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Who wins?
Honey Badger 15 (40.5%)
Harpy Eagle 22 (59.5%)
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Honey Badger v Harpy Eagle
Topic Started: Mar 24 2012, 10:41 PM (8,689 Views)
Taipan
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Honey Badger - Mellivora capensis
The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel, is a species of mustelid native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. Despite its name, the honey badger does not closely resemble other badger species, instead bearing more anatomical similarities to weasels. It is classed as Least Concern by the IUCN due to its extensive range and general environmental adaptations. It is a primarily carnivorous species, and has few natural predators due to its thick skin and ferocious defensive abilities. The honey badger has a fairly long body, but is distinctly thick set and broad across the back. Its skin is remarkably loose, and allows it to turn and twist freely within it. The skin around the neck is 6 millimetres (0.24 in) thick, an adaptation to fighting conspecifics. The head is small and flat, with a short muzzle. The eyes are small, and the ears are little more than ridges on the skin, another possible adaptation to avoiding damage while fighting. The honey badger has short and sturdy legs, with five toes on each foot. The feet are armed with very strong claws, which are short on the hind legs and remarkably long on the forelimbs. It is a partially plantigrade animal whose soles are thickly padded and naked up to the wrists. The tail is short and is covered in long hairs, save for below the base. Adults measure 23 to 28 centimetres (9.1 to 11 in) in shoulder height and 68–75 cm in body length, with females being smaller than males. Males on average weigh 12 kg (up to 16 kilograms) (26 to 35 lb) while females weigh 9.1 kg.

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Harpy Eagle - Harpia harpyja
The Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja), sometimes known as the American Harpy Eagle, is a Neotropical species of eagle. It is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the Americas, and among the largest extant species of eagles in the world. It usually inhabits tropical lowland rainforests in the upper (emergent) canopy layer. Female Harpy Eagles typically weigh 6 to 9 kg (13 to 20 lb).[4][5] One exceptionally large captive female, "Jezebel", weighed 12.3 kg (27 lb). Being captive, this large female may not be representative of the weight possible in wild Harpy Eagles due to differences in the food availability. The male, in comparison , is much smaller and weighs only about 4 to 4.8 kg (8.8 to 11 lb).The wings are relatively short and stubby, the female wing length measuring 58.3–62.6 cm, and the male wing length 54.3–58 cm.[4] Harpy Eagles are 89–105 cm (2.92–3.44 ft) long[5] and have a wingspan of 176 to 201 cm (5 ft 9 in to 6 ft 7 in). The Harpy Eagle is an actively hunting carnivore and is an apex predator, meaning that adults are at the top of a food chain and have no natural predators. Its main prey are tree-dwelling mammals such as sloths, monkeys, coatis, porcupines, kinkajous, anteaters and opossums.

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Gregoire
Mar 24 2012, 02:00 AM
Harpy Eagle vs Honey Badger
Edited by Taipan, Jul 1 2014, 08:34 PM.
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Temnospondyl
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Badger is more agile, despite being smaller in size
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Superpredator
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I don't really get this...
If it's on land the Eagle's screwed. It can't be compared to the HB on land.
And if it's in the air the badger's screwed, even if it's only the eagle in the air. The HB can't make an counter-attack.
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Gregoire
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I think at average hapry eagle 60/40 due to big claws and attack from the sky.
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kuri
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a surprise attack, claws in the head and the neck of the hb, and the fight is over before it starts.
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Ophiophagy
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there is no way a hb will win if the harpy is in the air the badger is doomed a golden can kill the badger in the air
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cidermaster
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A lovely piece of quality steak for the female Harpy Eagle.
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Temnospondyl
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Well, I'll describe a battle face to face. Harpy tryes to catch HB, but he avoids the attack, then, on land, HB attacks the eagle, and ripps the bird appart. In ambush, eagle wins easilly
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poison
Mar 26 2012, 03:40 AM
there is no way a hb will win if the harpy is in the air the badger is doomed a golden can kill the badger in the air
Badger avoids the attack, and Harpy is doomed on land. To catch HB, it automatically lands.
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Mulawin
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Eagle wins 60/40 air-ambush, F2F on ground HB 80/20
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Temnospondyl
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Yeah.
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cidermaster
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The hitting power of a female Harpy is unreal,if it hits the mammal's skull,it wins,if it misses and does not get away quickly it is dead.
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Wild
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harpy wins easily
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Archosauromorph
Apr 6 2012, 07:12 PM
Well, I'll describe a battle face to face. Harpy tryes to catch HB, but he avoids the attack, then, on land, HB attacks the eagle, and ripps the bird appart. In ambush, eagle wins easilly
I see it going more like this: bird makes a run at the honey badger, badger evades, bird misses but keeps going. The harpy eagle never stops flying, if it misses the first time, it regains altitude and makes another run. The only way the HB can engage with the eagle if the eagle starts out in the air is if it lets the eagle hit it, in which case, it is dead.
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If a crowned eagle can kill baboons and 25kg dogs then a harpy should kill a honey badger easily.
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