What animal your own weight can you beat in barehand combat

[das]

Saw this on another forum....

 

I was thinking about this after reading some old news stories about people getting mauled by dogs, and the story of an old man who killed an attacking cougar with his small pocket knife. A single weapon changes the balance of power so much in our favor. I don't think there's a whole lot of animals his own size that a man can kill if he were naked and without weapons and the animal was of the mindset to attack him.

 

So, if you were thrown naked into a Roman gladiator arena with no objects to pick up and use as a makeshift weapon, and you had to face a rabid adult animal at least your own weight (rabid so that it'd be aggressive and attacking instead of running from you in fear), which do you think you can beat? And no picking a water inhabitant unless you think you can beat it in its own environment.

[Maxingmck]

A troll

 

 

no rly a greyhound

[BkJordan]

That's a really good question, to be quite honest. I'd say I could go up against a 120 pound boar. Then after I beat it, I'd make a BBQ for everyone in the Tip.it Community.

[Zierro]

Dogs have a deadly bite. Tigers can tear through us with their claws. Gorillas can crush our bones. Horses and cows have a powerful kick. We'd have to use some sort of logic to overcome an animal of our size, since pretty much all of them have at least one deadly weapon on their bodies. Eye gouging for the win. Or maybe find out their pressure points.

 

But yeah, humans are pathetic combatants without weapons.

[das]

That's a really good question, to be quite honest. I'd say I could go up against a 120 pound boar. Then after I beat it, I'd make a BBQ for everyone in the Tip.it Community.

 

 

A boar? thats ballsy! I guess the smaller ones dont have tusks

[Skull]

A very large sloth?

[Lenin64]

A 100 pound baby giraffe? Or a 100 pound python if I can avoid the initial coil. Yes, I'm a lightweight. I'm not sure what other animals my size there are.

 

Edit: wait, how much does a baby whale weigh? Damn, I should know these things. I could totally take a humpback calf in the water, maybe even a sperm whale.

Edit2:nevermind, those things are half a ton out of the womb. But I could still take it.

[Skull]

100 pounds should have a few less dangerous animals. All the 150 pound animals I can think of I wouldn't have a chance against.

[John Halo Chief]

A grizzly bear is probably my weight, though I doubt I could take him. I could probably take a shark though, I'm a good swimmer and I float.

[Mirror]

Now this is an interesting topic. I don't think I could take on anything of my size barehanded. What about a super fat cat that can't move? :P

[evil_mumm_ra]

A grizzly bear is probably my weight, though I doubt I could take him. I could probably take a shark though, I'm a good swimmer and I float.

A grizzly bear boar may weight 700lbs, averaging perhaps 350-500lbs, while a healthy, mature adult male would not generally be much lower than 350-400lbs. A large sow could weigh 500lbs, though mature females might average between 300-400lbs. By comparison, an Alaskan coastal grizzly bear boar could weigh between 800-1200 pounds, and a female could range between 600-800lbs. Male Kodiak bears can weigh as much as 2000lbs, though an average weight for mature animals would be between 1200-1500lbs. A female Kodiak might weigh 1000lbs, though an average adult weight might be around 700lbs.

 

clearly you're a fatass. i'd say a 120lb dog would be easy enough for me.

[Alg]

A grizzly bear is probably my weight, though I doubt I could take him. I could probably take a shark though, I'm a good swimmer and I float.

According to the almighty Wiki, that would put you between 300-1200 pounds.

 

As for the topic, probably none of them. An animal my weight or heavier would be much deadlier in every possible way.

[Laura]

I opened this topic and immediately began visualizing myself scratching a whale to death. :lol: :(

[fastortoise]

I'd definitely be dead :rolleyes: . I could stand a chance if they didn't have a killing mindset, but yeah.

 

Actually, this reminds of of a .gif where there's a lion that charges a man at top speed and the man just as it pounces the man steps aside and pushes the lion away. It could have been trained but they were in the wild so I dunno.

