Board 8 > 10% of the population thinks they could beat an ELEPHANT in a fight

(+) Yeah! (+)

..Unarmed even.

https://twitter.com/crampell/status/1393250065909694464

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@Silver_Ermine


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two things i need to point out

1. i only see 8 or 9%, not 10
2. that's 8-9% of the UK population. we're just built different sorry

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I really want to know what makes lions so different to be the one thing women feel more confident fighting

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I remember that "could you beat up a wolf" topic from a few years back.

Good times (we are dumb).

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Goose (Geese?) might be scary but I really doubt that they are strong

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I want to meet the guy who thinks he can take a lion but not a grizzly bear

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A lion wouldn't even beat a grizzly bear as it is. A tiger would be a better match.

That said the lion might kill you slightly faster.
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Humans are way smarter than all animals it's not even funny.

Give a human time to plan and they win all matchups

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pjbasis posted...

Humans are way smarter than all animals it's not even funny.

Give a human time to plan and they win all matchups

well if you're having to fight them barehanded I'm assuming this is a scenario where you didn't have time to plan

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I can imagine a human beating a lion barehanded. I can't imagine a human beating a grizzly bear barehanded.
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Clearly you've never seen what an action hero who's dropped his gun but notices environmental hazards can do

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you've just got to get big and yell HEY BEAR and eventually the bear beats a hasty retreat no problem

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Mac Arrowny posted...

I can imagine a human beating a lion barehanded. I can't imagine a human beating a grizzly bear barehanded.

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I'm sure an elephant's jugular is even easier to find.

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Honestly the biggest outlier to me is Gorilla. They're basically just Humans++ when it comes to physique. Maybe against a Lion or a Bear some opposable thumbs BS could be pulled off, but a Gorilla would just tear you apart.

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Rats are the worst in RPGs

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would you rather fight an elephant or the heavy weight UFC champ

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you could probably get on top of a lion and choke it out right? i mean 9 times out of 10 they just maul you but I could see it happening

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Nanis23 posted...

Goose (Geese?) might be scary but I really doubt that they are strong

Their wings hit like clubs. Not my experience (I never fought one), but I read that many years ago.

_stingers_ posted...

9 times out of 10 they just maul you

I promise it's more than 9 out of 10.

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I'm surprised people feel more confident fighting an eagle than a large dog. At least kicks would be viable against a dog
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Seginustemple posted...

I'm surprised people feel more confident fighting an eagle than a large dog. At least kicks would be viable against a dog

Not to mention the type resistance

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Geese aren't actually that strong at all, at least ones that you'd see in America. TierZoo has taught me that they've spent all their evolution points in intimidation and HP. But they aren't really able to do serious damage. I'm pretty confident I could kick at a Goose until it buggered off.

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Ah, but then if you have a small child that goose will remember you and sinply take your small child away

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Seginustemple posted...

I'm surprised people feel more confident fighting an eagle than a large dog. At least kicks would be viable against a dog

Id feel more confident that Id make it out completely unscathed vs a dog.....but Im certainly not fearing for my life against an eagle. They have negligible reach and zero ground game. Once you get your hands on one its fucking over. Also, not an eagle, but I still feel this video is relevant....

https://youtu.be/nLSi-q_-pJY

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I want to talk to the 24% of men that see a rat and think that thing could kick my ass.

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those men have been to New York

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VintageGin posted...

Not to mention the type resistance

hate this board

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LeonhartFour posted...

those men have been to New York

I think most healthy men (and women) could probably still beat a rat the size of a cat.

Sure as hell wouldn't want to, though.

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Like, a lion and a bear I could at least see a path to victory, however slim, but what do you even do to an elephant? Punch its legs?

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Outlive it, assuming it's old enough. That's your path to victory.

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JackMan posted...

Like, a lion and a bear I could at least see a path to victory, however slim, but what do you even do to an elephant? Punch its legs?

Poking it in the eye is probably the only way you are hurting it unarmed.

It wont make you win but you might be able to hurt it that way before it crushes you.

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UltimaterializerX posted...

Almost any human could beat a wolf in a fight, since their natural instinct is to run and they wouldn't know what to do if cornered most of the time. The high fantasy junk about wolves attacking human beings is exceptionally rare, because they just haven't evolved to where they would want to. Wolves learned very early to fear human beings.

This is unbelievably untrue, and the last sentence is confusing why youd think that. Fear just means theyll fight harder if threatened, thats kind of the deal with wolves in captivity? Dont spook them because theyre wild at heart and will fuck you up.

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JackMan posted...

Like, a lion and a bear I could at least see a path to victory, however slim, but what do you even do to an elephant? Punch its legs?

RULES OF NATURE

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People severly underestimating eagles.

How the hell will you ever even hit it if its dive bombing you at 100+mph

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Colegreen_c12 posted...

How the hell will you ever even hit it if its dive bombing you at 100+mph

You just gotta tank the hit.

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JackMan posted...

You just gotta tank the hit.

And then what? You have an eagle that probably just left a huge gash on your head and your somehow cognizant enough to grab the eagle you probably cant see dragging you around and grab him before he flies off again?

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You gotta pull a Gothmog and sidestep at the last second, causing the eagle to faceplant
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JackMan posted...

Like, a lion and a bear I could at least see a path to victory, however slim, but what do you even do to an elephant? Punch its legs?

Beat the rat first and use it against the elephant!

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Colegreen_c12 posted...

And then what? You have an eagle that probably just left a huge gash on your head and your somehow cognizant enough to grab the eagle you probably cant see dragging you around and grab him before he flies off again?

Arms up, protect the head, force a body blow, parry, then suplex the eagle. They have no defence. Seems obvious.

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JackMan posted...

Arms up, protect the head, force a body blow, parry, then suplex the eagle. They have no defence. Seems obvious.

ok so the answer is yes people are understimating eagles.

Imagine an MLB pitcher pitching a 10 lb ball straight at your face and then making it 25% faster than that. The impact alone is putting you on the ground regardless of where you are hit

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Eagle < Crane Kick

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Eagles aren't built to take that either. Newton's 3rd, remember? Eagles dive to ambush and grab prey, not to do a full-body attack on an animal they can't carry. It's diving to rake you with its claws; it'll fuck you up if you let it get away with it, but if you're willing to breaks bones and can get it to smash into your arm, it's out.

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NFUN posted...

Eagles aren't built to take that either. Newton's 3rd, remember? Eagles dive to ambush and grab prey, not to do a full-body attack on an animal they can't carry. It's diving to rake you with its claws; it'll fuck you up if you let it get away with it, but if you're willing to breaks bones and can get it to smash into your arm, it's out.

Exactly. As I said, tank the hit.

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well you're not going to be defending, parry, and suplexing. you're going to stick your arm out, fall to the ground in pain and then kick the eagle to death while clutching your broken arm if it isn't dead already

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Yeah, but you'll tell people you suplexed it, 'cause that's cooler.

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Lol at kangaroo being that low. I guess people only know them from cartoons where they wear boxing gloves.

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