Venomous Dragon
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Post by Venomous Dragon on May 6, 2013 1:50:57 GMT -5
1. I watched it. The buffalo cow looked very weak and skinny. She was making minimal effort to fight back despite having a calf with her. 2. The asian buffalo's horns are widely spaced apart and curve backwards. The gaur's horns are placed closer together, meaning they are better positioned to stab an opponent. 3. The komodo dragon is much smaller than a buffalo and thus would have an easier time avoiding the buffalo's attacks due to being a lesser target. The larger megalania wouldn't have that option here. 4. The gaur is much more heavily built and muscled than a buffalo. Minimal effort? She was envenomated,bleeding and harrased ever since the initial ambush (which I highly doubt occured in a more or less open field) give her some credit she is probably doing her best. Look at what the dragon did to her face, then look at the komodo skull pic, then look at the megalania skull pic and then take a guess at what would happen to the gaur if it tried to ward off megalania's attack at its ankels by lowering its head. Despite what many interpet as weak skulls, Komodo skulls (and therefore likely megalania's) are very well designed to handle stress.
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Post by rhino on May 6, 2013 3:29:55 GMT -5
i'm telling it how i see it. The buffalo was clearly ill or weak. It wasn't exactly lunging and trying to catch the lizard on its horns. It was moving very slowly and looked very skinny.
The buffalo's horns are widely spaced apart and not in an ideal position to gore an opponent. The gaur's horns are closer together and would have an easier time stabbing the megalania.
And there are several cases I know of where tigers have been gored by gaurs. Which means the gaur is more than fast enough to land a goring on this lizard which is slower than a tiger.
If anything I think megalania would want to avoid the front end of the gaur.
Don't take this the wrong way. I'm not saying you're totally wrong or anything. I just don't think it's a mismatch.
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Venomous Dragon
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Post by Venomous Dragon on May 6, 2013 8:39:57 GMT -5
i'm telling it how i see it. The buffalo was clearly ill or weak. It wasn't exactly lunging and trying to catch the lizard on its horns. It was moving very slowly and looked very skinny. The buffalo's horns are widely spaced apart and not in an ideal position to gore an opponent. The gaur's horns are closer together and would have an easier time stabbing the megalania. And there are several cases I know of where tigers have been gored by gaurs. Which means the gaur is more than fast enough to land a goring on this lizard which is slower than a tiger. If anything I think megalania would want to avoid the front end of the gaur. Don't take this the wrong way. I'm not saying you're totally wrong or anything. I just don't think it's a mismatch. Who said it was a mismatch?
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Post by rhino on May 6, 2013 19:32:37 GMT -5
it sounded as if you implied it.
That's okay though. Many people continuously underrate the offensive capabilities of bovines.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on May 6, 2013 19:41:33 GMT -5
it sounded as if you implied it. That's okay though. Many people continuously underrate the offensive capabilities of bovines. Nah if I thought it was a mismatch then I probably would have said so. Mismatch implys that one of the animals has little to no cjance of winning, The gaur can win it just wont most of the time.
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Post by rhino on May 6, 2013 20:14:38 GMT -5
well a lot of people here seem to think a gaur is little different from a buffalo and I was challenging that statement.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Jun 12, 2013 13:15:51 GMT -5
Unless this was a large gaur, my vote goes to the Megalania. A bite from a Komodo Dragon causes a LOT of blood loss to Water Buffalo. This won't be much different. Also, the lizard is too low on the ground for the Gaur to gore the lizard with it's horns. After Komodo Dragons bite Water Buffaloes, they are immobilized. So if the Megalania bit the Gaur, the buffalo won't have an option. The only real way I can see the Gaur killing the Megalania is by stomping on it. Overall, I say Megalania 8/10.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Jun 12, 2013 17:44:02 GMT -5
Unless this was a large gaur, my vote goes to the Megalania. A bite from a Komodo Dragon causes a LOT of blood loss to Water Buffalo. This won't be much different. Also, the lizard is too low on the ground for the Gaur to gore the lizard with it's horns. After Komodo Dragons bite Water Buffaloes, they are immobilized. So if the Megalania bit the Gaur, the buffalo won't have an option. The only real way I can see the Gaur killing the Megalania is by stomping on it. Overall, I say Megalania 8/10. not to be nitpicky but it would be alot different a bite from megalania would be much worse.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Jun 13, 2013 10:22:37 GMT -5
^Yeah.
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Post by batcheno on Dec 4, 2016 11:26:55 GMT -5
Gaur is the winner
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