[ul][li]rank the animals by a 1 on 1 fight in an enclosed soccer stadium with no access beyond the field. [/li][li]whoever dies first, lose. [/li][li]time limit is 24 hours, whereupon they must stand and fight.[/li][li]assume both sides to be healthy adults in their prime. [/li][li]all contestants naked and hungry. [/li][li]contestants may request to be in a large pool of the same size if both agree.[/li][li]suggest a rule![/ul][/li]elephant > giraffe > lion > hyena > cheetah > man > dog > mongoose > cat > snake > rat > hamster > cricket > mayfly > mackerel
Are you sure about that? Polar bears are huge. From some quick Googling they are about 1/3 to 1/2 the weight of a male giraffe, but they are mean bastards and strong as, well, a bear. The giraffes primary weapon is running away.
… that is afraid of a shark? hmm, this chain will crash when InquisitiveIdiot’s scenario appears (but the point of the game is to introduce an animal that will not incite protest see? sorta like jenga) thinks … how about superman on the top, and some fish that had swallowed kryptonite at the bottom? … ^^’
Mellon
giraffe > polar bear
i was imagining one kick from the giraffe would hurt the bear real bad, and he would not be able to approach a standing giraffe on the defensive without getting a solid punch in the face. so i’ll leave the ranks unchanged till more evidence/protest comes in.
cheetah > warthog
i have no idea, so i’m pulling it out for contest.
shijinn, i don’t know what the pigs are like where you are, but here, wild pigs are very dangerous, certainly more than a match for most dogs and humans.
They can weigh over a hundred kilos and have big tusks and teeth.
i’m thinking of those cute pink domestic pigs without tusks. heavy as they are, i can’t imagine dying to these swines. ^^’ i’ve already pulled warthogs out till someone can suggest where they rank.
earthworm wiggles around and watch as the shark drowns
thinking to contest hippo > giraffe, i found that those things weigh 2700 and 4500 kilos! that’s three times heavier than a giraffe or a polar bear!?
js_africanus
ah-hem, pro-wrestlers act. they are actors. and because i have been watching the current survivor (osten):
cheetah > pro-wrestlers
ebola affects only man and ape, so it’s the first scissors-paper-stone scenario. i can’t think of a good way to resolve this at the moment so we have a new rule - any such entries will have to fight it’s way up from the bottom of the list.
since ebola will die without a host,
mackerel > ebola
as for ape, it’s too generic a name in this case so i’ll take it to mean gorilla?
Jabberwocky - if Woverine is afraid of the Jabberwock we may have found our circle.
[ul][li]rank the animals by a 1 on 1 fight in an enclosed soccer stadium with no access beyond the field. [/li][li]whoever dies first, lose. [/li][li]time limit is 24 hours, whereupon they must stand and fight.[/li][li]assume both sides to be healthy adults in their prime. [/li][li]all contestants naked and hungry. [/li][li]contestants may request to be in a large pool of the same size if both agree.[/li][li]**contestants on a scissors-paper-stone relationship will have to fight it’s way up from the bottom of the list. **[/li]suggest or amend a rule![/ul]
Not to be a spoilsport, but I’d like to throw out for consideration the possibility that the cricket might beat the hamster.
I have a pet lizard (a bearded dragon - about 18 inches long in total) that requires me to keep live crickets around to feed to him. I’ve learned that they’re dirty, nasty creatures that will eat whatever’s available, including each other. The books and websites that I’ve read about lizard care say to remove any uneaten crickets from the cage after he’s finished eating. Otherwise, once he falls asleep, the crickets will eat his eyes or toes, or even knaw a big enough chunk out of his body to kill him. I’ve even read horror stories about owners waking up to the equivilant of bleached bones.
On the other hand, I have no idea what sort of defensive capabilities a hamster may have…
hmm, this chain will crash when InquisitiveIdiot’s scenario appears (but the point of the game is to introduce an animal that will not incite protest see? sorta like jenga) thinks … how about superman on the top, and some fish that had swallowed kryptonite at the bottom? … ^^’