[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
We dont have racoons here, but we do have badgers.
Would be a great way to find out how fast I really am.
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
We dont have racoons here, but we do have badgers.
Would be a great way to find out how fast I really am. [/quote]
Don’t try it against a honey badger.
He’ll fuck you up. He don’t give a shit.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Okey doke. Now we’re gettin’ somewhere:
Hawaii surfer escapes shark attack by throwing punches
“It came up on me and I jerked my foot and kicked it a couple of times. It went for the bite and missed my leg.”
Horton, 25, pulled his left leg out of the water and got on the surfboard, but was knocked off when the shark began to chomp on the board. He rolled onto the shark, grabbed a fin and started punching.
“I rolled to the top of the shark and punched it in the mouth and got one shot in the eye,” Horton told Fox News. ?I thought I was going to die unless I put up the best fight I ever had.?[/quote]
Great story.
We should keep in mind, however, that this was likely a tiger shark or a reef shark. NOT a great white. Big difference.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Great story.
We should keep in mind, however, that this was likely a tiger shark or a reef shark. NOT a great white. Big difference.
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The way I understand it, a great white won’t even give you a chance to punch it. Either they bite you out of curiosity and just leave, at which point you’re missing a limb or a big part of your torso and you’re fucked, or they just go straight for the kill from below. No chance you’re surviving that.
I would fight the bear and the croc, that way I have a rug, a belt, and shoes at the end of it all.
[quote]Silyak wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]Silyak wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]Der_Steppenwolfe wrote:
Any unsupported cavalry attack against disciplined infantry is doomed to failure.
I’d fight the legion, though. Because fuck Romans.[/quote]
Maybe, but the first infantry disciplined enough to withstand heavy armored cavalry were Swiss mercenaries.
To be disciplined when 500 tons of flesh approach you lightning fast with lances pointing at you is no small feat.
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At the battle of Hastings for instance, the Saxons held their ranks and the Norman cavalry was unable to break them. It was only when the Normans feigned retreat and got the Saxons to break ranks and pursue, that the Norman counterattack was effective. You can argue that’s a discipline issue, but it’s more a matter of just getting outsmarted in my opinion. The Saxons didn’t break under the charge of hundreds of pounds of flesh and lances.
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Ja, thats because they were necer charged to begin with.
They were on hills, entrenched, so as to make an organized cavalry charge impossible.
When they came down that hills on order to pursue the “fleeing” Normans, those undisciplined hicks, the Norman cavalry mopped the floor with them. [/quote]
It’s not completely clear exactly what happened in the battle as accounts don’t all agree. The Saxons were definitely on hills, but I would say entrenched is unlikely. They were forming a shield wall, so being in a trench would make that difficult. In any event, both Norman infantry and cavalry engaged the Saxon shield wall and could not break it. It was only through feigned withdrawal that the Saxon shield wall broke itself. [/quote]
You’d think those undisciplined hicks wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice, but there was their kinsman von Kluck, pursuing Lanzerac’s “fleeing” Fifth Army in 1914, presenting his fleshy flank as as he went. Tut, tut.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013…
[quote]magick wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Great story.
We should keep in mind, however, that this was likely a tiger shark or a reef shark. NOT a great white. Big difference.
[/quote]
The way I understand it, a great white won’t even give you a chance to punch it. Either they bite you out of curiosity and just leave, at which point you’re missing a limb or a big part of your torso and you’re fucked, or they just go straight for the kill from below. No chance you’re surviving that.[/quote]
Pretty much.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
BET!
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
Lol…
I am.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
this was a great thread to resurrect. Its snowing sideways today and I am “working from Home.”
so… Siberian tiger or Silver back gorilla?
[quote]TheKraken wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
this was a great thread to resurrect. Its snowing sideways today and I am “working from Home.”
so… Siberian tiger or Silver back gorilla? [/quote]
The tiger easily.
Size: The tiger on average outweighs the gorilla by like 50%. The heaviest gorilla on record is 638lbs about 5’7 (not the tallest), but this is in captivity. It’s very likely that the gorilla was fairly fat and not a great fighter. The largest tiger on record is like 13ft long and around 900-950lbs if I remember correctly.
