History PapaWolf / RealLIfe

* [[https://youtu.be/B5nAt4_73uM When an ex-Marine veteran, Brandon Moore]], found out that his [[FalseFriend so-called friend]] had been sexually abusing his daughter behind his back for years, he seriously considered killing him on the spot, but reconsidered when he knew he would still go to prison and his family will not have their protective father to watch over them. Instead, Moore set a trap for the scumbag and just used his bare hands to turn him into a bloody pulp before the cops arrived.

* Creator/MarkWahlberg once said with a straight face about the 9/11 terrorists, "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin."

** Swans also mate for life - they might look [[SwansASwimming serene, peaceful and cute]], but just ''try'' to touch a cygnet when either parents are with them, but ''especially'' when Papa Swan is nearby - swans have bone spurs on their wings, and the wingbeats of a mute swan can break a human arm. On top of that, same-sex couples occur in swans, meaning a cygnet could have ''two'' Papa Swans. (Fun fact: cygnets raised by male/male pairs have a noticeably higher survival rate than those raised by male/female pairs, with 80% of cygnets raised by male/male pairs fledging compared to 30% of cygnets raised by male/female pairs.)
** Don't dare mess with the bonxies (Great skuas) either, they'll swoop down and smash your skull with their beak. Without even stopping. Probably a good thing they only live on isolated Scottish islands.
** Male lions defend both their pride and their territory, especially their cubs, and will lay down their lives if need be. Other males' cubs, however, are fair game. Lionesses will also kill foreign (non-pride) cubs if given the chance, despite being very good mothers to their own. [[note]]Cubs belonging to the same pride are treated as kin regardless of biological relation.[[/note]]
** Male gorillas are normally [[GentleGiant very gentle creatures]], the silverback leader of a troop often being the father, uncle, or grandfather of the babies in it. When the youngsters go off to investigate an oddity, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2H7zcqjplc such as a cameraman]] the silverback is always right behind them to make sure nothing messes with the little ones. Mess with those babies, though, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes you won't have very long to live]].
*** Several male non-human primate species that take on an equal or greater role in parental care are this, such as gibbons and tamarins.
** Mockingbirds will attack ''anything'' that they consider as a threat to their chicks.
** In all ratites (large flightless birds like the ostrich) the male either has the sole task of incubating the eggs and raising the chicks with no input whatsoever from the mother, or he hatches and raises them in alongside the mother, which is done with the family after laying the eggs. So the male, now with a bunch of eggs and later chicks to raise alone, gets monstrously fierce. All ratites, from emus to rheas and even the small tinamous, attack anyone and anything daring to get close to the eggs/chicks. The cassowary takes the cake though: it can horribly maim and even kill anything threatening its young using sharp claws on its toes - including a highly specialized dagger-shaped toe that is essentially a [[ArmedLegs STILETTO.]]
*** There's a reason why Cassowary chicks have such loud calls - because they are lucky enough to have one of the most dangerous birds on the planet as their dad. Their calls are almost guaranteed to attract his attention and direct him towards any possible threat.
** There's a very good reason Papa Goats have big horns.
** Sheep may normally be the poster children for docile creatures, but unless you're their shepherd, don't enter a pasture after lambing season. Even walking past outside the enclosure will rate you a [[DeathGlare Death Glare]].
** True of ''piranhas'', believe it or not. Piranha eggs are guarded by their father, who'll take bites out of anything that threatens them until they hatch.
** Birds of prey. ANY. Just dare to approach an eagle's nest while the young are still there and see who's on the welcome committee.
** Real-life ganders aren't far removed from the one in ''Literature/CharlottesWeb''. The goslings are cute, fuzzy little things, but you must resist the urge to pet them if you don't want both the goose and the gander to tear you apart. Considering that [[FoulWaterfowl geese have a tendency to attack people]] for seemingly any reason they can think of, you'd be a fool to try anything with them when they've got goslings to look after.
** And you'd never guess that some arachnids are this. Opiliones, a.k.a. the daddy longlegs, take on the sole duty of egg protection. They're LITERALLY a daddy longlegs!!
** Australian magpies are known to be aggressive during breeding season, and the males will attack any potential intruders.
** ''Any'' male bird that helps take care of chicks after mating. While the mother bird sits on eggs, the father often stands guard nearby, ready to pounce on anything that comes close enough.
** Male wolverines, despite their solitary lifestyles, are attentive and protective parents. They even keep an eye on their kids after they grow up. Some biologists trapping young adult wolverines for tagging have reported finding themselves menaced by older males.

