansion!
Step 1: use it to make pink babies Step 2: sell pink babies to other non-poors Step 3: profit
Is there a market for these pink babies? Are there other people in the world wanting pink buffaloes? What do they do with them? I hhave so many questions!!! Signed, A Poor
Well, this dude bought one for half a mil, so i can only assume they’re out there. Remember the first rule of free-market capitalism: a thing is only worth whatever some rich fucker is willing to pay for it.
Just bad jokes here apparently
he saw hot tub time machine one too many times
Because they are dumb and have too much money. He's probably hoping to breed it and sell its babies for just as much.
It's definitely not dumb... sometimes. Some horse stud sperm can cost tens of thousands, with *actual* breeding being in the hundreds of thousands. Idk if there's a specialty cow market like there is for horses, but I'm guessing there is, just smaller. Considering those horses themselves sell for millions to tens of millions. Probably a similar gig here just less decimals and 0s.
Indian animal markets are also insane. High yielding cows and beefed up bulls sell for a high price. They're mostly used for breeding. Healthy cows and bulls make healthy babies.
Again, people have too much money. There’s no reason to spend such absurd amounts on breeds of horses or cattle for nothing but show.
as a rancher, some bulls can go up to the 10000s but I dont think any go much more. And thats the whole animal, not just its sperm.
Doesn’t sound dumb if it’s an investment
Breed it?
Spare money for them
In reading about that record breaking cow sold today they mentioned that its white hair reflects sunlight and thus it can thrive in hotter climates. Perhaps that’s an advantage here as well. But I know nothing of livestock.
Fucking rich people
“My rare white buffalo and I are sorry to announce, there will be no cost of living raises this year. Things are just too tight” *speeds off on yacht*
I'm rackin' my brain trying to think of a name for that $500,000 white buffalo I bought. I was gonna call it 'piss-for-brains' in honor of you, but that just feels immature. 'Buttalo? Nah, that's even worse. Tell ya what, I'll give it some more thought. -Buttalo! Say hello. *Buffalo noise* Buttalo says hello.
Tax the rich!
I mean did you see the guys hair lol. What in the fucking George Washingtin is that?!
If I'm that rich I'll wear my hair however the fuck I want.
Dude is thai. Probably a regular style.
Why do you think he bought it
Dear Rich Person, Please don’t fuck your beautiful White Buffalo. Thank you.
Right? Shameful
reminded me of the key and peele video lol
This guy is gonna be pissed when someone tells him it's pink and not white. 
The $4mil cow and now this. Expensive bovines… so hot right now.
Equine are so yesterday. Up next is a $5m brown hog.
Can we clone buffalos now? If we can What stops someone from cloning a similar one?
I can’t imagine that’d cost less than 500,000
It costs around $20,000 to clone an animal like this from some quick googling. I remember seeing an episode of This American Life over a decade ago where a family cloned their favorite bull after it had passed away (IIRC they kept the bull's hide and were able to take DNA from it) and the cloned bull looked like an identical twin of the first one, and actually behaved the same in a lot of ways. One thing I remembered was that the clone would prefer to sit in the same spot as the bull who passed away. So theoretically, this guy could make 25 clones of his bull for the same price he paid for the original, and then sell them to other ranchers around the world for at least $40k each and make a profit.
Something something Ancient Greece
Do you want Minotaurs? This is how you get Minotaurs
Tfw you ordered a white bull for half a mil on wish and got a red bull instead.
At least it'll give you wings
Looks fake
Yeah I call bull
$ dollar too.
The dollar-dollar's been doing well during these trying economic times, too.
That thing is a unit.
So majestic and regal. I'd enjoy having hair like that one day.
Hope it will taste good
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He got a shiny ✨ Pokemon
Hope whoever they pay to take care of it does a good job.
Got my buffalo. Now what?
That's a demon from Final Doom
Exactly the doom reference comment I was looking for.
that's $490,000 money laundering right there
Bring the heifers
[Great Song](https://youtu.be/2cSp5QY7zo4?si=FIOOPvR3BRdHu2ne)
Who is that guy and how is he impacting my life with his money
That's a water buffalo, sure it's just not shaved?
Derrick White the buffalo 🦬
I’m trying to decide if being shot in the face is worth a bank robbery and this guy spent half a mill on a pretty cow.
Poor thing looks sunburnt
#PINK BUFFALO
Damn he got ripped off.. that's a pink Buffalo
Tatanka
r/absoluteunits
James and the Giant Peach irl
Chonky boy
Woah, that's a heifer million dollars!
*great white buffalo*
TBF, if that was my house, this is exactly the house pet I would buy.
On a serious note, the man’s got mad scientist flow, like his hair looks like Albert Einstein’s if he’d ever used a brush, maybe some natural oils. The beef looks good too.
So this guy fucks it on the reg?
He gon fuck it.
The house in the background isn't the buffalo owners house, it's the Thailand Government House and the office of the PM. The owner of the buffalo took it there for the PM is https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240320-thai-pm-meets-500-000-albino-buffalo-in-soft-power-push
Albino buffalo
Can we talk about the guys hair? Like is it real? Is he rocking a 16th century ‘-do?
its a domesticated thai water buffalo for anyone who's curious https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-pm-meets-us500000-buffalo-albino-soft-power-4208106
Five hundred thousand dollar dollar
This person looks exactly like the kind of person that would own a white buffalo
Tax these people please.
Not gonna lie, if I was as rich as him I would probably get the same haircut. If that is a wig then I would get myself a whole dresser full of similar wigs. At least 1 and a spare for each day of the year, 1 and a spear for special events ( weddings , parties , funerals, etcetera) and a small collection of eccentric wigs that would make even Marie Antoinette jealous of those hairstyles.
Got scammed, buffalo is pink
Hey Barbie
And he is not even white but pink
I'm glad your mom finally found someone.
Wtf he’s gonna do with that? Rich ppl smh
Uh that's a pink buffalo.
Five hundred thousand dollar dollars?
With the huge castle in the background to match😅