[Misc] World's Hardest Creature XI - Intro

Bold Seagull · Jan 11, 2018

Kalimantan Gull said:
ITS INCREDIBLY HARD. Have you tried breaking into one?

Their shells are strong enough that they have been known to withstand bullets, dogs and even alligators.

Now, the tortoise shell does have some weaknesses as honey badgers have been noted ripping and clawing their way through these shells - but the honey badger isn't in this group so that battle will have to wait

We can start the 'hard' debate early I suppose. The hardest animal is shirley the one that is prepared to fight, against the odds, take on an opponent in all likelihood it could lose to. That is hard. Having a shell is not hard, that's just a shell. Unless I've missed an episode, I've not seen a tortoise go batshitmental taking on all comers to fight for the sake of it...

Kalimantan Gull · Jan 11, 2018

Bold Seagull said:
We can start the 'hard' debate early I suppose. The hardest animal is shirley the one that is prepared to fight, against the odds, take on an opponent in all likelihood it could lose to. That is hard. Having a shell is not hard, that's just a shell. Unless I've missed an episode, I've not seen a tortoise go batshitmental taking on all comers to fight for the sake of it...

The shell is HARD. Give it a tap

hard
adjective
1.
solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.
"the slate broke on the hard floor"
synonyms: firm, solid, dense, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, unpliable, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, steely, tough, strong, stony, rock-like, flinty, close-packed, compressed, as hard as iron, as hard as stone, as hard as a tortoise shell

Bold Seagull · Jan 11, 2018

Kalimantan Gull said:
The shell is HARD. Give it a tap

hard
adjective
1.
solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.
"the slate broke on the hard floor"
synonyms: firm, solid, dense, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, unpliable, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, steely, tough, strong, stony, rock-like, flinty, close-packed, compressed, as hard as iron, as hard as stone, as hard as a tortoise shell

(of a person) not showing any signs of weakness; tough.
"only a handful are hard enough to join the SAS"

Simster · Jan 11, 2018

This feels like the FA Cup of NSC competitions now that the Honey Badger has won it. :down:

Kalimantan Gull · Jan 11, 2018

Bold Seagull said:
(of a person) not showing any signs of weakness; tough.
"only a handful are hard enough to join the SAS"

Well, you can interpret it like that if you WANT I suppose

Kalimantan Gull · Jan 11, 2018

Simster said:
This feels like the FA Cup of NSC competitions now that the Honey Badger has won it.

What, a bit like when Wigan won the actual FA Cup? I suppose that is an apt comparison

TSB · Jan 11, 2018

That fish that the bandwagoners are now championing just eats bigger fish, right? That's all it does.

Typical for the hipster generation that some new fad comes out and is immediately jumped upon with gusto.
No doubt sculpting and waxing their beards and deciding whether a cereal café or the gin bar is the order of the day.

Mongoose all the way. Lean, mean, ferocious killing machine.

Bold Seagull · Jan 11, 2018

TSB said:
That fish that the bandwagoners are now championing just eats bigger fish, right? That's all it does.

Not many creatures outside the insect world actively hunt and kill prey much bigger than it and able to fight back. Hard.

Kalimantan Gull · Jan 11, 2018

Bold Seagull said:
Not many creatures outside the insect world actively hunt and kill prey much bigger than it and able to fight back. Hard.

Yep, its certainly a fish-eat-fish world out there.

although...

Lions. Tigers. Killer whales. Pythons. Wolverines. Wolves. Asian Giant Hornets............. Mongooses

Actually scratch the last one, mongooses don't do that all, what was I thinking?

Bold Seagull · Jan 11, 2018

Kalimantan Gull said:
Yep, its certainly a fish-eat-fish world out there.

although...

Lions. Tigers. Killer whales. Pythons. Wolverines. Wolves. Asian Giant Hornets............. Mongooses

Actually scratch the last one, mongooses don't do that all, what was I thinking?

Packs and swarms a lot of those. Tigers won't generally hunt something bigger than itself, will always go for a youngster or older animal. Carry on.

beefypigeon · Jan 11, 2018

Jaguar may have his work cut-out making it out of this group. If memory serves right, he was a real contender over the last couple of years.

Personally a big fan of the Wolverine and Mongoose. Black Swallower does look mightily impressive and could one to watch...

jimhigham · Jan 11, 2018

TSB said:
Err?

Christ, I really did drop the ball on this one. I'm clearly pretty low on the WHC learning curve. I will pull out all the stops to ensure Group B makes actual sense. It's a very good job Kalimantan Gull is around to actually furnish you all with some hard facts.

jimhigham · Jan 11, 2018

beefypigeon said:
Jaguar may have his work cut-out making it out of this group...

Teaser campaign! Group C is arguably the Group of Death.

Hillian1 · Jan 11, 2018

jimhigham · Jan 11, 2018

Hillian1 said:
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Inventive bounce...

jimhigham · Jan 12, 2018

So let us recap where we are after a day of voting in this, the first of the group stages. What a start it has been for the Black Swallower. Unfancied when voting opened and unheard of by many of you, the plucky deep sea dweller clearly has something of the 'hard' about it. It has opened up clear very dark blue water between itself and its nearest challenger, the Siberian Tiger. These two appear relatively secure with three days voting still to go.

The Asian Giant Hornet is holding its own but beyond this the final space seems to be up for grabs, with a fierce fight developing between the Grizzly, Mongoose and Wolverine. The Jaguar has barely got out of the blocks. WHC continues to surprise, delight and frustrate...

OzMike · Jan 12, 2018

So this was group A then.

Munkfish · Jan 12, 2018

Group A looking shit, feel sorry for Group B.

Mellotron · Jan 12, 2018

Bold Seagull said:
Getting yourself killed because you are that hard you just had to eat a bigger fish giving it the biggun', that is the very definition of hard, stupid, but hard.

Spot on son, spot on.

Mellotron · Jan 12, 2018

Concerningly I reckon the vote has gotten split down the middle for Mongoose and Wolverine, between like-minded voters.

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[Misc] World's Hardest Creature XI - Intro

Who's the hardest?

Asian Giant Hornet

Jaguar

Black Swallower

Wolverine

Tortoise

Siberian Tiger

Poison Dart Frog

Grizzly Bear

Mongoose

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