# Fighting animals - the golden ratio **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-animals-the-golden-ratio/566516 "2011-01-05T18:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SmartAlecCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-animals-the-golden-ratio/566516/41 "2011-01-07T17:23:32Z")
There are any number of microbes I wouldn’t care to take on… ---
**Author:** ![EdwardLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@EdwardLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwardLost)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-animals-the-golden-ratio/566516/42 "2011-01-07T17:31:57Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > A clarification: It was a deathmatch. At least that is the way the football player planned it. His intention was to “kill one of those little bastards” for the entertainment of his buddies. The squirrel, of course, was merely trying to escape. Squirrels apparently have much quicker reaction time and reflexes even than a highly trained human athlete because he set to work a bitin’ and a clawin’ the very instant that asshole grabbed him. Technique would count for a lot. I’m sure that a human who had studied his animal opponents, learned their strengths and vulnerabilities and practiced methods of killing them, would be able to take down many more species than could a clueless jock. Even a dimwit would probably succeed against his 2nd or 3rd squirrel. But it could work the other way, too. A squirrel could be trained to make a lightning fast leap and bite to the jugular and win the pot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-animals-the-golden-ratio/566516.md?page=2)