re: Could a person kill a bobcat with his bare hands?

Are we talking caged death match here or just grabbing a wild animal up and killing it? In a caged fight to the death, I'll go with the human... against a housecat. Still wouldn't be pretty.

Against a bobcat, must humans would kill themselves trying to get out of that cage, after the cat let them go the first time.

I don't think a single poster in this thread could hold on to a house cat long enough to snap it's neck. Not if it wasn't your pet, where it would let you handle it.

I killed this.... crept up on it and strangled it back in '07

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You are saying that a person couldn't kill an animal that is 30+ times smaller. You are way off base. It wouldn't even be a strain. It's like you think cats have super powers or something. Next you are going to say that people are too weak to crush mosquitos.

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I have killed a few bobcat, bow hunting. I've also caught the end of a fight between a full grown male German Shepherd and a bobcat, having to bury what was left of the dog.

A house cat is nothing but a smaller version of a bobcat. People seem to have no concept of the fact that both are flexible beyond comprehension, and slinging around about 14 needle sharp talons with enough muscle behind them to take down animals above their own weight. Sometimes 6 or 8 times their own weight.

I guess we got a bunch of ninjas in here.

There was a report of an elderly man (Well maybe more like a 50-60 something year old man) riding his bike in the North west, when he was attacked by a cougar (not a milf). So of course, the cougar caught him by surprise and had the guy from behind. The man wrestled with him and ended up stabbing him and killed him. I think he only had a pocket knife as well. So, yes I think a male adult could kill a bobcat with their bare hands. But yes, the guy could get fricked pretty good but should win most of the time.

The trick would be using your weight to your advantage. Gotta pin it down somehow before it can slash you too badly. If you could somehow pin it down on its stomach. lay on it till it suffocates. If that werent possible id definitelt try and kick it instead of grabbing or punching it

Yes, sweep the legs and body slam it.

I wrestled a wild bear once. I died.

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So an animal that weighs up to 20 lbs is our limit? Are we really so frail and harmless?

I mean, without using that one organ that can create nuclear weapons.

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Its our cunning and endurance that kills the other animals. Tribesmen to this day still run down deer, gazelles, etc. into exhaustion out in the bush. Homo sapien endurance is unmatched on land.

Big cats run for 2 minutes and take the rest of the day off.
Their prey use endurance to avoid capture.
We out run them.
=worldstar

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Could a person kill a bobcat with his bare hands?

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We have an answer!

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A 46-year-old Georgia woman is being treated for exposure to rabies after she was attacked by a bobcat that she choked to death after it jumped her.

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Dede Mealor Phillips, of Hartwell, had put a bumper stick on her truck last Thursday evening when she heard a neighbor’s dog start barking. Right after, the bobcat appeared and leaped onto Phillips, according to a report in The Hartwell Sun.

Sheriff’s Office officials said Phillips grabbed the bobcat by the neck and “choked it out.”


Phillips suffered lacerations on her arms, hands and face. The bobcat tested positive for rabies, officials said.

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Yes, my answer was vindicated! Suck it downvoters!