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* [[http://badassoftheweek.com/wanyandie.html Tom Wanyandie]], a 78-year-old Cree Indian wilderness guide who fought off a literal {{Mama Bear}} attacking his son while screaming every profanity of his native language.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXCrmrcQnU4 Zorro the Doberman won't let other dogs touch the baby he's protecting!]] As mentioned in MamaBear, animals raised around young children from a few weeks to around a year old often develop incredibly strong attachments to them.
* Male deinonychosaurs were the ones that brooded the nests.
* An Ethiopian girl is kidnapped and beaten by some guys who wanted to rape her and then force her to marry one of them. [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8305836/ns/world_news-africa/t/ethiopian-girl-reportedly-guarded-lions/#.TxFwOfIlngf Three lions mistake the girl's cries for a lion cub's cry for help. They chase the kidnappers away and guard the girl for half a day.]] This allows guards and policemen to protect the victim and chase after the criminals.

* Nearly literal [[http://www.live5news.com/story/23394818/family-dog-sniffs-out-baby-abuser-hidden-tape-leads-to-confession?autostart=true here]], with a dog instead of a wolf. A babysitter was abusing his owners' son, and the parents found out because whenever she came around he'd be aggressive towards her and defend the baby.

* There was a news story in India detailing two puppies that fell into a well. For 48 hours, they were accompanied and allegedly protected by, of all things, a ''king cobra''. While there is some debate as to whether or not the cobra had amiable intentions, he did manage to save the puppies' lives by keeping them away from a deep, muddy part of the well that would have drowned them if they entered.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=veVwc1RKr9s This dog]] makes [[TranquilFury his displeasure]] clear when the nearby cat tries to swipe at the squirrel on his head. The cat [[KnowWhenToFoldThem wisely]] backs off.

* Creator/SteveHarvey has repeatedly stated during interviews that he raised his 4 daughters differently from his sons and has repeatedly said [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGYV-WT7Xq0 he will attack and humiliate anyone who mistreats his daughters]]. He even says that he'll still be wary of his sons-in-law because he's prepared to drop all pretences of in-law relations as soon as he hears that they've mistreated his daughters. He's even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFU6O7HB73w praised]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T2T6_-W_kA other]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrFrQuxdXdM&t=70s fathers]] for looking out for their daughters in the same way.

** Creator/SteveCarell, well known for being an even tempered person usually, ''flipped out'' on the paparazzi one day when he encountered them taking photos of him teaching his daughter Annie how to ride a bike, which Annie made so flustered that she quit and ran inside their home crying. The photographers actually wound up ''apologizing'' after the dressing down he gave them.

** And you'd never guess that some arachnids are this. Opiliones, a.k.a. the daddy longlegs, take on the sole duty of egg protection. They're LITERALLY [[AWorldWidePunomenon a daddy longlegs!!]]

* Jazz musician Keyon Harrold immediately defended his son Keyon Harrold Jr. when a 22-year-old woman named Miya Ponsetto falsely accused the boy of stealing her phone at a hotel in Soho. When Ponsetto had the gall to physically attack Keyon Jr., his father yanked her off of him as soon as she touched him.

