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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Aug 15, 2013 7:14:04 GMT -5
Can we have another Kodiak Bear OP pic? That one looks skinny, Kodiak Bears can get very big. This one can be better: As for this fight, I don't see what the moose can really do. It is large, yes, but it has rather long legs which are rather thin and easy to break for a Kodiak Bear. Kodiak Bears are true giants and don't think that just because it doesn't usually tackle large game, means that it will always fail to kill larger game. You guys act like a Kodiak Bear can't kill a cow moose because it mainly eats salmon. Grasshopper Mice are capable of killing centipedes larger than themselves, does that mean it can kill a very large tarantula? And I guess you forgot that their claws can become blunt, but they have huge paws that are easily capable of dealing out damage. Also, bears are built for head on fights with big creatures, while a kodiak bear wouldn't usually do this, it can kill moose on occasions and they do it by overpowering them head on and then knocking them to the ground. A grizzly bear does this to other ungulates as well, I don't see why a Kodiak, which is much larger, can do the exact same. I say the kodiak bear will win this fairly easily unless it was a female kodiak and a really large moose (which is obviously unfair and we should use similar weights). Kodiak Bear 8/10.
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Post by rhino on Nov 25, 2013 16:14:33 GMT -5
what. When did that happen.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Nov 28, 2013 11:24:40 GMT -5
what. When did that happen. Well actually it was an elk that an American Black Bear killed: But still an elk is bigger than an American black bear so if an American Black Bear, which runs away from cats, can kill an elk, a Kodiak Bear can kill a moose.
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Post by rhino on Nov 28, 2013 19:55:56 GMT -5
You bring up good points. But black bears have short, curved claws for climbing trees whereas brown bears have long, straight, and blunt claws for digging. A black bear would be able to hook onto an opponent better than a brown bear.
The author clearly stated it is extremely rare for black bears to kill adult elk.
I have no reason to believe that a kodiak bear will kill a moose more often than not.
The bear's lifestyle don't require it to be skilled at taking large prey unlike big cats.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Nov 29, 2013 12:04:09 GMT -5
You bring up good points too, but some of the reasons why I vote for the bear is that I find it hard to actually see the moose killing the bear. The moose's antlers are spread apart and blunt. Kodiak Bears are heavily built and while moose are as well, a kodiak has the pure strength to bring down a moose in a face to face fight. There is not much a moose would be able to do before it is pushed down and bitten on the neck. I say the kodiak bear wins this for sure unless the moose had a big size advantage. I think the bear wins 80% of the time.
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Post by Old Ephraim on Sept 18, 2014 6:36:00 GMT -5
A big healthy mature male grizzly could kill a bull moose. He doesn't have to be a Kodiak.
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Post by rhino on Oct 31, 2014 2:22:16 GMT -5
A big healthy mature male grizzly could kill a bull moose. He doesn't have to be a Kodiak. Big bull moose easily weigh over 1000 lbs, well outside the weight class for most grizzlies.
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Post by grizzly on Jan 12, 2015 4:03:45 GMT -5
In the book 'Man Meets Grizzly by Young and Beyers' there is a tale of a Kodiak bear fighting a huge bull moose. According to the story told, the two fought for eight hours. In the end, the moose killed the big bear. However, the moose died soon after the fight.
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Post by Sword on Feb 15, 2016 18:45:21 GMT -5
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Post by batcheno on Dec 27, 2016 10:16:43 GMT -5
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