leemond2008 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 ok then who do you think would win? I would love to say the honey badger purely because they are awesome and have been known to attack everything...including cars, but I think it is a close call what do you think then? Armed with powerful jaws, sharp claws, and a thick hide,[15] wolverines, like most mustelids, are remarkably strong for their size. They may defend kills against larger or more numerous predators. There is at least one published account of a 12 pounds (5.4 kg) wolverine's apparent attempt to steal a kill from a black bear (adult males weigh 400 to 500 pounds (180 to 230 kg). Unfortunately for the mustelid, the bear won what was ultimately a fatal contest.[16] Another account placed a polar bear of unknown age and weight together with a similar wolverine where the smaller, tenacious predator came out the victor.[17][18] Cougars and lone gray wolves have also reportedly lost conflicts to wolverines over carcass but have been recorded as killing wolverines in conflicts as well.[19] Interestingly, while wolverines have dominated wolves in competitions over a carcass, some wolves become habituated to predating wolverines and, in such cases, wolves may lead to a complete absence of wolverines in a given area.[8] Honey badger •The Honey badger is the most fearless animal in the world. It will approach and track animals much bigger than itself •The honey badger has very loose skin that allows it to twist and turn even if bitten by a predator •Honey badgers are not part of the badger subfamily but are more closely related to weasels •The honey badger can withstand the venom of a snakebite that could kill an elephant •Eventhough a badger cub might be 2-3 kg larger than their mother, they are still entirely dependent on her for food •The honey badger has thick skin which is almost 6mm thick at the back of his neck •This badger has a pair of anal glands can emit a profuse, unpleasant secretion, often used to mark out territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2012 No contest. One honey badger could take three wolverines with one paw tied behind its back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Honey badger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2012 Assuming the contest was staged under the Marquess of Queensberry rules, I think the Wolverine would be favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2012 You'd need a pretty experienced, canny wolverine and a particularly fey badger to even make a contest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2012 Wolverines are all canny, it's part of being a Wolverine. They're related to weasels, they're resourceful and cunning (and strong). They're like a cross between Edmund Blackadder and George Foreman. I am less au fait with feyness quotient of your typical honey badger, I have to admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2012 Admittedly I've never seen one billed as such, the nearest I've witnessed to this is 'bookish'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Honey Badger. But pound for Pound, which is the deadliest land animal? Apart from the Human... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton65ca Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 as a Canadian, I'd have to put money down on the wolverine, they are mean in the extreme. Anything willing to tackle a grizzly, I mean, come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 How come I havent heard about Honey Badgers being well tuff and that before this is news to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton65ca Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 here kitty kitty, here lil' guy awwwww isn't he swee.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OHMYFUCKINGJEEZUSSS GET IT OFF MY FAAAACCCEEE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2012 How come I havent heard about Honey Badgers being well tuff and that before this is news to me It bites the balls off lions, it eats puff adders for breakfast In the last couple of weeks, several faithful e-mailers have correctly called me out on the fact that I haven't written about too many badass animals recently. This isn't because there are a shortage of totally awesome, face-rending beasts out there just looking for one good reason to shred your organs with their ultra-sharp claws and then eat your children, or that there aren't plenty of totally-bitchin' Voytek-like war beasts who somehow overcame their lack of prehensile thumbs and received medals, commissions, and military honors for valor in combat, but rather just a simple oversight on my part. So, this week, as I'm sitting here laid up on the couch with a particularly nasty cold/flu/whatever that is kind of kicking my ass, I think there is no better time to write about one of the most vicious, brutal, and throat-crushingly hardcore mammals to ever nut-punch a lion unconscious by swinging a couple King Cobras around like a pair of serpentine nunchucks – the African Honey Badger (also known as the Ratel): Now for those of you who are looking at that cute, adorable little angry toothy maw and are thinking to yourselves that this cuddly killing machine would be more fitting as a teddy bear than a murderous demon from the blackest darkness of Lucifer's ballsack, I should mention that the picture above was taken as he was charging a jeep that he thought was invading his territory. He's so fearless that he just doesn't give a crap. Sure, the Honey Badger isn't the hugest guy out there – at three and a half feet long and thirty pounds he's roughly the size of the medium dog, and he kind of looks like a skunk that's cracked-out on PCP, but the Ratel is easily one of the most hardcore creatures plaguing the earth today. I suppose the best way to begin illustrating my point would be with one of the most badass YouTube videos you'll ever see. I'll preface the clip by disclaiming that this video is NSFW, but only if your workplace frowns on things that make you so pumped up that you want to run out and start tearing your co-workers' jugulars