* Creator/SteveHarvey has repeatedly stated during interviews that he raised his 4 daughters differently from his sons and has repeatedly said [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGYV-WT7Xq0 he will attack and humiliate anyone who mistreats his daughters]]. He even says that he'll still be wary of his sons-in-law because he's prepared to drop all pretences of in-law relations as soon as he hears that they've mistreated his daughters. He's even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFU6O7HB73w praised]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T2T6_-W_kA other]]
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrFrQuxdXdM&t=70s fathers]] for looking out for their daughters in the same way.

* In March 2023, Jake Coomb of Tailem Bend, Australia found his daughter in their garage near an Eastern Brown Snake about to strike. Coomb was able to get his daughter to safety but was bitten instead. Fortunately, it was a "dry bite", meaning no venom was released, although Coomb was hospitalized overnight to be sure. Eastern Browns can easily kill a small child, and Coomb felt his daughter wouldn't have gotten away fast enough. His thoughts on the entire situation, "Better me than her, that's for sure."

* There are numerous criticisms that can be leveled at the head management of Creator/FoxNews, particularly its owner Roger Ailes, and many of them would probably be accurate, but the one thing everybody agrees on is that unless they screw up in a particularly egregious manner, Ailes will back his talent and staff to the ''hilt''. The Fox News "family" as a whole tends to stick together like glue, most notably in recent years being the instance when 2016 Republican Presidential candidate UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump made a disgustingly sexist remark about Megyn Kelly and the rest of FNC and its sister channels practically got out the torches and pitchforks in her defense. (As Shep Smith pointed out, Kelly didn't actually ''need'' their help -- but apparently she appreciated it all the same.) When Trump later threatened to boycott an FNC debate, the network's response was the formal press release variant of "Okay!" -- this despite the fact that the potential boycotter was also the party front-runner, who could possibly cost them thousands of viewers (and thus advertising dollars) by not showing up.

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/y2qird/fathers_instinctually_protecting_their_children/ Different fathers each protecting their own children from earthquakes]].

* There are numerous criticisms that can be leveled at the head management of Creator/FoxNews, particularly its owner Roger Ailes, and many of them would probably be accurate, but the one thing everybody agrees on is that unless they screw up in a particularly egregious manner, Ailes will back his talent and staff to the ''hilt''. The Fox News "family" as a whole tends to stick together like glue, most notably in recent years being the instance when 2016 Republican Presidential candidate UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump made a disgustingly sexist remark about Megyn Kelly and the rest of FNC and its sister channels practically got out the torches and pitchforks in her defense. (As Shep Smith pointed out, Kelly didn't actually ''need'' their help -- but apparently she appreciated it all the same.) Trump in question later threatened to boycott a subsequent FNC debate, the network's response was the formal press release variant of "Okay!" -- this despite the fact that the potential boycotter was also the party front-runner, who could possibly cost them thousands of viewers (and thus advertising dollars) by not showing up.

* During the February 2018 sentencing of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who had pled guilty to sexually assaulting over 150 gymnasts, father Randall Margraves was present to hear the victim statements given by his three daughters, ''all'' of whom had been abused by Nassar. After his daughter Morgan gave her statement, her father responded by '''charging Nassar on the stand''' and had to be tackled by no less than ''[[UnstoppableRage three]]'' police officers and an attorney, as was dramatically captured on camera [[https://media.glamour.com/photos/5a748390f6ee2f6fbff201c4/master/pass/AP_18033537532606.jpg here.]]
** It must also be pointed out that mere seconds before he charged, Margrave requested the judge to [[ImpliedDeathThreat give him five minutes]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in a locked room with Nassar]], and when he was denied he lowballed it to one minute, and when he was denied again, [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight he decided he was going to get his hands on Nassar anyway]]. The judge, by the way, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure decided not to punish Margrave for contempt of court]].

* In 2020, WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard died saving his son, Aryeh Gaspard, from drowning in 2020, using his last words to tell the lifeguards to save his son first. His sacrifice to save his son led to the WWE making "The Gaspard Award" in his memory as well as naming him as the most inspirational wrestler of the year. His fellow wrestlers stated that what Gaspard did to save his son was a testament to fatherhood, saving your child's life at the cost of losing your own.

