Foskco wrote:
Bears are the ultimate animals.
They can run 30mph, excellent climbers, excellent swimmers, lots of brute strength, can eat pretty much anything, and sleep for 3 months straight in the winter.
The most dominant of the bear family is the brown or grizzly bear .. and no, they're not excellent climbers. In fact, adult grizzlies don't climb at all.
And they'll often sleep far more than 3 months straight. Try 5-6 months.
A prehistoric South American giant short-faced bear tipped the scales at up to 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) and towered at least 11 feet (3.4 meters) standing up, according to a new study.---National Geographic
wtfunny wrote:
The most dominant of the bear family is the brown or grizzly bear .. and no, they're not excellent climbers. In fact, adult grizzlies don't climb at all.
And they'll often sleep far more than 3 months straight. Try 5-6 months.
Hard to quantify dominance but the largest bear currently is the polar bear which is slightly larger than the Kodiak bear.
Mop the floor wrote:
good guy wrote:I just don't see how the elephent kills the gorilla, i think the gorrilla could slowly beat down the elephant
Elephant wraps its trunk around the gorilla, squeezes it until ribs break and organs rupture then slams it on the ground like its swatting ants. That give you the mental image you were unable to conjure on your own?
yeah but how does the elephant grab a hold of the gorilla is what im saying? a gorilla is far faster in close spurts and the elephant is long as hell, it would turn around so slow. Wouldn't be hard for a gorilla to avoid the its trunk and get behind it imo. Im not saying a gorilla is anywhere near as tough as an elephant, i was just pondering if there is room for the gorilla to outplay the elephant so to speak. They may be giants but they aren't exactly built to kill
good guy wrote:
yeah but how does the elephant grab a hold of the gorilla is what im saying? a gorilla is far faster in close spurts and the elephant is long as hell, it would turn around so slow. Wouldn't be hard for a gorilla to avoid the its trunk and get behind it imo. Im not saying a gorilla is anywhere near as tough as an elephant, i was just pondering if there is room for the gorilla to outplay the elephant so to speak. They may be giants but they aren't exactly built to kill
I'm not sure a gorilla is faster. They're both listed at 25 mph but the gorilla is more agile. Wouldn't matter though since the premise is a fight to the death which implies each combatant is going to try to kill the other not just run away.
Elephants aren't carnivores but they are very much built to kill. Strength, bulk, tusks and prehensile trunk and a disposition that can go from docile to murderous in the blink of an eye. There is little a gorilla could do that would be effective against an adult bull elephant.
Greatest of all time, when it comes to a death match against other animals? Has to be the Spinosaurus.
T-rex
polar wrote:
Hard to quantify dominance but the largest bear currently is the polar bear which is slightly larger than the Kodiak bear.
It's actually pretty easy to quantify.
The polar bear is generally larger than the brown bear. But even the female smallish brown bears (250-300lbs) of the arctic coast will run all but the very largest male polar bears (1200+lbs) off a food source. Happens every year.
Brown bears > polar bears.
Thejeff wrote:
You cannot have a round robin tourney if they fight to the death, numbskull :-)
To answer your question, I pick A: human, or if that is cheating, B: Great White Shark
It can still be a round robin tournament. When one dies just get an animal from that species that is about the same size. Humans are allowed, but with no weapons. We do not stand a chance with our bare hands.
wtfunny wrote:
The polar bear is generally larger than the brown bear. But even the female smallish brown bears (250-300lbs) of the arctic coast will run all but the very largest male polar bears (1200+lbs) off a food source. Happens every year.
Brown bears > polar bears.
So you're saying the very largest male polar bears are more dominant. Got it.
Again, this is a fight to the death so it's presumed that neither animal will back down.
A damn psyco shooting firing ramdomly at the streets: Nothing is safe in #Merica
http://funnyand.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Chuck-Norris-carpet.jpgwtfunny wrote:
good guy wrote:[quote]is grizzly or bear vs gorilla the greatest match up though? both are extremely strong and fast
"grizzly or bear"??
A large male brown (grizzly) bear would outweigh the gorilla by a factor of 3-4 times. They're stronger, and better armed. Not even close.
My favourite animals:
1. Ebu Gogo
2. Mungo Man
3. Georgicus
4. Denisovan
What animal is the GOAT of the animal kingdom?
How about the goat? Seems appropriate.
polar wrote:
wtfunny wrote:The polar bear is generally larger than the brown bear. But even the female smallish brown bears (250-300lbs) of the arctic coast will run all but the very largest male polar bears (1200+lbs) off a food source. Happens every year.
Brown bears > polar bears.
So you're saying the very largest male polar bears are more dominant. Got it.
Again, this is a fight to the death so it's presumed that neither animal will back down.
No. I'm saying that it's very rare for even the largest polar bear to stand up to even a small female brown bear. A 1200lb coastal brown bear would walk all over ANY polar bear.
They're bears. And bears DO run away.
Kodiak and other coastal brown bears have claws three times longer than a polar bears. They're also far more aggressive with other bears.
The size of the fight in the dog matters.
Ursa mega wrote:
A prehistoric South American giant short-faced bear tipped the scales at up to 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) and towered at least 11 feet (3.4 meters) standing up, according to a new study.---National Geographic
True. I'm speaking only of living species.
The GOAT? Prolly some dinosaur. Unless a big flood came along during the fight to the death.
Obviously the killer whale. this isn't even close
sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads
Thejeff wrote:
You cannot have a round robin tourney if they fight to the death, numbskull :-)
To answer your question, I pick A: human, or if that is cheating, B: Great White Shark
Great White Shark?!?
WTF?
Killer whales eat great white sharks like they are twinkies.
