• Blep [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    On land, gator. in the water, bear

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Bear in the water would be worse than tiger. There's a video of one killing a bull elk in a Yellowstone National Park river. It swims as fast as a moose and effortlessly drowns a fully-grown elk stabbing it with its horns. That's a biological tank I refuse to even hike around until I've got a bigger gun.

      • Posadas [he/him, they/them]
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        Even then, if the bear is charging the chances of you putting it down its a gun is very slim.

        Even if you shot it in the heart, it'll still maul you to death.

        • happybadger [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          That's why I'm aiming for a high capacity 10mm. Controllable enough to shoot it at least a dozen times. If it still gets me it deserves the kill.

          • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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            1 year ago

            The only way to stop a charging bear with a gun is a well-placed hit to the brain, they'll just shrug off body shots with all of that mass; and their skulls are very thick. You're gonna want at least a 44 Magnum, the 10mm will literally bounce off of their skull if it's not a miracle shot.

            Bears are awesome and beautiful creatures, not to be fucked with.

          • ElGosso [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            I'm not taking a bear on without a howitzer and a ten mile head start.

        • aaro [they/them]
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          1 year ago
          1. least likely to survive the fall

          2. you are most likely to survive your fall by landing on it

        • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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          1 year ago

          Hippopotami spend most of the daylight lounging in water in large groups EXCEPTS WHEN THEY ARE FLYING. At night they venture out of the water to graze alone EXCEPTS WHEN THEY ARE FLIEING. They are sluggish on land WHEN NOT FLYING, but can still reach speeds of 30 miles per hour OR MACH 3.4 WHENS FLYING.