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Post by lazybones on Jan 18, 2018 15:42:42 GMT
What's happening? What's going on? ...
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Post by EasilyLead on Jan 18, 2018 15:44:27 GMT
What's happening? What's going on? ... Nothing. Nothing. |
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Post by EasilyLead on Jan 18, 2018 15:45:34 GMT
Hello Lazy, good to see you.
A wolf has escaped, and we're discussing spin bowling.
What's the biggest animal you could take down with your bare hands?
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Post by lazybones on Jan 18, 2018 15:45:52 GMT
I apologise. I'm acting like a conversation-taker, rather than a conversation-maker.
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Post by cobblers on Jan 18, 2018 15:47:08 GMT
LoneWolf is fighting a dog in Leeds tomorrow, Sheep is making pizza out of newspapers and roadside weeds, the next big thing in gaming is a cardboard box and everyone is destitute. Welcome to 2018.
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Post by cobblers on Jan 18, 2018 15:48:35 GMT
On the plus side, people in Chicago keep seeing the Mothman.
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Post by sockpuppetpseudonym on Jan 18, 2018 15:48:48 GMT
I don't think it's unreasonable to say a dog would stand a good chance of seeing off a wolf in a set to. A decent sized dog anyway.
They always do in things like The Incredible Journey.
Dogs are pretty dim whereas wolves are quite bright. A wolf is aware that even a minor injury will impede it's hunting ability and could lead to a slow death by starvation. Dogs are more likely to go at it full beans, safe in the knowledge a person will probably see them alright.
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Post by lazybones on Jan 18, 2018 15:51:07 GMT
Hello Lazy, good to see you. A wolf has escaped, and we're discussing spin bowling. What's the biggest animal you could take down with your bare hands? Ok .... I think maybe a tapir. Or a very large anteater. I guess I would drop from an overhanging branch and seize it about the neck. I wrote more but ... it came across as a bit grandiose. |
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Post by lazybones on Jan 18, 2018 15:52:51 GMT
On the plus side, people in Chicago keep seeing the Mothman. guy ... |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jan 18, 2018 15:54:56 GMT
Wolves can be massive, difficult to see any dog taking on one of those bastards and winning. Plus they got wild smarts on their side.
I reckon pushed come to shove I could kill a Hereford cow in a battle to the death with my bare hands. I would have to take it's legs out first and then stamp on its head best I could. Would be a bloody awful to watch though.
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Post by lazybones on Jan 18, 2018 15:55:16 GMT
I don't think it's unreasonable to say a dog would stand a good chance of seeing off a wolf in a set to. A decent sized dog anyway. They always do in things like The Incredible Journey. Dogs are pretty dim whereas wolves are quite bright. A wolf is aware that even a minor injury will impede it's hunting ability and could lead to a slow death by starvation. Dogs are more likely to go at it full beans, safe in the knowledge a person will probably see them alright. Dogs are very very intelligent. Very intelligent. It's just our atomised society that sees their sociability as foolishness. |
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Post by cobblers on Jan 18, 2018 15:55:21 GMT
I know right? The goddamn mothman again. When’s the last time you saw the Cornish Owlman getting any press?
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jan 18, 2018 16:03:55 GMT
I wrangled a chicken to the point of submission once. Probably my proudest outdoors achievement.
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Post by EasilyLead on Jan 18, 2018 16:07:04 GMT
A good formula for ‘what animal would beat what animal’ is to back the heavier - you’ll be right a lot more often than you’re wrong.
Having said that I believe some dogs were specifically bred to beat wolves: German Shepards for example. Although the GS seems domesticated to us it has had generations of breeding to enhance the characteristics which would allow it to beat a wolf.
Also, some dogs are a bit daft but many are intelligent, again caused by selective breeding. Being able to postpone ones desires is a sign of intelligence, and dogs can do this EG even though they’d like to eat a sheep they can put off this desire knowing they’ll be rewarded later.
I don’t really know. Wolves seem pretty hard to me, but I wouldn’t write off the dog’s chances too quickly.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jan 18, 2018 16:07:06 GMT
I wrangled a chicken to the point of submission once. I bet you do that every night. |
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Post by amipal on Jan 18, 2018 16:08:36 GMT
This is good chat.
When people talk about fighting dogs, I always think of Generation Kill.
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Post by sockpuppetpseudonym on Jan 18, 2018 16:09:01 GMT
Why is the person in the 'person vs X animal' always restricted to using their bare hands? It's an unfair fight to remove the evolutionary advantage our power of invention gives us.
If we're tying a figurative hand behind our back, the animal should do the same.
If we're doing that, I think I could defeat a de-fanged and de-clawed wolf.
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Post by EasilyLead on Jan 18, 2018 16:09:52 GMT
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Post by Pyjakson on Jan 18, 2018 16:11:03 GMT
I don't know about the biggest, but I reckon I could kill an otter in about a second. Just kick its face off.
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Post by sockpuppetpseudonym on Jan 18, 2018 16:11:37 GMT
Or...if the gloves are off, I reckon I could kill a bear with a flamethrower.
(I'm using the flamethrower. I'm not fighting a flamethrower toting bear)
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Post by EasilyLead on Jan 18, 2018 16:12:02 GMT
This is good chat. When people talk about fighting dogs, I always think of Generation Kill. I don’t remember any dog fighting in Generation Kill. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jan 18, 2018 16:14:40 GMT
I wrangled a chicken to the point of submission once. I bet you do that every night. You bet right, and every morning too. |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jan 18, 2018 16:15:33 GMT
I don't know about the biggest, but I reckon I could kill an otter in about a second. Just kick its face off. Weasels are the real challenge. |
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Post by Shenguin on Jan 18, 2018 16:16:15 GMT
I reckon I could beat an average sized mako shark. It would probably swim off scared before I could eat it though. Of the land animals, I could easily take down anything up to and including a jaguar, a large red stag, or (not forgetting animals with a semi-aquatic lifestyle) a medium alligator (not a medium crocodile though, no siree.)
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Post by Shenguin on Jan 18, 2018 16:19:06 GMT
Or...if the gloves are off, I reckon I could kill a bear with a flamethrower. (I'm using the flamethrower. I'm not fighting a flamethrower toting bear) You'd want gloves on for that. |
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