re: A Question as Old as Time: Grizzly Bear VS Silverback Gorilla Deathmatch - Who wins?

At first glance most would look at the size difference and immediately pick the bear. But this is a common mistake. Let me try to make this more relatable.

You are a big swole up fighting mother fricker. You get into a verbal altercation with a swole up, but smaller, fighting mother fricker. Your vitriol appears to be headed for fisticuffs, when all of a sudden the smaller dude starts jerking off. That's right, you lose that fight, you lose that fight 9 times out of 10.

Therefore the gorilla is the correct answer.

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unless the grizzly got the first scratch across the face in, scares the gorilla, and then can just thrash him to death.

slash slash. rawr.

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"scares the gorilla..."

Go into the forest with your bear arse talking that bullshite and see who gets scared

A hippo would wreck almost any land creature except maybe for adult elephants.

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You wanna think about that again...

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Nope. Well aware that whales are mammals. Would you like to reconsider? At the very least fricking use google before responding.

THEY HAVE BLOW HOLES!

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One aspect these questions always ignore is why are they fighting? It's not like they eat each other or fight for sport. Tell me who's go more to fight for, like one is defending their babies, and I'll tell you who wins, or rather who backs down first.

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"Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog."

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This article states that a Russian miner in 1895 witnessed a moose drinking from a stream when a Grizzly bear approached from the other side. Moose are very territorial, and they are especially known to attack anything they perceive to be a threat to their water source. The moose charged full speed across the stream, and just as it neared the bear, the bear stood up and with a quick motion swiped the moose in the side of the face. The moose’s head became decapitated and flew a distance of fifteen to twenty feet.

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I'm guessing there was a fair amount of vodka involved in the retelling of this tale. No way this happened. A mounted moose head weighs at least 150lbs, so a live moose's head would be much heavier. The force needed to decapitate the moose AND send ~250lbs flying 20feet is way more than what a grizzly is capable of. I'm also doubtful the bear would stand its ground like that. Animals aren't dumb, they know one hoof can cause an injury bad enough to die.

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A grizzly or polar bear would get absolutely wrecked by a rhino.

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If rhinos are so formidable, why are there no sports teams named after them?