Rank these animals in terms of fighting ability

Saber Tooth Tiger

Moose (in mating season with antlers)

Tiger

Polar bear

Great White Shark

King Cobra

This will get deleted VERY soon, so it's probably not worth the effort...

Whatever. I love these threads, so here I go!

Great white sharks (#6) are disqualified because their environment isn't shared by all the other animals. They automatically get last since they couldn't operate on land. They'd be defenseless and helpless as the sabertooth tiger dug in for a high-iron meal of liver.

Sabertooth tigers (#3) aren't nearly as big as we tend to imagine. I imagine the modern tiger could rip it apart if it needed to, and in this case, it does.

The modern day tiger (#2) is a fearsome beast. I'd love to sit here and tell you that it'd be an epic fight between the tiger and the polar bear, but that's a little far-fetched. Polar bears (#1) are killing machines - angels of death. They smell blood and shred flesh like it's their job. A full grown alpha Polar likely weighs over 2x what the tiger weights, and is probably 3 or 4x as strong. He'd crush the tiger effortlessly and eat its guts.

The moose (#4) is simply a meal for any of the predators on this list except the shark. If they shared the same environment, I suspect #1-3 would regularly make a meal out of the moose. Plus, the moose is too dumb to even know what to do in a fight. It could still probably step on the Cobra's head, though (on accident).

The cobra (#5) is a little biotch. It's simply a snack for #1-3.

Don't know about these:

Polar bear

Tiger

Moose (in mating season with antlers)

Great White Shark

King Cobra

But one thing I do know:

DFL - Saber Tooth Tiger

Sorry, but you aren't much of a threat if you are extinct.

In the arctic Planet Earth episode, the polar bear can't even take down a walrus. How is he going to beat a tiger?

As a side note, I bet they have these fights all the time in China.

Uh.... I think the polar bear can handle a walrus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob_oD1IsYbE

I'm basing my judgement off of the awesome idea from the Texicans of stupidity past...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUtIoN2xLqk

The cobra only has to land one shot to inject his venom and slither off. I am going with the kobra

Land environment

1. Tiger 305 kg (670 lb); tiger vs polar bear is not exactly a fair comparison because one is an arctic species, adapted to ice, water, and tundra, and the other a forest speceies. But read "The Tiger." In the forest of Siberia everthing, even grizzly bears (closely related to polar bears), fears the tiger.

2. Polar bear 350–680 kg (770–1,500 lb)

3. Saber tooth tiger (they were more scavengers than hunters)

4. King Cobra - they actually will stalk you!

5. Moose

6. Great white shark - would die on land

Marine environment

1. Great white shark

2. Polar bear (great swimmers but no match for a 20 ft shark)

3. Tiger (tigers are excellent swimmers)

4. Sabertooth tiger

5. King Cobra (would not want to meet one a pool or pond!)

6. Moose

Kobe24 wrote:

The cobra only has to land one shot to inject his venom and slither off. I am going with the kobra

And what if we throw a mongoose into the mix?

If cobra > polar bear, tiger, saber-toothed tiger, shark and moose.

AND

Mongoose > cobra

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Mongoose rules the world?

might be wejo wrote:

In the arctic Planet Earth episode, the polar bear can't even take down a walrus. How is he going to beat a tiger?

As a side note, I bet they have these fights all the time in China.

Walruses are like the size of pickup trucks

bigtool wrote:

Walruses are like the size of pickup trucks

think this guy has a 26.2 sticker?

rikki tikki tavi wrote:

If cobra > polar bear, tiger, saber-toothed tiger, shark and moose.

AND

Mongoose > cobra

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Mongoose rules the world?

I'm not certain that animal fighting ability is a transitive property ...

The Askerer wrote:

Polar bear

Tiger

Moose (in mating season with antlers)

Great White Shark

King Cobra

Saber Tooth Tiger

Best thread of the day.

1 saber tooth tiger

2 great white

3 polar bear

4 tiger

5 moose

6 king cobra

Ummm.... ever heard of the Honey Badger?

The Askerer wrote:

I'm not certain that animal fighting ability is a transitive property ...

What if we add a mongoose, with the caveat that this is a 7 animal battle royale?

Would the mongoose be the last "man" standing?

The Askerer wrote:

Polar bear

Tiger

Moose (in mating season with antlers)

Great White Shark

King Cobra

Saber Tooth Tiger

Folks are not giving the Great White his due.

Look, the only way to make this fair is to have a large fighting arena with every animal given enough room for something approximating their natural habitat. Have a corner of ice for the ridiculous polar bear, a large patch of dry land for most of the rest, and a large salt water pool for the Great White.

So, what happens? Well, that Great White is never coming out onto the land so he is pretty much invulnerable. But those land animals sooner or later will choose to go for a swim and when they do...

Great White Shark for the win.

'Sabertooth tigers (#3) aren't nearly as big as we tend to imagine. I imagine the modern tiger could rip it apart if it needed to, and in this case, it does.'

The largest species of sabre tooth was twice the size of a tiger, so its between that and the polar bear

Why is the Tasmanian Devil left off this list? Too dangerous? Would ruin the party?

dumbo wrote:

Ummm.... ever heard of the Honey Badger?

He wouldn't fight because he doesn't give a sh!t.