HEIGHT: 2 metres when standing WEIGHT: 660 pounds FOOD: Fruit, salmon, nuts, insects, rodents, berries, people HABITAT: Tundra, Mountains, dense forest in Northwestern Canada/Alaska LIFE EXPECTANCY: 30 Years GREATEST WEAPON: Claws that are as long as a human finger, and sharper than razors, brute strength DAILY FOOD INTAKE: 70 pounds POPULATION: 50,000 in Canada/Alaska and another 1000 in the continental US NOTES / URBAN MYTHS: Could kill an elephant with one swipe of arm, sleep for four months during the winter, a group of bears is called a "sloth", can run as fast as a horse over 200 metres |
GRIZZLY BEAR |
GORILLA |
HEIGHT: 6 feet fully erect (8 foot arm span, though) WEIGHT: over 500 pounds FOOD: any kind of vegetation, some bugs HABITAT: the dense rainforests of Saire, Rwanda and Uganda LIFE EXPECTANCY: 35 Years (53 in captivity) GREATEST WEAPON: Intelligence, teeth, brute strength, opposable thumb(!) DAILY FOOD INTAKE: 70 pounds POPULATION: only 650 left NOTES: Can climb trees, lives in a family of up to 30 other Gorillas, builds and uses a brand new nest every day, spends 30% of day foraging/feeding |
Wanna get acquainted with blue tits, weasels and yaks? Check out this link to BBC's Animal Facts Page. The information here may help you create a new Inter-Species survivor debate for you and your stoner friends to talk about over cold pops and cheesies - you can't talk about sex forever, you know. |
You decide.... |
Who would win - in a fair fight? Neutral terrain. Both fully grown. Both pissed at each other. Check out the facts. Add your own spices to the argument, and then think of a new challenge. |
I'm telling you, folks, this is hours of fun. All you need is a few drinks and a lull in the conversation, at which point three words will do the trick, "Who would win?" |
A Hippo or a Polar Bear - IN THE WATER? In Africa, more people are killed by hippos than any other animal, but the Polar Bear is the largest land mammal in the world, and is a great swimmer - WITH HUGE CLAWS. That's good stuff. |
A Camel or a Kangaroo? The kangaroo is a lot smaller, but can kick the grease out of a burrito (?). The camel spits, too, which has to be de-moralizing for any opponent - it also has an endless supply of water in their big 'ol humps. Woo hoo, what a doozy. |
Let's not forget the little guys. Snapping Turtle, and a Rabid Aarvark. The Aardvark may be the first animal in the dictionary, but he's the last critter I'd want to mess with - especially if he's foaming. And snapping turtles are known to, well, snap. I got nothin'. |
A Giant Panda or a Cougar? A Grizzly Bear could probably take a cougar under normal circumstances, but what about it's distant, and slightly less formidable cousin, the Panda? They're known to be grumpy and fierce when cornered. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. |
Or how about checking out the craziest bastard you'll ever meet. Steve, the "Crocodile Hunter" would surely enter a few good arguments into our little game here. A Croc or a hippo, Steve? "By crikey, I reckon the hippo would make a fair tucker out of any crock inside 12 feet! That's a good boy." |