I have no clue how this came up, but I have a running argument with some of my friends. There is a bear and a dolphin in a large pool of water, say 4 feet deep and 150 feet across, and they fight to the death. Who would win and why? Don’t worry about why they’re fighting, just about who could kill the other one.
Um, the bear, hands down. What is the dolphin’s weapon?
Or is that the sound of an airplane going over my head. . .
Are they in Chicago or Miami?
Home field advantage counts for a lot.
Don’t dolphins, on occasion, ram sharks or other such predators with their noses? They can swim pretty fast, I sure wouldn’t want to get rammed by one.
Well, the dolphin could out swim the dolphin, so if the pool was big enough, the dolphin could just evade it until the bear drowned. But it certainly would take a while, since polar bears aren’t such shotty swimmers.
I give you, your Moment of Zen.
The bear would certainly rip the bear to pieces.
–CoffeeGuy
Does the dolphin have thumbs?
No, but he’s working on it. Give him a couple millennia.
Seriously though, it’s gotta be the bear. I mean, I’m sure it wouldn’t be fun to be rammed by a dolphin going full tilt, but the dolphin only has to slip up once for the bear to get its claws in it. Once that happens, the game’s over.
Sheesh. I thought this was going to be a poorly worded NFL thread.
I agree that the bear would win. The only chance the dolphin would have is ramming its bottlenose into the bear’s eyes and then biting it. I dont think that it would be able to accomplish this. The bear would have trouble catching the dolphin, but once it did it would be all over.
have a nice day:-)
I’ll take the dolphin and the points.
What’s the line, anyways?
Considering that polar bears do dispose of beluga whales, I think a dolphin would also become dead meat.
I think it might be a more interesting battle than it might appear at first. Let’s break it down:
Bear Advantages
[ul][li]Obviously, a bigger, stronger, more effective killer. If the bear gets ahold of the dolphin, it’s curtains. [] Bears can fish. Dolphins look like fish. [] Bears have pointier ends. [] The bear might be more motivated, and meaner. After all, the bear would probably eat the dolphin if it won, while the dolphin is basically playing for the right to splash around and make squeaking noises. []Actually, all of these are pretty much the same thing- the bear is a freakin’ bear. [/ul][/li]
Dolphin Advantages.
[ul][li]Huge home-pool advantage. This is like Lambeau in the snow, or the old Boston Garden. []150 feet is pretty long. The dolphin, having the speed advantage, might be able to push the pace, and turn it into a full-pool contest, instead of the grind-it-out, possession game the bear might prefer. []Ram speed. How does the bear react to being repeatedly battered with the dolphin’s cranium? The bear has never seen this kind of offensive attack before- ostensibly, deer and badgers aren’t plunging kamikaze-style at grizzlies’ knees in the woods. If the bear doesn’t come prepared, can the dolphin hurt him early with some trick plays? Maybe the old flipper splash in the eyes, followed by a good bash bash bash? []The longer the battle, the more it goes in the dolphin’s favor- he’s got all the stamina. []The dolphin is no stranger to playing the underdog, whether it be against sharks, nets, killer whales, or circus poachers- the little guy role suits him well.[/ul][/li]
I think what this match comes down to is whether or not the dolphin can successfully play keep-away for an extended period of time. In the end, though, a bear’s a bear, and you can’t bet against that. The bear by a touchdown.
The dolphin, if he’s prepared.
Does the dolphin have a frickin’ laser on his head?
Bears would win, because dolphins are assholes.
Bear, claws down.
Dolphin doesn’t have home field advantage in a pool only 4 ft. deep, the ocean, yes, a pool, no.
Full grown brown bears standing on their hind feet can reach heights of 9 ft.
If the answer hasn’t been settled after 12 years, we’re going to call it a draw.
Thread closed.