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Post by rhino on Feb 2, 2013 21:24:24 GMT -5
Overrated-Panthera, theropods, sabre cats, mustelids, arthropods, titanoboa. Underrated-90 percent of herbivorous animals.Agreed. But IMO the cape buffalo is the remaining 10 percent that isn't underrated. People see them fighting lions and automatically think they're the pitbulls of the bovid family. I don't think that's true at all. If anything, they often seem hesitant to charge the lions right away even when they often outnumber the latter. The Battle at Kruger is a perfect example. The cape buffalo were hesitant to charge the lions right away despite having the obvious advantage. A single rhino by contrast would've charged instantly and be far more assertive.
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Post by rhino on Feb 14, 2013 21:56:52 GMT -5
Tiger: Lot's believes that it could kill any size Brown Bear even large males. Though they don't realize we do not have proof that Tigers have killed large male Brown Bears. Also because many Tiger Fanboys thinks it could beat the Lion, when I think it would be 50/50. I agree the tiger is overrated to mythic proportions but in fact, it does dominate over the bear (and the lion of course). jackjacksonj.webs.com/tigerpredationonbears.htm Here shows tiger vs bear accounts. Many people (including myself for the longest time) believe the bear is unbeatable for a tiger just because the former is bigger. But most evidence shows it's vice versa. It's the tiger that ruthlessly seeks out, fights, and hunts the less aggressive, slower bear. In fact, these accounts just show the bear is that much more overrated than the tiger is. All that being said, a bear with a huge size advantage will most likely defeat the tiger.
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Post by Dinopithecus on Dec 13, 2013 18:08:33 GMT -5
This is all my opinion.
Overrated:
- Big cats: I have encountered some people who appear to believe they can single-handedly beat significantly (like multi-ton animals) more often than not and that they can beat almost any other organism. - Theropods: Of course, there are fanboys of many particular genera of theropod (ex: T.rex, Carchy, Giga, Spino), and I've heard people claim stretches, inaccurate information, and just plain unreal things just to make them appear as "untouchable" as possible. - Many animals with goring weapons: I've heard at least one person claim (not mentioning who and I'm not bashing on that person either) horns/tusks are the best weapons an animal can ever have, and sometimes, it seems animals are sometimes favored just because they have them (from what I've sometimes seen and inferred).
Underrated:
- Some ornithopods: I just think many people brand them as defenseless wimps just because they don't possess any obvious weaponry (some people I've met suggested their tails and hind limbs can be dangerous weapons). Heck, I've seen some people believe that they'd lose to animals that are even a fraction of their size (albeit arguably better armed). - Sauropods: Kind of the same as above.
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Post by Carcharadontosaurus on Dec 13, 2013 21:26:21 GMT -5
To be honest i think theropods are rather quite underrated in this forum. A lot of people here think a theropod would barely be any match for a similar sized mammal (lol there were people claiming t.rex vs elephant to be a mismatch in favor of the elephant).
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Post by rhino on Dec 14, 2013 0:21:00 GMT -5
This is all my opinion. Overrated: - Big cats: I have encountered some people who appear to believe they can single-handedly beat significantly (like multi-ton animals) more often than not and that they can beat almost any other organism. I have heard cat fans claim things such as, "a tiger would destroy a gorillas in a fight because a tiger could kill rhinos, gaurs, and elephants." It's laughable. By that logic, a tiger should annihilate an entire troop of gorillas because even a gorilla troop could not kill a gaur or rhino in a fight. Hell, by that same reasoning, a tiger can kill 10 kodiak bears with ease because even 10 bears could not kill a bull indian elephant in a fight. All that stated, I'm not saying a gorilla would beat to a tiger in a fight. But you get my point. It just annoys when people pull stuff like that.
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Post by creature386 on Mar 28, 2014 10:08:48 GMT -5
To be honest i think theropods are rather quite underrated in this forum. A lot of people here think a theropod would barely be any match for a similar sized mammal (lol there were people claiming t.rex vs elephant to be a mismatch in favor of the elephant). I agree with that, but they are surely at least overhyped though (not what I consider as overrated, but many people do so). They are the face of dinosaurs if not whole prehistory.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Apr 22, 2014 9:47:17 GMT -5
This is all my opinion. Overrated: - Big cats: I have encountered some people who appear to believe they can single-handedly beat significantly (like multi-ton animals) more often than not and that they can beat almost any other organism. I have heard cat fans claim things such as, "a tiger would destroy a gorillas in a fight because a tiger could kill rhinos, gaurs, and elephants." It's laughable. By that logic, a tiger should annihilate an entire troop of gorillas because even a gorilla troop could not kill a gaur or rhino in a fight. Hell, by that same reasoning, a tiger can kill 10 kodiak bears with ease because even 10 bears could not kill a bull indian elephant in a fight. All that stated, I'm not saying a gorilla would beat to a tiger in a fight. But you get my point. It just annoys when people pull stuff like that. I agree completely with that rhino. In fact, the fanboyism of some cats really annoys me and I say this as a fan of cats.
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Post by rhino on Apr 23, 2014 4:28:01 GMT -5
Also, the heaviest wild tiger was 857 pounds. Nowhere close to the 13 foot 900 pounds claim.
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Post by Ultradick on Jul 19, 2015 9:46:44 GMT -5
Red foxes are so overrated by this particular member of Carnivora forum, k9boy! He thinks they have strong bites and average 9-16 kg, when in reality, they are 6-8kg.
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