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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 12 2014, 11:25 AM (2,566 Views) | |
| Ausar | Feb 12 2014, 11:25 AM Post #1 |
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Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can!
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The title basically explains the purpose of the thread. What animals are suitable opponents for Raphus cucullatus (dodo)? They're not good fighters and I was wondering what animals wouldn't make a fight with them one-sided. |
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| kingkazma | Feb 12 2014, 01:23 PM Post #2 |
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Apex Predator
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a main coon? |
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| Hatzegopteryx | Feb 25 2014, 02:50 AM Post #3 |
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Turkey, although a bit small.
Edited by Hatzegopteryx, Feb 25 2014, 02:52 AM.
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| Scalesofanubis | Feb 25 2014, 02:53 AM Post #4 |
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Omnivore
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A pug with a really especially low prey drive? |
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| Hatzegopteryx | Feb 25 2014, 02:59 AM Post #5 |
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The Dodo is supposedly ~10-18kg, so we need something around that range that doesn't have very impressive weaponry. |
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| Hatzegopteryx | Feb 25 2014, 05:39 AM Post #6 |
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Dodos are like 10-18kg but Turkeys are smaller than that. They have no impressive weaponry advantages over eachother so I don't think that was a well-thought match. |
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| Hatzegopteryx | Feb 25 2014, 06:16 AM Post #7 |
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But they lack weaponry to kill the Dodo, aggressiveness doesn't mean it would kill an animal bigger than itself. |
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| Ausar | Feb 25 2014, 06:30 AM Post #8 |
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Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can!
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http://books.google.com/books?id=HSwj4lDNq4QC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=dodo+beak+defense&source=bl&ots=YuhxtHn2yb&sig=wAt8ul34h_Ss4AN0j1nAOCYfhEA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H7ILU4SLMee-sQTF-YAg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=dodo%20beak%20defense&f=false. Apparently dodos could have used their beaks for defense when needed. Edited by Ausar, Feb 25 2014, 06:52 AM.
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| Hatzegopteryx | Feb 25 2014, 07:32 AM Post #9 |
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Well, most canids, felids and other predators would be a bit one-sided when put against a Dodo, and would win at least comfortably, so this is a tought question. |
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| moldovan0731 | Jan 3 2015, 02:30 AM Post #10 |
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Heterotrophic Organism
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A chihuahua or a fennec fox? |
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| FireEel | Jan 3 2015, 02:39 AM Post #11 |
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A Saltie. |
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| Ausar | Jan 3 2015, 02:44 AM Post #12 |
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Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can! Xi-miqa-can!
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Obviously they wouldn't fare well against predators (and most definitely predators that rival it in size). I was thinking more along the lines of birds that aren't exactly predatory but still have at least SOME fighting capacity or something. |
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| Ceph | Jan 3 2015, 02:44 AM Post #13 |
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A robber crab...or a thorn bush ![]() I was serious about the robet crab though. Edited by Ceph, Jan 3 2015, 02:52 AM.
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| 7574 | Jan 4 2015, 02:29 PM Post #14 |
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Omnivore
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peafowl |
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| Fishfreak | Jan 4 2015, 03:07 PM Post #15 |
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Friend of the fish
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How about a small monitor lizard? |
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