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09-05-2009 , 06:57 PM

#176

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Originally Posted by ThaSaltCracka

Spiders were also very large, so large in fact that if you thought about them it would probably give you nightmares.

i've always thought that if spiders could sustain themselves at a size level close to cats or bigger human society could not have developed as it did. i imagine no cities with everyone living in log cabins with shotguns in their lap (if we even got that far) cause at any moment a giant ****ing spider could come out of nowhere and massacre anyone in the family. sharks and spiders scare the **** out of me cause they are such soulless unthinking killing machines. at least tigers and bears can be cute caring for their young and what not

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09-05-2009 , 06:58 PM

#177

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Tiger is easy BPA, well done. Take that anaconda!

(Okay, so a reticulated python isn't *quite* as heavy as an anaconda, and the tiger doesn't actually kill it, but it gets him in his coils and he's just like GTFO and then goes and has a drink of water. If the fight's to the death, the tiger wins easy.)

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09-05-2009 , 06:59 PM

#178

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OK, top 5 are as follows

Cincy - Rhino
Mikhails - Anaconda
Noze - Tiger
Semtex - Hippo
Sarcastic - Honey Badger

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09-05-2009 , 06:59 PM

#179

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yeah tiger is ridic

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09-05-2009 , 06:59 PM

#180

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Honey Badger is a sick pick, their segment on Planet Earth is ****ing nasty. Honestly I like this draft because groups of picks will be equal as long as they are equally as effective in their classes. Honey Badger no more/less valuable than Tiger for the most part.

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09-05-2009 , 06:59 PM

#181

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I will trade you all of mine/Untouchable's picks for the Honey Badger.

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09-05-2009 , 07:01 PM

#182

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Semtex didn't you just pick the Hippo? I don't think you'll be up again till tomorrow

ok sounds good. badger pick sucks imo. heavyweight division is definitely UFC-esque imo, in that are a couple clear favorites and everyone else is in a second tier but there still are some quality heavyweights on the board. i'll be back manana

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09-05-2009 , 07:01 PM

#183

BobJoeJim

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Honey Badger is an awesome lightweight. Great pick!

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09-05-2009 , 07:02 PM

#184

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It's too bad I will destroy your badger.

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09-05-2009 , 07:02 PM

#185

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making a spreadsheet now since Wrane's doesn't seem to work

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09-05-2009 , 07:03 PM

#186

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Lol, notice the last line of that was "the python tried to wrap another coil around the tiger and lost its grip, and its victim. There's no way the tiger had any chance of winning that fight, it was lucky to escape, and tigers have low stamina too which is how the anaconda won in the youtube I showed.

Also, tiger doesn't even beat lion according to this video:

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...nimal+face-off

Noze, curious what species of tiger you are taking as well

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09-05-2009 , 07:03 PM

#187

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Originally Posted by Semtex

this doesn't make any sense

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09-05-2009 , 07:05 PM

#188

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I dunno man, that looked like it could have gone either way. Pretty nasty fight

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09-05-2009 , 07:06 PM

#189

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Anaconda obviously destroys jaguar. Tiger != jaguar. Tiger vs. Lion is close, that Animal Face-Off was a good fight, one of my favorite episodes, but I think the lion's win was an upset.

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09-05-2009 , 07:06 PM

#190

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Yeah, and that Tiger wasn't even full grown. Awesome video though, I watched the whole thing. Love the silent movie-esque soundtrack

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09-05-2009 , 07:06 PM

#191

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I don't think the Honey Badger will dominate as much as you think

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09-05-2009 , 07:06 PM

#192

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Gotta be Siberian tiger they are the most badass. And 1v1 tiger takes lion like 85% of the time imo

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09-05-2009 , 07:07 PM

#193

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Originally Posted by NameOnTheCake

I dunno man, that looked like it could have gone either way. Pretty nasty fight

Real reason I posted it, tbh. I never expected to find anything that awesome when I searched tiger vs python on YouTube.

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09-05-2009 , 07:07 PM

#194

Wrane

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Tiger loses to

imo.

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09-05-2009 , 07:07 PM

#195

NozeCandy

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I will debate this to death when I am not wasted. I'm typing pretty good though. Anyway give me a day or two and I'll debate Lion when it gets picked.

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09-05-2009 , 07:08 PM

#196

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I don't think the Honey Badger will dominate as much as you think

Well I haven't researched a ton of animals, I just found the honey badger and they were too awesome to not pick. I don't see what lightweights will compete with the badger's complete lack of fear and size advantage. Not to mention the long, razor sharp claws.

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09-05-2009 , 07:08 PM

#197

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Originally Posted by Semtex

apparently I am wrong. I based my post of a series I saw a few years ago, but after doing research apparently that show incorrectly thought a Megarachne (prehistoric sea scorpion) was a spider.

Needless to say, there were some large spiders.

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09-05-2009 , 07:08 PM

#198

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Gotta be Siberian tiger they are the most badass. And 1v1 tiger takes lion like 85% of the time imo

I'd take a Bengal tbh. Siberians being bigger is a myth:

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The "Siberian Tiger Project", which has operated from Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik since 1992, found that 215 kg (474 lb) seemed to be the largest that they were able to verify, albeit from a limited number of specimens.[10] According to modern research of wild Siberian tigers in Sikhote-Alin, an average adult male tiger (>35 months) weighs 167.3 - 185.7 kg (the average asymptotic limit, computed by use of the Michaelis-Menten formula, gives 222.3 kg for male tigers) and an adult tigress – 117.9–122.6 kg, respectively. The mean weight of historical Siberian tigers is supposed to be higher: 215.3-260 kg for male tigers.[11] At least one authority suspects that this is the difference between real weights and hunter's estimates.[5] Dale Miquelle, program director of the Siberian Tiger Project, writes that, despite repeated claims in the popular literature that the Siberian is the largest of all tigers, their measurements on more than fifty captured individuals suggest that body size is, in fact, similar to that of Bengal tigers.[12]