And so we come to the end of the Round 2. The Polar Bear is WHC's grandee and will always be fancied whenever it enters the AnimalDome. However, despite being a multiple title winner it found itself given a hiding by the Honey Badger in the group stage. Was it simply conserving its strength for greater battles to come? The Asian Giant Hornet was tied second in Group A, sharing its podium place with the Siberian Tiger and seeing off the Grizzly along the way. It's a fearsome flying thing to be sure but does it have what it takes to put away its illustrious opponent?
Polar Bear - 2nd in Group C with 14 votes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear
Big and beautiful, the Polar Bear is WHC royalty. Perfectly adapted for the harshest environment on Earth, the Polar Bear is a three time WHC winner. Every Arctic creature fears the Polar Bear and with good reason. Only mankind has come close to harming it via hunting and climate change. It is a skilled hunter with numerous strategies for catching its prey. It's feeds on seals, whose skull it can crack in a single bite. However, it will also take down belugas, narwhal and and walrus. It can smell a seal's breathing hole from a click away and will lie in wait for one to surface before dragging it out. On open ice a Polar Bear can smell a seal from around 30 kilometres. It can then stalk seals unnoticed before breaking into a 25 mph charge.
Asian Giant Hornet - Tied 2nd in Group A with 15 votes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
Terrifying. Bloody terrifying. When the Asian Giant Hornet gets its act together, people watch out. With a half a centimetre sting carrying a fierce punch the AGH is not to be taken lightly. It is responsible for 30 to 40 deaths in Japan alone each year. The AGH has an unusually toxic sting. While a single sting is not normally fatal it can result in anaphylactic shot. Several stings can result in cardiac arrest or multiple organ failure. And it's the size of your fist.
Polar Bear - 2nd in Group C with 14 votes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear
Big and beautiful, the Polar Bear is WHC royalty. Perfectly adapted for the harshest environment on Earth, the Polar Bear is a three time WHC winner. Every Arctic creature fears the Polar Bear and with good reason. Only mankind has come close to harming it via hunting and climate change. It is a skilled hunter with numerous strategies for catching its prey. It's feeds on seals, whose skull it can crack in a single bite. However, it will also take down belugas, narwhal and and walrus. It can smell a seal's breathing hole from a click away and will lie in wait for one to surface before dragging it out. On open ice a Polar Bear can smell a seal from around 30 kilometres. It can then stalk seals unnoticed before breaking into a 25 mph charge.
Asian Giant Hornet - Tied 2nd in Group A with 15 votes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
Terrifying. Bloody terrifying. When the Asian Giant Hornet gets its act together, people watch out. With a half a centimetre sting carrying a fierce punch the AGH is not to be taken lightly. It is responsible for 30 to 40 deaths in Japan alone each year. The AGH has an unusually toxic sting. While a single sting is not normally fatal it can result in anaphylactic shot. Several stings can result in cardiac arrest or multiple organ failure. And it's the size of your fist.
