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If South American animals "rumbled" with African animals who would win?

answerwiki.com — I say let's break this down. We'll pit South American animals against their nearest African counterparts. South America will appear first in each match so you can tell which side they're representing.

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  • Soldierboi, on 05/09/2008, -6/+23Let's see.....Iraq.......Darfur......New towers being built........Wii......Oooh! South American animals vs. African animals!!
    • zeptobyte, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12And that is why I love Digg.
    • appetite, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4"If Irag civilians 'rumbled' with Darfur civilians who would win in a line for PS3 (Kevin Rose is in the line, too!!!!)?"
    • shrewduser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11this article could have been good, but the conclusions are stupid and the author/s are clearly biased....

      this is basically the equivelant of a fox news story about a presedential debate....
    • SamKellett, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Dugg for Od.
  • wheremyarm, on 10/12/2007, -10/+14Needs pics, then I'll digg.
    • denhamcoote, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18Erm, when you're about 5 years old you progress from picture books onto something a little more grown up that contains words...
    • subtle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7... sometimes these words even make sense. This is not one of those times.
    • schroduggity, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2ya, this article is awful and bias. we need an africa south america royal rumble. I know they exist.
  • anteyekon4myst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15good idea, but poorly executed...give it a retry with better reasoning and pics.

    Just for the record: African Animals hands down.

    Have you ever read about those Lion's that evolved on that isolated island with the buffalo. They evolved and became larger than mainland African Lions because they ended eating so much protein via buffalo.

    Craziness
    • strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6I never heard of that lion's eating buffalo thing but is that why American's are so fat?
    • zybch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16They DIDN'T evolve, they adapted.
      Evolution occurs over many generations, adaption can occur within a single generation (which is what happened with the lions).
    • ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The whole comparison is lame. The animals evolved to survive in the environment they live. Llamas and camels are from the same family, yet they evolved differently. And therefore llama wins in S America and camel wins in (N) Africa.
      And capybara vs hippopotamus?...
    • skankyBacon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Lame attempt at an Eddie Izzard reference too, with the whole evil giraffe thing. I have to make an exception to my "Izzard = digg" policy.
    • taotehue, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4You know what, I bet those lions have lion babies that grow bigger and stronger than other lions. Its evolution, adaptation is simple a small step for the lions but a great leap for lionkind.
    • itsonlyme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2# zybch
      Actually I read that article. Whether its true or not the researchers were claiming the lions were an example of rapid evolution. They based their theory on the physical changes in the animals, including extreme increases in size and strength.
    • zybch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Its still not evolution, which is affected by random gene mutations over a long period of time. Just because these lions have needed to grow bigger to prey upon the only source of food available to them doesn't mean that this greater size will be passed onto their offspring. That would be akin to expecting tail-less mice to be born because you cut the tails off their parents (lamarkian inheritance, though amazingly some immune antibodies can be transferred in this way).

      Now if we left them alone for a few tens of thousands of years we probably would see real evolution rather than swift adaptation as the lions not able to grow as fast would be weeded out of the available gene pool, but at the rate at which we are destroying the planet its doubtful that the lions or ourselves would be able to survive long enough to ever see any significant results.
    • CartoonAl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I have to agree with zybch here (in the main, anyway).

      These lions are showing behavioural adaptation with regard to their hunting techniques, and these behavioural changes are leading to the physical changes of increased muscle mass and possibly even mental abilities due to the increased protein in the diet, which many evolutionists argue was one of the main factors in the early stages of human development.

      However, it should be noted that 15 years can easily be 5 generations for lions, and this is within the definition of evolution, if these physical/behavioural changes are being inherited by each generation. Adaptation occurs within an individual animal, whereas evolution occurs where the changes are passed from one generation to the next via genetic material (as opposed to behavioural adaptation).

      So if the offspring are only learning to hunt in this way from the adults, it is still adaptation. However, if the changes are being passed from parent to child genetically, even if only through 1 generation, it is still technically evolution.
  • MSTK, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22Terrible comparisons.

