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Post by Super Communist on Jan 3, 2012 23:11:00 GMT -5
The leopard seal is large and muscular, with a dark grey back and light grey on its stomach. Its throat is whitish with the black spots that give the seal its common name. Females are generally slightly larger than the males on average. The overall length of this seal is 2.4-3.5 m (7.9-11.7 ft) and weight is from 200 to 600 kilograms (440 to 1,300 lb). They are about the same length as the northern walrus but usually less than half the weight. Its front teeth are sharp like those of other carnivores, but its molars lock together in a way that allows them to sieve krill from the water, in the manner of the crabeater seal. VS Newborn hatchlings are about 22 centimeters (8.7 in) in size and about 56 grams (2 oz) in mass. The average adult is 4 meters (13.1 ft) long and weighs 382 kilograms (840 lb) in males, and 3 meters (9.8 ft) and 173 kilograms (380 lb) in females. In the Tárcoles River in Costa Rica there are dozens of 4-meter and a few 5-meter individuals that frequent bridge crossings (where they are fed daily, which may have helped them reach such consistently large sizes) and are a popular tourist attraction. In their United States range, adult length has been recorded as high as 4.9 meters (16 ft) but adult males on average measure only 3.5 meters (11.4 ft) long. This species is said to grow largest in the South American river basins, but even old males rarely reach 6 metres (20 ft). A skull of this species was found to measure 72.6 centimeters (28.6 in) and is estimated to have belonged to a crocodile of 6.6 metres (22 ft) in length. Large, mature males regularly weigh about 400–500 kg (882-1103 lb), with the 6 meter+ individuals surpassing 1000 kg (2,205 lb). The longest American crocodile ever actually measured from snout to tail is a 17 feet (5.2 m) male living within the Tarcoles River of Costa Rica.
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Post by Reticulatus on Jan 4, 2012 13:37:55 GMT -5
I give it to the croc on land. In the water the seal can win but needs a weight advantage.
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Post by Anomonyous on Jan 4, 2012 18:51:44 GMT -5
Crocodile I suppose. Better defense.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Jan 4, 2012 22:57:20 GMT -5
^ I agree. I'm going with the crocodile because, it has armor and is better equip for battles in water and on land than the seal.
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Post by Reticulatus on Jan 4, 2012 23:23:55 GMT -5
how is it better equipt in water?
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Post by Reticulatus on Jan 4, 2012 23:49:48 GMT -5
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Jan 5, 2012 0:26:26 GMT -5
how is it better equipt in water? Well first of all, it's armor would protect most of it. Second, if the Croc got a good bite, it could apply it's death-roll.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Jan 5, 2012 0:28:18 GMT -5
Great video by the way.
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Post by Reticulatus on Jan 5, 2012 11:46:37 GMT -5
Seals come across to me at least, as much more agile in the water. The reason a death roll works is it takes a victim out of its element then disorients and batters it. I don't see this being effective on a seal. For one its at home in the water, and two they are the acrobats of the sea constantly flipping and spinning on every dive.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Jan 5, 2012 12:29:47 GMT -5
Seals come across to me at least, as much more agile in the water. The reason a death roll works is it takes a victim out of its element then disorients and batters it. I don't see this being effective on a seal. For one its at home in the water, and two they are the acrobats of the sea constantly flipping and spinning on every dive. Yes, but again. Where would the Seal be able to attack effectively? The only way I see the Seal winning, is if the Crocodile goes up for air and the Seal is able to attack from below.
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Post by Reticulatus on Jan 5, 2012 12:43:02 GMT -5
Seals might not have hard scales for protection but they have blubber to pad them. What I can't see is the how the croc will catch the more agile seal. I imagine the seal swimming circles around the croc.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Jan 5, 2012 13:26:00 GMT -5
Seals might not have hard scales for protection but they have blubber to pad them. What I can't see is the how the croc will catch the more agile seal. I imagine the seal swimming circles around the croc. Even if the Seal is just swimming around the Crocodile, that's not doing much. In this case, I would see the Crocodile losing by going up for air. Then the Seal would attack it's unprotected underbelly. Otherwise the same thing could happen to the Seal. If it went up for air, the Crocodile would attack. Actually, when I think about it like this, I think this match would result in a draw.
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Post by Super Communist on Jan 5, 2012 15:10:59 GMT -5
How? Leopard seals have a pretty weak bite, blunt teeth, and there skulls don't look built for ramming.
Besides the leopard seal would probably have to go up for air before the crocodile.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Jan 5, 2012 16:32:05 GMT -5
How? Leopard seals have a pretty weak bite, blunt teeth, and there skulls don't look built for ramming. Besides the leopard seal would probably have to go up for air before the crocodile. Blunt Teeth!! WHAT?! Watch the video that Retic posted. Leopard Seals have awesome teeth. I'm not sure about the jaws though. Even if they do have strong jaws, Crocodiles have one of the strongest jaws of all animals.
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Post by Super Communist on Jan 5, 2012 16:45:27 GMT -5
vs A lot of people label crocodile teeth as blunt and personally I don't think the seal's teeth are that much sharper than the croc's.
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