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[Misc] World's Hardest Creature XI - Semi Final 1 - Honey Badger v Polar Bear

Who's the hardest?

  • Honey Badger

    Votes: 66 54.1%
  • Polar Bear

    Votes: 56 45.9%

  • Total voters
    122
  • Poll closed .


jimhigham

Je Suis Rhino
Apr 25, 2009
7,699
Woking
We've reached the semi-final stage of this, the 2018 edition of the World's Hardest Creature. What a lineup we have for you beginning with this, the Honey Badger versus the Polar Bear. Current champion meets three time winner in a colossal clash of WHC royalty. Here we go...

Honey Badger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_badger
Group C winner with 21 votes
2nd Round - Beat the Great White Shark 88-78
Quarter Final - Beat the Orca 67-57
Total votes to date = 176
Honey Badger.jpg
You all know the Honey Badger's credentials by now. Admittedly it's relatively small and many a Honey Badger has ended up a lion's lunch but...

It's ferocious. It's tenacious. It's in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most fearless creature and it's in there for a reason. While it lives slap bang in the middle of The Big Five's territory most creatures towards the top of the food chain give the Honey Badger a wide berth, as the risk of incurring injury is just too great.

The Honey Badger has loose skin, which allows it to turn on an attacker even when bitten. It has it's own sharp teeth and claws, which can do real damage. It's skin is tough too, allowing it to fend off snake bites and porcupine quills. It's basically a furry tank.

Videos abound of the Honey Badger's derring do. How can you ever forget the one where it starts eating a vanquished snake, is overcome briefly by venom before waking up to finish its meal? Reports also exist of honey badgers attacking lions by the testes.

The Honey Badger also has a fierce intellect behind its snarl and can fashion tools and engage in problem solving behaviour.

It's received more votes than any other creature in the contest. One thing is for sure; the Honey Badger will not give up its crown without one monster of a fight.



Polar Bear - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear
2nd in Group C with 14 votes
2nd Round - Beat the Asian Giant Hornet 24-18
Quarter Final - Beat the Tasmanian Devil 53-43
Total votes to date - 87

Previously the undisputed king of WHC, the Polar Bear's aura of invincibility has faded somewhat in recent years. Perhaps its ongoing struggle against the ravages of climate change has weakened it in the eyes of the WHC faithful. Who knows? The facts show that the Polar Bear comes into the semi-final having attracted 89 fewer votes than the Honey Badger so it will really need to raise its game to reach the final. Perhaps the Polar Bear has simply been saving itself for the bigger battles to come. It has certainly had a kinder draw than the Honey Badger and we can expect it to come into this contest relatively refreshed.

A creature as big, beautiful and as simply built for hardness as the Polar Bearwill always take some stopping. It is the consummate hunter with a nose capable of sniffing out prey up to 30 km away (imagine you're at The Amex and suddenly get a waft of your lunch coming across from Gatwick).

The most carnivorous of all bears, it feeds on seals, narwhal, walrus and beluga whales. It can charge at up to 25 mph.

Most land based animals in there Arctic can outrun it and most sea based creatures can out swim it but that's no problem for the Polar Bear. It's the master of the area where the sea meets the ice, ambushing resting prey or simply swiping at those coming up for air. Unfortunate prey is generally dispatched with a single bite to the head, as the Polar Bear is among the top ten of all creatures in terms of bite force.

Has the Polar Bear simply been saving its rumble for now? It's time to find out.

 




jimhigham

Je Suis Rhino
Apr 25, 2009
7,699
Woking
Rude of me. I didn't post a picture of the Polar Bear looking hard. As we must have balance...

Polar Bear.jpg

...although that video still does look pretty bloody hard.
 


jimhigham

Je Suis Rhino
Apr 25, 2009
7,699
Woking
Great start to this contest. Trading blows, going toe to toe. WHC gold.
 










Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,730
Brighton
The longest recorded swim by a polar bear is 426 miles. I imagine in extremely cold water. So it gets my vote on that basis alone.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com...s-global-warming-sea-ice-science-environment/

Innnnn the RED corner;

Honey Badger

Absolutely surrounded by MUCH MUCH bigger, stronger apex predators but constantly looks for TEAR UPS with them for the absolute **** of it, fully aware that there's a decent chance of it dying in the attempt. Doesn't give a solitary shit about anything. Just wants fights 24/7/365 ****ing come on then mate.

Innnnn the BLUE corner;

Polar Bear

Goes swimming.

EFF ME this is tough
 
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patchamalbion

Well-known member
Feb 26, 2009
6,011
brighton
The Honey Badger.....eats....snakes! despite being bitten!

The Honey Badger....fights with Lions..for the fun of it!

kids want cuddly Polar Bear toys because they're cute, no kid has ever asked for a Honey Badger Toy!
 






Garry Nelson's Left Foot

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
13,054
tokyo
Innnnn the RED corner;

Honey Badger

Absolutely surrounded by MUCH MUCH bigger, stronger apex predators but constantly looks for TEAR UPS with them for the absolute **** of it, fully aware that there's a decent chance of it dying in the attempt. Doesn't give a solitary shit about anything. Just wants fights 24/7/365 ****ing come on then mate.

Innnnn the BLUE corner;

Polar Bear

Goes swimming.

EFF ME this is tough

You appear to have mistaken the honey badger for the hippo.

The honey badger is an irrelevance to the apex predators. Even in that video it's the lion cubs that have a bit of a play with him.

As for his hardness it's down to the fact that he has really thick, virtually impenetrable skin that means bites can't penetrate him. It's also very loose which means he can wriggle around if he is held in a bigger creatures jaws. That's pretty impressive stuff BUT you consistantly claim that apex predators aren't hard just because they're apex predators, that Animals that have poison, or defensive mechanisms like the crocs scales aren't hard because they're well protected. So where does that leave the honey badger? He's basically scrappy do in armour.

On the other hand you have the Polar Bear who is the old school definition of hard. He lives in the most inhospitable place on earth, can swim through arctic waters for over two hundred miles and is pure power. He hunts and kills beasts his size or bigger by punching through the ice and dragging his victim out of the water before tearing him to pieces. There's nothing flashy in what he does, nothing that screams 'look at me', no napoleon complex. Just old school proper hardness.

Remember this is pound for pound hard we're looking for. Scale down the P.B or size up the H.B and what have you got? One animal covered in armour with an attitude against a beast that relies purely on his strength and determination.

Polar Bear wins.
 




The Honey Badger.....eats....snakes! despite being bitten!

The Honey Badger....fights with Lions..for the fun of it!

kids want cuddly Polar Bear toys because they're cute, no kid has ever asked for a Honey Badger Toy!

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Dr Q

Well-known member
Jul 29, 2004
1,788
Ilkley
Polar Bears struggle to deal with a bit of global warming, whereas the HB does a bit of sunbathing before smashing the beasts of the savannah.

Team Badge!
 






Jack Straw

I look nothing like him!
Jul 7, 2003
6,847
Brighton. NOT KEMPTOWN!
Anybody except the Honey Badger, the Man U of WHC. Team Bear!
See above. We can't all be wrong?
 




SweatyMexican

Well-known member
Mar 31, 2013
4,099
Just because you're dumb enough to pick a fight with everyone doesn't make you hard. You shouldn't have to fight people to show how hard you are.

#TeamPolarBear
 





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