11-24-2004, 11:50 PM
Different climates, different battlefields.
If they meet on the bear's territory, the croc freezes in the water and dies.
If they meet on the croc's territory, the bear thinks, "Wow, that's a big fish" and goes downstream for chow that's got a lot less heft. Meanwhile, the cros thinks, "Holy ****, look at the size of that hairy human" and stays at the bottom of the river.
:P
Assuming you can catch them both, starve them both, and lock them up together ...
The bear is made of pure muscle with a little fat to tide the cold and winter. Loses the fat, gets angry and in fighting trim. The croc just gets plain hungry. This leaves the bear very annoyed, but in no way hungry or stupid enough to attack a croc. So the ravenous croc hits first. Bears are surprisingly fast, even if crocs are blindingly fast when they need to be. So the bear gets hit, but only on the paw.
Croc vises down - "Hmm, this is going to take awhile to swallow." Bear gets peeved - "You realize, of course, this agony is forcing me to take an action I don't want to be bothered with." Smack - croc is in serious pain, but still clamping down. Smack, chomp on face - croc is now in as much pain as the bear. Death roll time. Bear is a lightweight, but flipping a bear when there's no water is kind of pointless. All it accomplishes is infuriating the bear.
At this time, the bear's limb is probably twisted off (yuck!) Dumb croc has some food and stops for a second to eat. Bear has a dissenting opinion of the use of the paw, and soon after, croc's back is broken, if not the skull, and croc stops for eternity.
Bear is highly annoyed and would die in the wild. Settles down to wait for puny humans to bring care, the fish, and the lifetime zoo commitment. Laurels follow and Caesar grants reprieve. Crowds cheer.
Bear - "Are you not entertained?"
:P
If they meet on the bear's territory, the croc freezes in the water and dies.
If they meet on the croc's territory, the bear thinks, "Wow, that's a big fish" and goes downstream for chow that's got a lot less heft. Meanwhile, the cros thinks, "Holy ****, look at the size of that hairy human" and stays at the bottom of the river.
:P
Assuming you can catch them both, starve them both, and lock them up together ...
The bear is made of pure muscle with a little fat to tide the cold and winter. Loses the fat, gets angry and in fighting trim. The croc just gets plain hungry. This leaves the bear very annoyed, but in no way hungry or stupid enough to attack a croc. So the ravenous croc hits first. Bears are surprisingly fast, even if crocs are blindingly fast when they need to be. So the bear gets hit, but only on the paw.
Croc vises down - "Hmm, this is going to take awhile to swallow." Bear gets peeved - "You realize, of course, this agony is forcing me to take an action I don't want to be bothered with." Smack - croc is in serious pain, but still clamping down. Smack, chomp on face - croc is now in as much pain as the bear. Death roll time. Bear is a lightweight, but flipping a bear when there's no water is kind of pointless. All it accomplishes is infuriating the bear.
At this time, the bear's limb is probably twisted off (yuck!) Dumb croc has some food and stops for a second to eat. Bear has a dissenting opinion of the use of the paw, and soon after, croc's back is broken, if not the skull, and croc stops for eternity.
Bear is highly annoyed and would die in the wild. Settles down to wait for puny humans to bring care, the fish, and the lifetime zoo commitment. Laurels follow and Caesar grants reprieve. Crowds cheer.
Bear - "Are you not entertained?"
:P