Scariest animal

[Winston]

In the sense of hardest to avoid being killed by and managing to kill.

Imagine you're in an arena, Colosseum-style, armed only with a knife, say one with a six inch blade. An animal is released into the arena with you, and now you have to not only survive/avoid the animal, but also kill it.

"Why does this have to happen to me", you ask. I know it's not fair at all, but those are the rules. You don't have to eat the animal though. Unless you're suddenly hungry after all the fighting and really want to grab a bite.

Anyway.

Under these conditions, which animal is the most scary? Tigers, lions and bears come to mind. But imagine having to fight and kill an elephant, that could become very messy very quickly, and not just on the elephant's part. Or a giant alligator. You might be able to avoid it for hours and hours, but once you have to kill it... Or a rhinoceros. Brrr.

I think a tiger or a giant bear is probably the scariest. They're both much larger than you and very mobile. Hard to get to fast enough to also have a chance to tell about it afterwards.

[BeBMan]

Kittens of Doom!

[Japher]

a Moose, I hate those bastards...

either that or a shark, if this was water arena.

[Pekka]

"Why does this have to happen to me", you ask

Wrong. I ask why the six inch blade? I RATHER FIGHT EMPTY HANDED!

I think the problem would be lion or tiger. In terms of odds of your survival. Bear not a problem. We kill them here all the time I like dying bears. Lion or tiger.. yeah, could be a problem. Anything very fast and predatory.

[Whoha]

People.
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[KrazyHorse]

People have killed Grizzlies with knives before. Killing a tiger with a knife would be next to impossible.

A tiger is nearly the same size as a grizzly bear, but since it is built to hunt large game its teeth and claws are much more deadly than are a bear's (which generally hunts smaller mammals and fish, though it has been known to take out deer and elk on occasion)

I'd much rather face a bear than a tiger.

[Maquiladora]

A carnivorous dinosaur bigger than me.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Whoha
People.

You think it would be harder to kill a person than a tiger if all you have is a 6 inch knife?

[Whoha]

if the other guy is a super ninja then yea.

[Asher]

http://www.tropical-island.de/CPT%20Little%20Karoo%20Oudtshoorn%20Cango%20Wildlife%20Ranch%20Cheetahland%20white%20tiger%20b.jpg

[KrazyHorse]

Even if he is, I doubt it.

Against a tiger I wouldn't give myself greater than 1% chance of coming out on top. Even against the most skilled human opponent, if I have a knife and he doesn't then I think 10% is reasonable.

[Zulu Elephant]

What about a swarm of killer bees? Can we could that as a single foe?

[Az]

Yeah, Tiger is fricking problematic.

If you have some mad skills, you could stab it in the face, though.

[Kuciwalker]

Elephant. I don't think you COULD kill an elephant with a 6" knife, unless it was knocked out or something and you carved through it.

[KrazyHorse]

Wait until the elephant falls asleep, then gouge both its eyes out.