    "The great anteater vs. the aardvark: Ok, the great anteater takes this one, just for being great. But wait, here comes the other half of the aardvark's tag team: the pangolin! And the pangolin wins just for being the only mammal with scales, and for being able to roll up into a defensive ball!"

    What? Of course in a one-on-two fight, the side with two will win. That's like saying, "Gun vs sword. The gun wins this one, but what if the sword has...ZOMGZ a grenade launcher?!" Especially since all of the other matches have been one-on-one.

    "The piranha vs. the African lungfish: This is a draw. The piranha would win in an all-out fight, but if the Amazon ever dried up, the lungfish would win. And when the rainy season began again, he'd crawl out of the muck and be all, “Boo-yeah” to the dried up corpse of the piranha."
    What? You could say that with Lion vs Jaguar. Oh, well, erm, if the fire happened to burn up all of the wildlands and the lion's environment, then um, the Jaguar would totally win.
    You can't compare things by stripping away their advantages and disadvantages. That's like saying that PS3 > Wii if the Wii didn't have complete motion controls, innovative games, Zelda, etc, and if the PS3 had a lower price than the Wii, less production problems, and more good games. Yeah, of course the PS3 would be better THEN.
    • zybch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Or the gun has no bullets!
    • Gravedigger2000, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I was waiting for someone to mention the Wii
    • appetite, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2You know, I dugg up your comment because it was hilarious and then I read the PS3/Wii part and I wanted to retract my vote because I hate gamers. But I couldn't because you ***** set it up this way.
    • Dogtanian, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6You know, I dugg down your comment because it was a pile of arse and then I read the hating gamers part and I wanted to digg you down again because I hate whiny bitches. But I couldn't because you touch yourself at night.
    • r3s0p, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0You're an idiot MSTK. You've missed the whole point.
    • appetite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2"But I couldn't because you touch yourself at night."

      No, that's what I pay your mom for.
  • drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2wrong it should be leopard vs jaguar and orinoco croc vs nile croc
    • drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1sorry didnt get to put this one up a African rock python vs a Anaconda
    • Saffa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3How about The anaconda vs. The black mamba.

      I would be far more scared of a blank mamba, the largest venonous snake in Africa, also one of the fastest (capable of 12-15Mph!) and also extremely aggresive. If you see one, run (fast)!
  • lassel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5A fav. kindergarden discussion topic

    Also fun for geek parties. Just mention (quietly) I wonder who would win in a lion / tiger showdown. And the geeks will jump at the topic.
    THEN mention that it was your fav. kindergarden dicussion topic :)
  • Fishmonkey01, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5The article forgot to mention the most dangerous and powerful African animal of all: HUMANS!

    Most of us probably know that we evolved from African apes. Unless you're a Creationist.
    • mrjames, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes! African apes rule your world. And yes, it is very tedious that he mentions 'heaven' and 'god's creation'.
  • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1The bear would win. Lions are weak (compared to bears) alone.
    Lions hunt in packs, Bears hunt alone.
    The bear would easily win.

    To test this, load up Neverwinter Nights or oblivion and summon a lion and bear.

    Man. This wont show up in the comments.
    • Beyond31, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1You mean a Pride not pack that is term garnered to wolves or canine a.k.a Dogs hahahah
  • KillaGoat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I bet $500 on the hyena.
  • Beyond31, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6This can't even be taken serious the guy is an absolute ass! I honestly don;'t think in all logic he can tell mammal from reptile
    The lion could beat a jaguar and vice a versa ....sorry the claims of being King of the Jungle don't hol dmuch when i saw a giraffe kick a Lions head off
    like a pezz dispenser on Mutual of Omaha's African Hunt back in the early 1980's one Saturday afternoon !
  • scoyndizzle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3The only one I have a problem with is the Puma vs. the Fossa. The Puma could totaly take the Fossa, the latter being just a slightly more advanced mongoose and all.
    • drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2are'nt Pumas/cougars/mountian lions North American I think you meant Jaguars
    • Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2FYI drjekelmrhyde, the Puma has a huge North-South range. I've come face to face with one in Peru.
  • poptjaart, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5delete
  • Beyond31, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5bbut what would be the defense on Hybrids ?

