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Post by Super Communist on Dec 6, 2011 19:52:56 GMT -5
The Northern and Dwarf Cassowaries are not well known. All cassowaries are usually shy birds of the deep forest, adept at disappearing long before a human knows they are there. Even the more accessible Southern Cassowary of the far north Queensland rain forests is not well understood. Females are bigger and more brightly colored. Adult Southern Cassowaries are 1.5 to 1.8 metres (4.9–5.9 ft) tall, although some females may reach 2 metres (6.6 ft), and weigh 58.5 kilograms (129 lb). All cassowaries have feathers that consist of a shaft and loose barbules. They do not have retrices (tail feathers) or a preen gland. Cassowaries have small wings with 5-6 large remeges. These are reduced to stiff, keratinous quills, like porcupine quills, with no barbs. A claw is on each second finger. The furcula and coracoid are degenerate, and their palatal bones and sphenoid bones touch each other. These, along with their wedge-shaped body, are thought to be adaptations to ward off vines, thorns and saw-edged leaves, allowing them to run quickly through the rainforest. A cassowary's three-toed feet have sharp claws. The second toe, the inner one in the medial position, sports a dagger-like claw that is 125 millimeters (5 in) long. This claw is particularly fearsome since cassowaries sometimes kick humans and animals with their enormously powerful legs. Cassowaries can run up to 50 km/h (31 mph) through the dense forest. They can jump up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) and they are good swimmers, crossing wide rivers and swimming in the sea as well. The Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. With a body length of up to 115 cm and a weight from 15 to 31 kg, it is among the largest and heaviest baboon species. The Chacma is generally dark brown to gray in color, with a patch of rough hair on the nape of its neck. Unlike the northern baboon species (the Guinea, Hamadryas, and Olive baboons), Chacma males do not have a mane. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of this baboon is its long, downward sloping face. Males can have canine teeth as long as 2 inches (longer than a lion's canine teeth). Baboons are sexually dimorphic, males being considerably larger than females.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Dec 6, 2011 19:53:51 GMT -5
This seems like an odd match to me.
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Post by jumbo on May 16, 2012 22:10:41 GMT -5
Well considering 1 baboon was enough to give a leopard a fight for its life and leave it with fatal bite wounds, 3 would just overpower the bird. 1 would distract it at the front while the other 2 overpower it from behind and bite its vulnerable neck
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Post by Anomonyous on May 17, 2012 15:59:32 GMT -5
Occurrences of baboons killing leopards tend to be the exception and not the norm. That may be able to drive them off or escape in the majority of times, but killing is a bit far-fetched.
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Post by Ultimategrid on May 17, 2012 22:11:52 GMT -5
The outcome of this match: the bird drives off the baboons. I do not see three baboons taking down a Cassowary. Now I'm sure they're CAPABLE, but I doubt they will even try. And the bird ain't all that equipped to tackle the monkeys either.
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Post by Anomonyous on May 18, 2012 16:02:17 GMT -5
This is really a fight to the death though; if we wanted to put animals in a natural confrontation, spinosaurus would drive off tyrannosaurus every time.
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Post by Ultimategrid on May 18, 2012 18:41:12 GMT -5
This is really a fight to the death though; if we wanted to put animals in a natural confrontation, spinosaurus would drive off tyrannosaurus every time. I know but part of a battle is psychological, and these baboons would never have the drive to attack the bird.
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Post by mobster on Dec 29, 2012 15:16:34 GMT -5
3 baboons are too agile, smart, and dexterous for a cassowary. By the time it takes out one of them, the other 2 will already have jumped on it and sank their fangs into its fragile neck.
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Post by Anomonyous on Dec 29, 2012 19:40:55 GMT -5
Yeah, this isn't exactly a fair match. You're pitting 3 animals against a single similarly sized one. A single baboon against a cassowary would be more fair.
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Post by rhino on Apr 29, 2013 6:37:29 GMT -5
1 or 2 chacma baboons could take a cassowary I think. Never mind 3.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Apr 29, 2013 9:56:30 GMT -5
I would probably favour even just 1 baboon over the bird.
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Post by rhino on May 3, 2013 18:19:54 GMT -5
lol even a physically fit human male could kill a cassowary barehanded in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 20:27:34 GMT -5
While I wouldnt favor a single chacma baboon over a cassowary, I do believe 2 would win decisively let alone 3. Its not just combined weight and weaponry that group animals bring to the table, but also coordination and teamwork. Each baboon could focus its attack on a different area of the cassowary and the bird would not be able to fend them off at the same time. At least sociable animals like baboons have the chance of working together. Baboons 10/10.
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Post by rhino on May 13, 2013 21:22:09 GMT -5
The outcome of this match: the bird drives off the baboons. I do not see three baboons taking down a Cassowary. Now I'm sure they're CAPABLE, but I doubt they will even try. And the bird ain't all that equipped to tackle the monkeys either. The first baboon would harass the cassowary from the front while the other 2 jump on it front behind and bite its neck.
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Post by Felis Rex on May 13, 2013 22:42:06 GMT -5
something like this has too many variables to be decisive, baboons have never shown any inclination to cooperatively hunt something this size. Baboons will band together against a common threat, which this ratite isn't going to present. I do think the baboons could succeed in driving them off bird though.
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