The Animal Versus Thread!

Yes I have worked at Taronga Zoo in Sydney for the past 4 years, part-time. I love it!

There is a definite disparity the size between Orangs and Gorillas. Male Western and Eastern Lowland Gorillas can weigh over the twice the amount of a male Orangutan. I think this is enough of an advantage in a fight. Unless you think other factors would nullify the gorillas size advantage?

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A Siberian Tiger would have no problem against a Leopard. And a Gorilla would certainly beat an Orang - possibly even a female Gorilla. However one blow from a male Orang could be lethal because they are so incredibly strong. I have been in the situation where 8 people were needed to make a fair tug of war game against Jantan, a male Orang at the zoo. 

Originally posted by Arkhanson siberian tiger versus leopar ?

Siberian Tiger.

Bigger, stronger, more resilient, deadlier weapons, more at home in the water, takes down larger prey (always a good indicator of the nastier opponent.)

How about...

Gorilla vs. Orangutan?


Edited by TheARRGH - 07-Aug-2008 at 00:03

Reader's Digest (old 70s issue I think) had a real life story on a plane crash on an ice shelf north of Siberia.

Edited by raygun - 23-Jul-2008 at 08:12

well I wanna bet on chewbacca for the wookies againsts alien

Originally posted by Tyranos How about man vs Mammoth or Sabertooth Tiger ? That I would like to see occur, and if it was possible to take them down back then.

Man vs. Sabertooth is JUST possible for the man to win if he has a weapon, or is extremely strong, clever, and has a handy cliff to push the sabertooth off.

man vs. mammoth...

you'd need several men and they'd all have to be armed. Then quite possibly. Best weapons for the job would be spearthrowers. If need be, normal javelins would do.


Edited by TheARRGH - 24-Jun-2008 at 05:57

Originally posted by Leonidas you know im still not convinced the wolf owns a lynx yet.  i just read in wiki that the Canadian lynx can prey on the coyote.

A rhinoceros against a hippopotamus?

The cone's harpoon is a modification of the radula, which is a weird hybrid of a throat. The harpoon specifically is fired by muscle contractions in the proboscis, and is hollow. Before each firing, it is injected with the neurotoxin venom. When fired, the harpoon strikes prey, and is slowly reeled in for consumption.
So, the actual firing of the harpoon itself is very rapid, but it has to be filled with venom before firing (which is why cones are patience/ambush predators), and is one shot only (because of the very slow retraction time, and the fact that it sticks into the victim generally).

Yeh, the Mantis Shrimp is far more agile and fast than the Coneshell, so it has many more tactical options. However if the Cone gets a hit, bye bye Mantis Shrimp! What exactly do you mean by react in double time?