When reptiles are in interspecies conflict....

[Ultimategrid]

I have a few issues deciding the victor in interspecies conflict whenever reptiles are involved.
First of all most reptiles prefer to flee conflict as opposed to fight, which is often a very useful defence mechanism. Now should we be using reptiles that will stand and fight, or are we considering exactly what an average animal would do?
And for that matter when snakes fight other animals they rarely utilize their full ability to kill unless they see their rival as prey. So in that case should we be using a defensive snake, or an attacking snake?

One more thing, do we use the maximum sizes presented by a certain reptile, or the average size? It seems with cold blooded animals the size range is much greater than warm blooded animals.
So in a fight between a water monitor and a caracal, the water monitor can get almost 80lbs, however the average is less than 30.

I'm only saying this to make interspecies conflict a little more convenient for the rest of us.

[Venomous Dragon]

Actually water monitors can attain weights of over 100lbs, which brings me to another point, captive reptiles reach sizes that commonly greatly exceed there wild counter parts for instancts wild savannah monitors are usually in the 3 foot range, with large individuals reaching maybe 4 feet but captive savannah monitors have on occasion exceeded that my an entire foot, rarely reaching 5 feet.
So one of the things you have to watch out for is sites using size recording from captive individuals.

[rhino]

Mar 21, 2012 23:35:53 GMT -5 Ultimategrid said:

I have a few issues deciding the victor in interspecies conflict whenever reptiles are involved.
First of all most reptiles prefer to flee conflict as opposed to fight, which is often a very useful defence mechanism. Now should we be using reptiles that will stand and fight, or are we considering exactly what an average animal would do?
And for that matter when snakes fight other animals they rarely utilize their full ability to kill unless they see their rival as prey. So in that case should we be using a defensive snake, or an attacking snake?

One more thing, do we use the maximum sizes presented by a certain reptile, or the average size? It seems with cold blooded animals the size range is much greater than warm blooded animals.
So in a fight between a water monitor and a caracal, the water monitor can get almost 80lbs, however the average is less than 30.

I'm only saying this to make interspecies conflict a little more convenient for the rest of us.

1. I guess we should use an attacking snake since that's when they are at their most aggressive.

2. Size- Well that depends on the match. A 20 foot nile crocodile is obviously too powerful for say a tiger or grizzly. An average sized one might be a better match. For instance.

[Reticulatus]

Where possible parity should be applied. Always assume I am to imagine the opponents in a pit where niether can escape, and are thus forced to battle, nullifying the need to concern ones self with offense or defense. Also a median could be considered as apposed to an average due to members of reptilian species being more common the smaller they are.