10-05-2005 22:29									#1
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In the sense of hardest to avoid being killed by and managing to kill.

Imagine you're in an arena, Colosseum-style, armed only with a knife, say one with a six inch blade. An animal is released into the arena with you, and now you have to not only survive/avoid the animal, but also kill it.

"Why does this have to happen to me", you ask. I know it's not fair at all, but those are the rules. You don't have to eat the animal though. Unless you're suddenly hungry after all the fighting and really want to grab a bite.

Anyway.

Under these conditions, which animal is the most scary? Tigers, lions and bears come to mind. But imagine having to fight and kill an elephant, that could become very messy very quickly, and not just on the elephant's part. Or a giant alligator. You might be able to avoid it for hours and hours, but once you have to kill it... Or a rhinoceros. Brrr.

I think a tiger or a giant bear is probably the scariest. They're both much larger than you and very mobile. Hard to get to fast enough to also have a chance to tell about it afterwards.

	10-05-2005 22:30									#2
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Kittens of Doom!

	10-05-2005 22:31									#3
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a Moose, I hate those bastards...

either that or a shark, if this was water arena.

	10-05-2005 22:33									#4
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"Why does this have to happen to me", you ask

Wrong. I ask why the six inch blade? I RATHER FIGHT EMPTY HANDED!

I think the problem would be lion or tiger. In terms of odds of your survival. Bear not a problem. We kill them here all the time I like dying bears. Lion or tiger.. yeah, could be a problem. Anything very fast and predatory.

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People.
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	10-05-2005 22:34									#6
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People have killed Grizzlies with knives before. Killing a tiger with a knife would be next to impossible.

A tiger is nearly the same size as a grizzly bear, but since it is built to hunt large game its teeth and claws are much more deadly than are a bear's (which generally hunts smaller mammals and fish, though it has been known to take out deer and elk on occasion)

I'd much rather face a bear than a tiger.

	10-05-2005 22:35									#7
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A carnivorous dinosaur bigger than me.

	10-05-2005 22:35									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Whoha People.

You think it would be harder to kill a person than a tiger if all you have is a 6 inch knife?

	10-05-2005 22:36									#9
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if the other guy is a super ninja then yea.

	10-05-2005 22:37									#10
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http://www.tropical-island.de/ CPT%...20tiger%20b.jpg

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	10-05-2005 22:38									#11
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Even if he is, I doubt it.

Against a tiger I wouldn't give myself greater than 1% chance of coming out on top. Even against the most skilled human opponent, if I have a knife and he doesn't then I think 10% is reasonable.

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What about a swarm of killer bees? Can we could that as a single foe?

	10-05-2005 22:38									#13
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Yeah, Tiger is fricking problematic.

If you have some mad skills, you could stab it in the face, though.

	10-05-2005 22:39									#14
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Elephant. I don't think you COULD kill an elephant with a 6" knife, unless it was knocked out or something and you carved through it.

	10-05-2005 22:40									#15
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Wait until the elephant falls asleep, then gouge both its eyes out.

	10-05-2005 22:41									#16
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It has no urge to hunt you, unlike carniverous animals, so if you don't challenge it it should ignore you.

	10-05-2005 22:42									#17
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Attack his foot, and cut his .... "insert name of stuff that is connected to the muscle )

	10-05-2005 22:43									#18
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Yeah it's unlikely you can kill elephants etc, but at least tiger or lion you have a problem of them being faster than the rest, and predatory. Meaning when they attack you, which they will likely do, what are you going to do with your pogo stick of a blade? Dodge? Good luck Block the attack, with what? They have big teeth and claws coming at you, how you block it? And ocne there, they are faster and stronger than you and they want to kill you.

No no, I take my chances against anyone else first, because almost the only way to win is to get a super lucky strike when the tiger/lion makes their first attack and you hit them in the right spot, what ever that is, and they drop so you can finish them off.. otherwise you're gone.

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achilles tendon?

	10-05-2005 22:43									#20
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse It has no urge to hunt you, unlike carniverous animals, so if you don't challenge it it should ignore you.

I thought we were assuming that the animal was out to get you.

	10-05-2005 22:43									#21
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Velociraptor.

	10-05-2005 22:43									#22
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	10-05-2005 22:44									#23
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Asher, this is the same bug as I saw eariler, there is a space between the .de/ and CPT that shouldn't be there, and a br statement.

	10-05-2005 22:44									#24
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Red X's are scary, I agree

	10-05-2005 22:45									#25
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quote: achilles tendon?

Yeah. but, I assume it to be immensly difficult ( assuming an enraged elephant )

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Yeah, the problem was Poly's code sucks.

	10-05-2005 22:46									#27
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In fact, almost any insect would be just as tough. With a tiger, it would kill you fst. With a bug, you'd be unable to hit it with the knife, and you'd die of starvation in that arena.

Just try killing a mosquito or a fly with a knife. Gee!

	10-05-2005 22:46									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker I thought we were assuming that the animal was out to get you.

You have to take behaviour into account.

Elephants are not particularly aggressive animals.

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"Hmmm, Asher's boyfriend is tasty".

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quote: Originally posted by Az "Hmmm, Asher's boyfriend is tasty".

wtf?