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Post by apexpredator7 on Feb 28, 2012 13:29:47 GMT -5
I agree size is important thats the reason why a blue whale would beat a GWS even though its deadlier but I have to say the GTF wins
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Post by Super Communist on Feb 28, 2012 15:08:37 GMT -5
They both die from exhaustion;
The tiger fish won't be able to pierce the gaurs scales, and the gaur would only be able to inflict superficial wounds.
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Post by Taurus on Feb 28, 2012 16:53:56 GMT -5
Gator gar are not active hunters, they lie in wait for small fish. They are not powerful swimmers and would not be able to escape nor maneuvered to face its attacker. The tigerfish has impressive jaws and long sharp teeth. It would have to work to get through the scales of the gar but it has the tools and speed for the job. Just because they are not active hunters, doesn't mean they are not powerful swimmers. Sure the tigerfish has impressive jaws and long sharp teeth but I highly doubt that the teeth will able to pierce into the armour. I can see the tigerfish miserably tryin to bites on much larger gar (10 feet long, 300lbs!!!!!!) then gives up the attack. A 5ft long 100lbs fish v.s a 10ft long 300plus fish, I don't like the chances of the tigerfish win the match.
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Post by Anomonyous on Feb 28, 2012 16:56:39 GMT -5
umm...so it kills the tigerfish by being bigger? That's exactly the problem when people say that something is heavier and so would win. Unless the fight directly involves bodily strength, weight is probably not going to be useful.
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Post by Taurus on Feb 28, 2012 17:01:22 GMT -5
umm...so it kills the tigerfish by being bigger? That's exactly the problem when people say that something is heavier and so would win. Unless the fight directly involves bodily strength, weight is probably not going to be useful. Unless that larger opponent is heavily armoured and twice size of the tigerfish. In this match, size do matters.
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Post by Reticulatus on Feb 28, 2012 17:30:00 GMT -5
Right, I don't see the gar being able to crush the tigerfish with its girth. The alligator gar is an impressive fish, their hardy and adaptable. They catch their prey with remarkable stealth for their size. They wait till prey swims inches from their bill and snap it up with a sideways motion.
Tigerfish are apex predators and super agressive. Much is still unknown about them due to them living in the raging Congo river, it is hard to conduct studies on behavior in such fast moving waters. They are concidered the African equivalent of piranah and tend to live in schools.
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Post by Felis Rex on Feb 28, 2012 17:45:43 GMT -5
size can be a severe disadvantage in the water or the air.
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Post by Taurus on Feb 28, 2012 18:36:09 GMT -5
size can be a severe disadvantage in the water or the air. Depends on what opponents they are goes up against.This match, the Alligator Gar has a size advantage. Alligator gar is simply too large and heavily armoured for a tigerfish to handle. In realistic situation, they will simply ignored each other, much like blacktips sharks and golitah groupers.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2013 19:25:13 GMT -5
The gar lacks the speed and weapons, but its too big and well armored for the tigerfish. 50/50 match.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Aug 2, 2013 14:43:14 GMT -5
I back the Tigerfish. It has larger jaws and it looks much more aggressive.
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Post by Carcharadontosaurus on Aug 2, 2013 16:39:53 GMT -5
The alligator gar's size advantage won't really help it much. These fish rather need to swallow prey whole and they can't really tear of chunks of flesh like the tigerfish could.
Now the tigerfish has a much better bite, although the alligator gar's armor would give it a hard time. I would probably favour the tigerfish but it would take a while.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Aug 3, 2013 10:26:15 GMT -5
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Post by Anomonyous on Aug 7, 2013 21:09:32 GMT -5
Frankly that doesn't look like much. Thickness wise they remind me of the teeth of a non-venomous snake.
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Post by Leen on Jan 12, 2014 21:06:18 GMT -5
I guess you could say I'm bringing an old thread back to life but this fight simply wouldn't happen if the tiger fish was alone I only seen one person bring up their actual behavior of being a schooling fish where as the alligator gar is more solitary so if you took one alligator gar and put it somewhere secrete and a school of the gatf smallest possible for them to be comfortable enough to fight cause they are skittish when alone and would therefore ignore or run from the gar but if they had a group say three and that they're comfortable no doubt they would win so in the most fair way but most natural (so it would have a chance to actually occur) I vote the gatf
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Post by risingsun96 on Mar 27, 2014 9:06:27 GMT -5
It is a known fact that goliath tiger fish can bite chunks out of small alligators. A goliath tiger fish would be able to penetrate the armor of an alligator gar. Also, goliath tiger fish are NOT schooling fish. Even the smaller tiger fish relatives of the goliath are , typically, solitary hunters, unless they are drawn together for some reason, which usually happens when bait fish or other prey gather in large groups. In those situations, tiger fish will act in a feeding frenzy, then disband. Alligator gar are also solitary hunters. Now, temperments must be taken into account as well. Although alligator gar can be considered a relatively aggressive fish, the goliath tiger fish is considered one of the world's MOST aggressive fish. So if the two of these fish were in close captivity, the tiger fish would most likely launch the first assault, tearing deeply into the gar, leaving it severely, and probably fatally, wounded. However, it is doubtful that either of them would attack at all, unless one of them felt threatened. There is no reason to attack for food in a normal situation. Both of them are much larger than either of their typical prey items. On the other hand, gar and tiger fish are known to attack anything moving in the water when they really need food and size doesn't matter, as both of these fish have attacked and eaten humans. So it depends on their desperation for a meal mostly, as well as the size of the individual fish. In conclusion, I don't think you can choose either fish. I think it depends on too many factors. The goliath may win one day, and the next day, the gar could win. Thank you if you took the time to read this long post.
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