What is the largest animal that you think you could beat in a fight?

[MGibster]

How would you harm it without weapons?

I'd run it through my heartbreaker fantasy campaign. Being bored to death isn't natural causes.

 

[FrogReaver]

This lovely fellow was sitting out on the porch at my former place of employment way back in 2015. He let me get very, very close because I guess he liked having his photo taken. The closer I got, the bigger his claws seemed to get. Given the disparity between our sizes, I doubt he'd come after me. But, man, you don't think about that when you're close to claws that large.

I'm going to stick with land mammals and I'm going to go with grizzly or polar bear. Is it likely I'd win? No. But it's conceiveable that I might be able to sacrafice an arm in order to choke it to death. Odds are good I'd be bear food, but there's a remote chance I could beat it and survive to tell stories of how I lost my arm.


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I opened the door to my old place and he swooped inside, well one just like him. We had a small chihuahua I think he was after. Got the animals to a safe room, closed the door and then went to war. I failed my fear check and called animal control for help. They calmly put a towel over his face and simply carried him outside.

 

[Richards]

I'm pretty sure I could take a tortoise...some of those guys can get pretty big. And if he starts to get the better of me, I can always just walk away.

Johnathan

 

[FrogReaver]

I’m pretty sure I could throw a goat and sheep over a cliff.

Speaking of. Woman I worked with used to have a goat and he would come up behind her and head butt her hard in the rear. He done it one to many times. Did it with enough force to knock her down, I think it was a small hill. She got up pissed and slung the goat down the mountain.

 

[FrogReaver]

*Goats don’t fare well against potato cannons either. And no I didn’t. But someone did.

 

[FrogReaver]

For the thread - If the animal was actively defending itself there’s not many I want to mess with.

I’d technically win vs a house cat, but ultimately we would both lose. Medium dogs I think I’m good for too but I’d look like a piece of raw hamburger after.

I don’t wanna mess with a raccoon, them are mean critters.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I think the main problem is that most big animals that humans can kill have already been killed by humans.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Obligatory:

All the Animals American Men Think They Can Beat in a Fight and Why They Can't*

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A chimp will ruin your day. No way anyone beats that let alone 12 and 22% respectively

 

[Umbran]

Just keep whaling on it.

Johnathan

I know lots of folks find this amusing. And Morrus started it, and he owns the place....

But you are making "comedy" out of beating up a helpless member of an endangered species.

Maybe folks should think about that a bit...

 

[Lidgar]

Maybe a small raccoon if I got the jump on it and could pin a couple of limbs.

Definitely not a honey badger.