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No one can deny the far-reaching presence of the absolute unit. The biggest, baddest boys in town are those absolute units brimming with authority. Those big girthy boys full of meat and moxie. It's enough to make you run and hide, or bend the knee and respect the power of the absolute unit. It's like one of those real life boss fights.

There's a heavy duty version of just about everything. Mattresses, tools, horses and frogs all have their own absolute units. These big boys are gargantuan in stature and plump in frame. These absolute units are just too mighty for this little world. When you see a big boy you know what's up.

Leave it to people to parse out the extreme limitations on what you can do with horse genetics. They just get so dang big, it's hard to think about realistically. For some interesting junk about horses and their weirdness, here's a tumblr thread on a "master" in animal sciences getting schooled on horses.

The Morris Animal Refuge swears this guy isn't a bobcat, but holy crap is the 26 pound Mr B a big boy. For a story on someone who accidentally DID try to adopt a bobcat you can read this funny craigslist ad about a mistaken animal lover who thinks they've found a stray cat. We're big fans of animal shelters with a sense of humor, like this pet shelter that gives cats crazy names.

An absolute unit can be just about any person, place, or thing. A bear, a squirrel, even a real chonky chair could qualify. It just has to be large and in charge. When you're in awe of the size of that lad, you know you're looking at an absolute unit.