** Male lions defend both their pride and their territory, especially their cubs, and will lay down their lives if need be. Other males' cubs, however, are fair game. (Lionesses will also kill foreign (non-pride) cubs if given the chance, despite being very good mothers to their own). [note]Cubs belonging to the same pride are treated as kin regardless of biological relation.[/note]

*** In fact, several male non-human primate species that take on an equal or greater role in parental care are this, such as gibbons and tamarins.

** In all ratites, large flightless birds like the ostrich, the male either has the sole task of incubating the eggs and raising the chicks, no input whatsoever from the mother, or he hatches and raises them in alongside the mother, which is done with the family after laying the eggs. So the male, now with a bunch of eggs and later chicks to raise alone, gets monstrously fierce. All ratites, from emus to rheas and even the small tinamous, attack anyone and anything daring to get close to the eggs/chicks, but the cassowary is the one that genuinely earns the price, for it has been able to horribly maim and even kill people just to protect its young with toes on each foot that are essentially a [[ArmedLegs STILETTO.]]
*** There's a reason why Cassowary chicks have such loud calls; because they are lucky enough to have one of the most vicious birds on the planet as their dad, their calls are almost guaranteed to attract his attention and direct him towards any possible threat.

** Swans also mate for life - they might look [[SwansASwimming serene, peaceful and cute]], but just ''try'' to touch a cygnet when either parents are with them, but ''especially'' when Papa Swan is nearby. By the way, anecdotally at least, the wingbeats of a mute swan can break a human arm.

** Male lions are the guardians of the pride and it is their main job to protect the family, especially their cubs. As such, if a danger happens, the lions will stand up to protect them, even if it'd costs them their own lives. Other males' cubs, however, are fair game. (Though this is the case with almost every animal, and lionesses will also kill foreign cubs if given the chance, despite being very good mothers to their own.). Cubs of other lions belonging to the same pride, however, are being threaten by all members as fellow kin, however unrelated by blood.

** [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]] was so determined to protect his family from the toxic and racist attitude [[note]] His wife Creator/MeghanMarkle is biracial [[/note]] of the British media (an especially low point was a radio host tweeting a picture of a ''chimpanzee'' with the caption "Royal Baby Leaves Hospital" - perhaps thankfully, said host almost immediately regretted his actions and deleted said tweet, but the damage was already done) that he gave up the pampered existence he'd known all his life to move thousands of miles away and guard their privacy as fiercely as possible. To this day, the pictures of their children can be counted on one hand and have been willingly released by him and his wife rather than intrusively taken. It didn't help that he already publicly resented the paparazzi for their role in his mother's death.

* When Curt Schilling of the Red Sox posted on Twitter that his daughter would be playing softball at her new college, two obnoxious young jerkasses tweeted an anonymous series of highly abusive sexualized insults and threats about his little girl. Schilling tracked down their real identities and publicized them in a scathing counterattack against cyber-bullying. Within days, [[LaserGuidedKarma one of the culprits was suspended from his college and fraternity, and the other was fired for his disgraceful online behavior.]]
* There are numerous criticisms that can be levelled at the head management of Creator/FoxNews, particularly its owner Roger Ailes, and many of them would probably be accurate, but the one thing everybody agrees on is that unless they screw up in a particularly egregious manner, Ailes will back his talent and staff to the ''hilt''. The Fox News "family" as a whole tends to stick together like glue, most notably in recent years being the instance when 2016 Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump made a disgustingly sexist remark about Megyn Kelly and the rest of FNC and its sister channels practically got out the torches and pitchforks in her defense. (As Shep Smith pointed out, Kelly didn't actually ''need'' their help -- but apparently she appreciated it all the same.) Trump in question later threatened to boycott a subsequent FNC debate, the network's response was the formal press release variant of "Okay!" -- this despite the fact that the potential boycotter was also the party front-runner, who could possibly cost them thousands of viewers (and thus advertising dollars) by not showing up.