out with your teeth. For those of you who don't enjoy watching things that are awesome, this video is basically a series of high-quality violence-porn courtesy of the Ratel's chomping jaws. In the span of about three minutes this ferocious furry psycho climbs up into a tree to battle a six-foot cobra thirteen feet above the ground, somehow catches and eats a bird, chases off a leopard, and digs some sweet holes, but by far the most incredible aspect of the clip is when the Honey Badger takes on a super-deadly African Puff Adder. Now, the Puff Adder is one of the most murder-tastic snakes on the entire continent. One of these vipers possesses enough venom to kill 4 or 5 men, and they are so violent, toxic, and aggressive that they routinely account for more human fatalities than any other African snake. But the Honey Badger doesn't give a crap – he comes across a puff adder that is eating a rat, and his first instinct is to run up, grab the rat out of the snake's mouth, carry it a few feet away, and then eat the rat right in front of the snake just to show the adder that he's a bitch. After eating the stolen meal, the Badger than decides, "Screw it, now I'm going to eat this damn snake too." This really takes being an asshole to another level, which is something I can appreciate. The adder and the Ratel fight, and the Honey Badger kills the viper, but not before being bitten in the face and pumped full of enough venom to kill a creature three times its size. The Badger succumbs to the poison, falls unconscious, but then – amazingly – somehow comes back to life and continues devouring the already-half-eaten snake. Are you kidding me? That's just how Ratel operates. He's been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The World's Most Fearless Creature" every year since 2002, with no end in sight. A relative of the equally-badass Wolverine, the Honey Badger has no natural predators. This is kind of impressive, since three-foot-long creatures generally don't last long in environments featuring leopards, lions, cheetahs, black mamba snakes, and other savannah beasts, but there you have it. It helps that this thing doesn't screw around when it gets pissed off – the Sir Didimus of wildlife is known to go after anything, anytime, anywhere, and has been known to attack buffalo, humans, wildebeest, jackals, monitor lizards, wild boars, and even lions and cheetahs. If the creature is too huge for the Badger to straight-up eviscerate with its inch-and-a-half long claws or its razor-sharp teeth, the Ratel still knows how to go for the weak spot – the balls. That's right, folks, this thing has been documented as killing male lions by running underneath them and tearing off their scrotums. This is one creature you don't want to go balls-out against. While chomping balls is fun and all, it's generally not really a good idea to routinely take on predators twice your size if you can help it, so the Honey Badger's primary diet consists of smaller, equally-dangerous creatures that are no less deadly but far more bite-sized. It takes a pretty balls-out animal to routinely eat poisonous snakes, spiders, and scorpions, but the Ratel doesn't give a crap. He also loves honey (which is where the Honey Badger gets his unfortunately-unbadass name) and bee larvae, but his method of getting to them is just as hardcore as he is – he just jams his face into a beehive, and starts eating the baby bees and honey while a bunch of crazy pissed-off bees stab him in the face with their stingers. He doesn't register pain, fear, or any emotion other than anger, and doesn't even seem to noice the hundreds of stab-wounds he's getting all over his hide. It helps that he's heavily armored, with skin that's a quarter of an inch thick (making him somewhat immune to the puny stingers). The thick skin is also cool because loose enough that if another creature bites the Ratel he can still turn around (with the attacker still chomping down) and reposition himself to better bite faces or shred nutsacks. He's so tough that the South African army actually named their heavily-armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle after this voracious predator: It's not every laborador-sized mammal that gets a damned APC named after it, but the Honey Badger isn't your typical member of the Mammalia class. He's a brutal, vicious killer who kicks asses, never backs down, never registers fear, destroys everything in its path and then adorably trots off into the sunset with his prey in his teeth and the severed nutsacks of his enemies still gripped between his dagger-like claws. It's a badass animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2012 Sorry, duplicate post. No more than a honey badger deserves, mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 21, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2012 X Men is shit so Honey Badger all the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2012 That's an interesting article of pure scientific research, there. It doesn't mention any trait towards the effete in honey badgers, which points to Scott being partially right, but on the other hand it saysA relative of the equally-badass Wolverine. Hmmm, it's sure to be a close fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Honey Badger. They are mad, bad and dangerous to know. I think it's lack of giving a **** will more than counter the Wolverine's weight advantage, though it might be something of a pyrrhic victory as I dont think the Honey Badger will come out unscathed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Mongoose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 No contest. One honey badger could take three wolverines with one paw tied behind its back. That's assuming somebody is hard or mad enough to tie his paw up. :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Sounds like the honey badger is winning at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Even Chuck Norris is afraid of the Honey Badger. I want one to do my bidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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