Weapons: The gorilla has strong jaws and pretty threatening teeth, but the tiger wins without question when it comes to teeth and bite force. Claws. Only the tiger has them. Gorillas aren’t known for using weapons such as sticks and rocks. Edge goes to the tiger again.
Speed: Tigers reach top speeds of ~40-45mph. Gorillas are around human athlete speed and reach about ~20mph or so. The tiger is faster and also more agile as they can leap like 30+ feet or whatever.
Stamina: Probably about the same.
Intelligence: The gorilla is objectively smarter if I’m not mistaken, but not in a way that would aid it in this fight.
Numbers: Tigers are solitary while gorilla travel in troops; however, since the silverback is the largest and strongest member of the troop while the rest are the typically much smaller females and young, the troop won’t be of much help and will likely stay hidden in the trees. They could potentially throw rocks and shit at the tiger from high up, but I don’t know if there are any records of that behavior in gorillas.
Skin: Cats usually have loose skin. This will make it hard for the gorilla to grasp the tiger if it is true for the Pantherinae like it is for Felinae.
Stealth: The tiger is an ambush predator like the gorilla’s rival, the leopard. Knowing that leopard are capable of killing even silverbacks, then things look very grim when you replace the leopard with its significantly larger cousin.
The tiger will win the vast majority of the time. Like probably 9.5/10.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
Did you happen to find the boxing thread?
[quote]TheKraken wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
this was a great thread to resurrect. Its snowing sideways today and I am “working from Home.”
so… Siberian tiger or Silver back gorilla? [/quote]
Tiger hands fucking down. I would rather die a quick death than live through having my limbs ripped off my body one at a time. Tigers don’t tear people’s faces off…
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]TheKraken wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
this was a great thread to resurrect. Its snowing sideways today and I am “working from Home.”
so… Siberian tiger or Silver back gorilla? [/quote]
Tiger hands fucking down. I would rather die a quick death than live through having my limbs ripped off my body one at a time. Tigers don’t tear people’s faces off… [/quote]
Neither do gorillas typically. You’re thinking of chimps.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]TheKraken wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
this was a great thread to resurrect. Its snowing sideways today and I am “working from Home.”
so… Siberian tiger or Silver back gorilla? [/quote]
Tiger hands fucking down. I would rather die a quick death than live through having my limbs ripped off my body one at a time. Tigers don’t tear people’s faces off… [/quote]
Neither do gorillas typically. You’re thinking of chimps.[/quote]
It’s the chimps that are the vicious mofos that’ll tear your face off, rip out your genitalia, break your fingers off one-by-one etc…
I’ve seen a video of a child falling into a gorilla enclosure at a zoo, where one of the gorillas comes over and watches over the child to protect it. So go with the gorilla, show him that he’s dominant, and you’ll have a chance to survive; won’t need to fight the big guy unless you be stupid.
buffalo vs lion fight to death:
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Oh jeez. Yet another iteration of the 100 people vs a bear thread, I see.
I would like to see ONE of you Internet badasses take on a single rabid raccoon, naked, in a handball court.
Then maybe…MAYBE, if you survive, you can work your way up to bobcats, lynxes and wolverines.[/quote]
I’d love to know what you were searching or how far back you had to go for this thread to pop up? The post before yours was in 2013… [/quote]
Ha! You’re right. I hadn’t even noticed.
All right, if you really want to know, Lanky Mofo had mentioned on the thread where the dude needs to sell his fingers, his upper lip and one of his testicles by February 11 to keep his house that he ought to just challenge some guy he boxed with to a 2500 dollar death match, and I was curious about that, so I was looking at some of the dude’s prior posts, and happened upon this thread.
Aren’t you glad you asked?
:)[/quote]
Did you happen to find the boxing thread? [/quote]
No, I found this thread and sort of forgot about the other one. Got a link?
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
It’s the chimps that are the vicious mofos that’ll tear your face off, rip out your genitalia, break your fingers off one-by-one etc…[/quote]
Yup. Our closest cousins. We share so many of their more endearing traits.