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Post by Super Communist on Dec 23, 2011 12:56:32 GMT -5
 The Scottish form is the largest in the wildcat family with males typically between 6-9kg (13-17lb) and females 5-7kg (11-15lb), around 50% larger than the average domestic cat. Fossil examples measuring 4 feet from nose to tail have been found; such a cat could have weighed around 14kg (30lb) vs  The color pattern is whitish or yellowish with the blotched patterns varying from shades of tan to dark brown. This varies with terrain and habitat. Specimens from the hill forests of Western Ghats and Assam are darker, while those from the Deccan Plateau and East Coast are usually lighter.[7] In Pakistan, Indian Pythons commonly reach a length of 2.4–3 metres (7.9–9.8 ft).[8] In India, the nominate subspecies grows to 3 metres (9.8 ft) on average [4][7] This value is supported by a 1990 study in Keoladeo National Park, where the biggest 25% of the python population was 2.7–3.3 metres (8.9–11 ft) long. Only two specimen even measured nearly 3.6 metres (12 ft).[9] Because of confusion with the Burmese Python, exaggerations and stretched skins in the past, the maximum length of this subspecies is hard to tell. The longest scientifically recorded specimen hailed from Pakistan and was 4.6 metres (15 ft) in length and weighing 52 kilograms (115 lb). |
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Post by Felis Rex on Dec 23, 2011 13:08:48 GMT -5
Under 6ft I give it the cat,
Over or so 8ft I generally give it to the snake
Inbetween ?
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Dec 23, 2011 15:47:30 GMT -5
Why would you ask for this? There is almost nothing the cat can do to the snake other than fill its belly. One of this snakes closest relatives, The african rock python brings down antelope.
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Post by Reticulatus on Dec 23, 2011 16:20:53 GMT -5
i would suggest a woma or olive python for this match. anyway an 8 foot indian still ways close to 50lbs
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Post by Felis Rex on Dec 23, 2011 16:23:02 GMT -5
your joking right?
The snake averages twice the size of the cat which is about what a snake needs to compete with a cat.
Bobcats prey on rattlesnakes that are about this size but deadly venomous, thus I figure the slightly smaller wildcat would have more of a challenge with this snake than a bobcat or something. Constrictors are a lot slower than a rattler or cobra, house cats kill cobras, cobras kill pythons...
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Post by Anomonyous on Dec 23, 2011 16:27:45 GMT -5
Really, this is an absolute joke. Felines are too damn overrated against snakes, or against anything for that matter. Boa constrictors eat ocelots and have amazingly fast strikes, don't see why a snake about the same size would do any different.
Python wins 85%.
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Post by Reticulatus on Dec 23, 2011 16:34:35 GMT -5
yea they are slow most of the time but they are saving there energy for the struggle and kill. im telling a blackhead is perfect for this fight. it has about a 1/3 weight advantage on the high end and has not evolved around feline prey.
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Post by Felis Rex on Dec 23, 2011 16:36:51 GMT -5
Thats redicules,  a snakes only chance to against a cat half its weight or more is through ambush. In a head to head the cat might have difficulty inflicting enough damage on the snake but the snake will not be inflicting any damage at all. I said at the start that a snake more than twice the cats weight would win, around like 40lbs. |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Dec 23, 2011 16:42:09 GMT -5
Sorry felis the snake is too big. In the ava gallery i posted pics of a mongoose (snake specialist) getting tied up and constricted to death by a smaller snake, both animals died.
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Post by Super Communist on Dec 23, 2011 19:41:28 GMT -5
Thats redicules, a snakes only chance to against a cat half its weight or more is through ambush. In a head to head the cat might have difficulty inflicting enough damage on the snake but the snake will not be inflicting any damage at all. I said at the start that a snake more than twice the cats weight would win, around like 40lbs.  |
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Dec 24, 2011 15:07:21 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm going to go with the Python here. The cat wouldn't really be able to do much except small bites and scratches. Where as if the Python got a good bite, it would coil up and constrict the cat.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Dec 5, 2013 11:52:32 GMT -5
These two animals are not similarly sized at all, in fact the python is about twice the size of the cat or more. The python would have no problems killing this cat. A python like a black-headed python would perhaps be a better match-up (though I would give it to the cat as black-heads are quite docile and slim).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 18:44:39 GMT -5
The Indian Python is pretty much the same as the Burmese Python, who eat cats without problems. This is probably a mismatch unless a really small python specimen is used. I mean Burms in Florida have bobcats in their bellies.
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Post by batcheno on Jan 5, 2017 17:18:12 GMT -5
A python would probably eat a wildcat
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Post by Hello there on Jun 5, 2017 19:35:27 GMT -5
Extreamly old thread I know, but this is a absolutly giant missmatch. The Indian Pythins closest relative, the Burmese Python, has been documented eating Leopards and Bears.
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