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Post by brobear on Mar 18, 2019 12:50:28 GMT -5
We should continually remind ourselves that while big cat fan-boys are a royal pain in our backsides, there are also some big cat enthusiasts that we should all deeply respect. Also, we should keep in mind that neither lions nor tigers are something that we would joke about if we were lost in a wilderness unarmed where they both dwell. These two biggest of the big cats deserve our respect. The Domain is not a "Big Cat Haters Clubhouse" as we sometimes make it sound to be. Now, we should continue with: Bear versus any animal hypothesis. ( excluding big cats ).
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Post by BruteStrength on Mar 18, 2019 17:51:34 GMT -5
I don't think a wolverine can kill a polar bear. I also thinks it's fake as well.I have a question. Was it male lions or female lions that Velox the polar bear killed?
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 18, 2019 18:15:20 GMT -5
I don't think a wolverine can kill a polar bear. I also thinks it's fake as well.I have a question. Was it male lions or female lions that Velox the polar bear killed? Does not specify. Just says “African lions”.
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Post by brobear on Oct 27, 2019 9:20:55 GMT -5
The small animals that trouble a bear.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Oct 27, 2019 20:11:01 GMT -5
Adult grizzlies feed on porcupines regularly. They learn how to carefully turn the prickly rodent over on its back and kill it. Even American black bears kill porcupines the same way. The wolverine might be durable for its weight but it is no match for either the sun bear or Auverngne bear. American black bears have been recorded killing wolverines (in fights to death over food in winter).
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Post by brobear on Nov 14, 2019 13:12:02 GMT -5
The Bear Almanac - Second Edition:
Skunk - A grizzly bear was observed moving aside to avoid a skunk. And when a family of skunks and an American black bear encountered each other at less than 20 feet, the bear stopped, but the mother skunk did not hesitate and with a raised tail moved toward the bear, which retreated.
Porcupine -...I have sat and watched a grizzly bear and a little porcupine feeding side by side on the grass near the snow banks," wrote William Wright in The Grizzly Bear, "neither one paying the slightest attention to the other." Bears are occasionally found with face and paws filled with porcupine quills, which may lead to infections and the inability to eat, with subsequent starvation. Author Ernest Thompson Seton described an emaciated dead bear with lips and mouth terribly swollen and "bristling with quills."
Wolverine - Adolph Murie observed a wolverine chase a grizzly bear off a carcass, and a Russian brown bear was driven away from a carcass by a wolverine.
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Post by brobear on Nov 14, 2019 13:13:23 GMT -5
The Bear Almanac - Second Edition:
Bighorn and Dall sheep are too agile on terrain that is difficult for bears to negotiate. The author observed an American black bear stalk several bighorns that easily moved back and forth from one outcropping of rock to another.
A mountain goat was observed feeding near a grizzly, with neither indicating any aggression or fear; however, naturalist William Hornaday observed a goat use its horns to mortally wound a grizzly bear.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 13:39:42 GMT -5
Lets have this match up
Honey Badger (Two) vs Barren Ground Grizzly sow
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 29, 2020 19:01:16 GMT -5
Lets have this match up Honey Badger (Two) vs Barren Ground Grizzly sow Both are very aggressive, and the honey badger can defend itself pretty well, even from several lions, it does not kill them though. So, in a fight to the death, i say the female barren ground grizzly kills the 2 honey badgers. The bear is still much larger and its capable of killing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 19:15:39 GMT -5
Ok then the sow vs 4 honey badgers
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 29, 2020 19:27:19 GMT -5
Ok then the sow vs 4 honey badgers 4 badgers attacking the female bear at the same time might be just too much. Eventually the female bear will die of the wounds.
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Post by brobear on Mar 1, 2020 0:45:56 GMT -5
Honey badgers, like wolverines, are capable fighters for sure, but more bluff than dangerous. Even with four honey badgers, my money is on the bear. Each badger killed leaves one less badger. Besides, the little guys would never press their attack into a fight to the death. Not in their nature to do so. A better fight would be two honey badgers against a wolverine over a carcass.
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 3, 2020 22:51:36 GMT -5
Honey badgers, like wolverines, are capable fighters for sure, but more bluff than dangerous. Even with four honey badgers, my money is on the bear. Each badger killed leaves one less badger. Besides, the little guys would never press their attack into a fight to the death. Not in their nature to do so. A better fight would be two honey badgers against a wolverine over a carcass. Ok but remember that he said a barren ground grizzly female. We know adult males average around 300 lb, but how much do adult females average?
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Post by brobear on Mar 4, 2020 2:36:24 GMT -5
Honey badgers, like wolverines, are capable fighters for sure, but more bluff than dangerous. Even with four honey badgers, my money is on the bear. Each badger killed leaves one less badger. Besides, the little guys would never press their attack into a fight to the death. Not in their nature to do so. A better fight would be two honey badgers against a wolverine over a carcass. Ok but remember that he said a barren ground grizzly female. We know adult males average around 300 lb, but how much do adult females average? My guess about 175 pounds. Compare this to: COMMON NAME: Honey Badger SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mellivora capensis TYPE: Mammals DIET: Omnivore GROUP NAME: Cete or Clan AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: Up to 7 years SIZE: 9 to 11 inches high at shoulder WEIGHT: 13 to 30 pounds
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 22, 2020 18:45:54 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Aug 15, 2020 8:04:28 GMT -5
Weapons carried by little critters:
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Aug 15, 2020 8:20:18 GMT -5
I should included these two little critters in my next battle royale analysis.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Sept 10, 2020 11:15:25 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Sept 10, 2020 17:47:53 GMT -5
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Oligobuninae
Dimensions: length - 1,6 m, tail - 40 cm, height - 50-70 сm, weight - 50-120 kg
Temporal range: the Miocene (North America).
Megalictis ferox is an extinct predator of the family of mustelids (weasel) living on the territory of North America during the Miocene. Probably outwardly it resembled a short-faced wolverine, the size of a jaguar. It was a very powerful beast weighing 100 kg, able to cope with animals several times larger than itself. His modern relatives, weighing about 20 kg, terrify the larger predators living in the same territory with them. Megalictis, with its size and strength, could take the prey from a much larger animal.
The Megalictis seems to be a little larger than the sun bear on average weights, so if it has a weight advantage it would definitely win more often. At a same weight fight, (we would need a huge sun bear and an average Megalictis), the Sun bear might win 6/10 times. Its loose skin would definitely help. Also its strong bite force if it gets a bite. The long sharp claws also. Both animals can have a shoulder height of 70 cm.
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Post by brobear on Sept 10, 2020 18:38:52 GMT -5
Megalictis ferox - 50 kg ( 110 pounds ) - 120 kg ( 264.55 pounds ). Megalictis ferox would likely average a good 200 pounds. Perhaps a 165lbs Sri Lankan sloth bear would be a more fitting opponent.
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