    The Jaguar/Lion a.k.a The Lionguar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jaglion2.jpg

    or the Lion/Tiger -Liger - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bertramliger.jpg

    or The Lion/Panther - Lianther - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:White_Lion.jpg

    Or Lion /lepoard - Leopon- http://www.chinjuh.mydns.jp/sengai/hundo/leopon.jpg

    Or The Puma and Lepoard -Pumapard- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapard


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagulep
    • MackPrime, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3NO ONE SAY THEY ARE BRED FOR THEIR SKILLS IN MAGIC.

      IT'S NOT FUNNY.
  • linuxps2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This has to be one of the worst written articles i have ever read, first it assumes all these "battles" take place on the african turf, when if they were in the amazon it would obviously swing in the opposite direction, i would love to see a hippo climb a tree or a lion swim across the amazon river!
  • Beyond31, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and lion, and is the largest and most powerful feline in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Mexico (with occasional sightings in the southwestern United States) across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina.

    The spotted cat most closely resembles the leopard physically, although it is of sturdier build and its behavioural and habitat characteristics are closer to those of the tiger. While dense jungle is its preferred habitat, the jaguar will range across a variety of forested and open terrain. It is strongly associated with the presence of water and is notable, along with the tiger, as a feline that enjoys swimming.

    The jaguar is a largely solitary, stalk-and-ambush predator, and is opportunistic in prey selection. It is also an apex and keystone predator, playing an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating the populations of prey species. The jaguar has developed an exceptionally powerful bite, even relative to the other big cats.[2] This allows it to pierce the shells of armoured reptiles and to employ an unusual killing method with mammals: it bites directly through the skull of prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain.[3]
    • CartoonAl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9look ma, see what I can do...

      [ctrl] c, [ctrl] v

      aren't I great..?!?!?
  • proficient, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Good potential.
  • zackr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Never heard this one before, gold! "you were born a rhea; now you're gonna die a rhea!"

    Also, you can get mosquitoes and tsetse flies in Africa. It's not like South America has a monopoly on mosquitoes. And actually, getting sleeping sickness in the 1950s was tons worse than malaria. Much easier to die from, and more horrific in a way since not only did it kill you, it killed off your livelihood (cattle) while you lay there. Dunno what it's like today though, though it's probably similar.
  • widman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What a piece of idiotic biased guessing. Try to make a camel climb steep mountains or escape a 200kg puma. Note mountain pumas of sout of south america are huge compared with their northern cousins. Piranha a draw? Those things eat cattle if they get a chance.

    Snakes in Africa are quite more scary and varied, but what about spiders? Some south american spiders can kill a lion with one bite. What about the pythons and boas?
    • widman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Sorry, I mean Anaconda against any other constrictor snake. Some Pythons might be longer but it is several times heavier.
    • r3s0p, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1wow, are you sure he didn't apply some kind of advanced scientific method to his findings?
  • demonicume, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1dugg for these classic lines:

    "when the rainy season began again, he'd crawl out of the muck and be all, “Boo-yeah” to the dried up corpse of the piranha."

    "The burro vs. the zebra: If you look closely, you'll see that these are exactly the same animal. Except one's dressed nicer, so he'll do better in job interviews and things."

    -- the Wildebeast. after all, we killed Mufasa
  • hechtal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I immediately discounted this article when he started talking about "God making" the animals, and the Llama going to Heaven. I want a no-holds-barred scientific CGI matchup. Give me a break, what a tool.
    • r3s0p, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1go ahead and put one together then, tool.
  • r3s0p, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why don't all of you retards make up your own attempt at a funny little story and we'll all sit back and make pointless comments about its accuracy.
  • shawgo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3lions live in the pride lands? WTF? Someone has been watching to much Lion King. Was hard to choose between inaccurate and lame.
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