• Question: If you had to back an animal in a fight which would you be rooting for?

    Asked by to James, Natalie, Shaylon on 26 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: James Bell

      James Bell answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      One of the common fights fought in the colosseum in ancient Rome was between a bear and a lion. The romans would import lions from Africa and Brown bears from northern Europe and make them fight for their amusement.

      It wasn’t a great sport for betting though – the bears always won. Brown bears are big and very strong and a lion has a very fragile skeleton. A bear can easily smash a lion’s skull (or a persons) and so the bear would win.

      I reckon there aren’t many land animals that could take a Polar Bear so I’d go for that.

      In the oceans though, the ultimate top predator is probably the Orca.

      So the showdown is an Orca vs. a Polar Bear – this is very silly because orcas can’t move on land and polar bears, although they can swim well, would still be hugely disadvantaged in a fight in the sea

    • Photo: Natalie Pilakouta

      Natalie Pilakouta answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      If I had to pick a land animal, I would go for the elephant. I think an elephant would beat your polar bear, James – but I guess we won’t be able to find out! 😉

      If I had to pick a marine animal, I would go for the blue whale just because of its sheer size. I think it would be pretty hard for anything to bring down a blue whale.

    • Photo: Shaylon Stolk

      Shaylon Stolk answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      A swarm of army ants! They’re tough, fast, and have an incredibly painful bite. They’re known to kill animals in the rainforest!

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