* In [[https://wsvn.com/news/local/police-man-takes-ak-47-to-middle-school-after-receiving-call-from-crying-son/?fbclid=IwAR1AU5op0EJwMDte2a4Axv8vNPOeu0CV07TPo4oIEwD6JCmDQ84CjO5DiU8 this news report]], a West Palm Beach man got a Face Time call from his crying young son, who explained that a teacher at his school had just "slammed" him. While the call was going on, the kid was grabbed by an adult and the phone flew from his hands. The dad's response? He went to the school ''with an AK-47''. Sure, he got arrested and slapped with a restraining order for his actions, but can you blame him?

* Mark Wahlberg once said with a straight face about the 9/11 terrorists, "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin."

* A conspiracy nut had been pestering Buzz Aldrin and other Apollo personnel, and he put up with that good-naturedly, but when said nut made an unfriendly move toward Aldrin's granddaughter, the 72-year-old astronaut threw one punch and knocked the guy out.

* [[https://youtu.be/B5nAt4_73uM When an ex-Marine veteran, Brandon Moore]], found out that his [[FalseFriend so-called friend]] had been sexually abusing his daughter [[TooDumbToLive behind his back for years]], he seriously considered killing him on the spot, but reconsidered when he knew he would still go to prison and his family will not have their protective father to watch over them. Instead, Moore set a trap for the scumbag and just used his bare hands to turn him into a bloody pulp before the cops arrived.

* [[https://youtu.be/B5nAt4_73uM When an ex-Marine veteran, Brandon Moore]], found out that his [[WithFriendsLikeThese so-called friend]] had been sexually abusing his daughter behind his back for years, he seriously considered killing him on the spot, but reconsidered when he knew he would still go to prison and his family will not have their protective father to watch over them. Instead, Moore set a trap for the scumbag and just used his bare hands to turn him into a bloody pulp before the cops arrived.

* [[https://news.yahoo.com/texas-man-gets-60-years-200116721.html This father]] found his 9-year-old daughter being raped by [[WithFriendsLikeThese a family "friend" of 10 years]] who had been staying in their home. The father held the creep at gunpoint until the cops arrived.

* An ex-Marine veteran, Brandon Moore, has threatened to murder his so-called friend, who abused his teenage daughter behind his back, but instead, Moore set a trap for the scumbag and just used his bare hands to turn him into a bloody pulp before the cops arrived.

** [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]] was so determined to protect his family from the toxic and racist attitude [[note]] His wife Creator/MeghanMarkle is biracial [[/note]] of the British media (an especially low point was a radio host tweeting a picture of a ''chimpanzee'' with the caption "Royal Baby Leaves Hospital") that he gave up the pampered existence he'd known all his life to move thousands of miles away and guard their privacy as fiercely as possible. To this day, the pictures of their children can be counted on one hand and have been willingly released by him and his wife rather than intrusively taken. It didn't help that he already publicly resented the paparazzi for their role in his mother's death.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C1rPYsmjvM This video]] is a compilation of different fathers going into protective mode when their child/children are in danger.

*** Same-sex couples do occur in swans and other monogamous birds, which sometimes get to raise kids. Now try getting anywhere near a cygnet with two Papa Swans. Fun fact: cygnets raised by male/male pairs have a noticeably higher survival rate than those raised by male/female or female/female pairs.

** Male lions are protective of their own cubs. Other males' cubs, however, are fair game. (Though this is the case with almost every animal, and lionesses will also kill foreign cubs if given the chance, despite being very good mothers to their own.)

* Some people cherish their pets as children, so it's not surprising when they get violent to protect their animals. One [[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-wrestles-alligator-save-his-dog-n1267405 Florida man]] jumped into a pond to save his dog from an alligator, wrestling it until his beloved dog was saved.