[stevepole]

I can't think of any animal that I could kill around 135 pounds and I think anyone that actually goes up against a rabid animal barehanded of equal weight is ultimately doomed.

[Pinkbullet3]

I can't think of any animal that I could kill around 145 pounds and I think anyone that actually goes up against a rabid animal barehanded of equal weight is ultimately doomed.

[fakeitormakeit2]

A very large sloth?

Have you seen the claws on those things 0.0

 

But maybe I can kill a giant tortoise of some kind lol. I'll just hop on its back and start punching its shell. Although I would never do that unless I was starving cuz turtles are awesome.

 

Does anyone know that one story that's kinda a rip off of Prometheus's story in which all the animals are getting a gift and the lions gets his powerful teeth, etc. and then when they get to humans they have nothing left so they are given, I think it's, the ability to be innovative and creative as a weapon?

[Riku3220]

Oh wow. I'm not sure if I could take on anything. Our nails and teeth are a joke and we're uber slow compared to everything else. Really the only thing we have above animals is our mental capabilities, which is pretty damn useless when we have nothing to work with. Give me a lead pipe or any other weapon I can swing and I'll take out an army of dogs.

 

Does anyone know that one story that's kinda a rip off of Prometheus's story in which all the animals are getting a gift and the lions gets his powerful teeth, etc. and then when they get to humans they have nothing left so they are given, I think it's, the ability to be innovative and creative as a weapon?

Our "gift" was an upright stature, just like the gods. We got screwed.

[Lenticular_J]

There are very few animals that weigh 150 pounds. Chimpanzee?

[rangeor]

If I found myself fighting a 150 pound penguin... I'm not really sure. I don't know how dangerous a rabid 150-pound penguin would be. Or a 150-pound grizzly! He'd have to be like, super-thin and weak to be 150 pounds. That would make it easy.

 

Or a 150-pound starfish. But I'd probably just surrender in that case. I'd be too scared to touch it; I'm a wimp when it comes to sea creatures.

[Abc1230]

You make me feel fat >.>

 

I'm pretty sure I could take on a 170 pound cow. Not just because it'd be like uber skinny... It's a cow. What could it do, bite me? I'm assuming it'd charge at me or something. I'd just punch/scratch/gouge the hell outta its head/face. Even just a nice, swift kick to its head would probably knock it out. Anybody can take on an unconscious cow :^_^:

[Skull]

I've had a cow try to eat me before. It wasn't all that impressive, but I still sort of freaked out which was a bit embarrassing since the cow belonged to a cute girl I was attempting to chat up.

 

That being said, cows are pretty damn strong. Not dairy cows so much, but I say a beef cow fling a board probably weighing a good 50 pounds and bolted into a wall just by flicking it's head. They also charge pretty quickly. I jumped out of the way. In all, not a good night for my manliness.

 

Granted those cows were probably more like a ton instead of 170 pounds.

 

I think this was my 3000th post. That's ridiculous.

[fastortoise]

I've had a cow try to eat me before. It wasn't all that impressive, but I still sort of freaked out which was a bit embarrassing since the cow belonged to a cute girl I was attempting to chat up.

You are now the guy from Harvest Moon

[The Dark Lord]

A grizzly bear is probably my weight, though I doubt I could take him. I could probably take a shark though, I'm a good swimmer and I float.

 

clearly you're a fatass. i'd say a 120lb dog would be easy enough for me.

 

I'm a good swimmer and I float.

Doubt it.

 

A grizzly bear is like 600 pounds.

 

Want to do something ballsy? Fight a badger or a wolverine. They're not our weight (at least they don't look like it...), but they're ferocious.

[Guest Mrmegakirby]

I doubt anyone here could take an animal their own weight. And if an animal was rapid, would you not become infected and die after it bit you? So even if you killed it, you could still die. But yeah, humans are pitiful in combat without weapons. Give me a pocket knife, and I might be able to do something.