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| Honey Badger v Harpy Eagle | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 24 2012, 10:41 PM (8,692 Views) | |
| Taipan | Mar 24 2012, 10:41 PM Post #1 |
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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. ![]() 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. ![]() ____________________________________________________________________
Edited by Taipan, Jul 1 2014, 08:34 PM.
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| Mauro20 | Oct 14 2012, 01:04 AM Post #16 |
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Wow, the honey badger is very overrated. The eagle wins easily. It is larger and has impressive weapons. |
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| Vivec | Oct 14 2012, 04:15 AM Post #17 |
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Depends, if the Harpy lands a good blow on the honey badgers neck or flips it over it could easily kill it, either that or be killed itself. Honey badgers are a bit overrated as they aren't the unstoppable killing machine people think they are. |
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| Admantus | Oct 14 2012, 04:18 AM Post #18 |
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Herbivore
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And to think that it was all due to one youtube video... Harpy takes this in stride with ambush. |
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| dapmp | Oct 14 2012, 05:11 AM Post #19 |
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Autotrophic Organism
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If anything, the badger is highly underrated. The badger would easily slaughter the eagle on land. It took over an hour for this leopard to kill off this old weak female. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG3p7EXAOLs&feature=related The eagle needs a ambush to take this. I would say 6/10 in favor of the HB |
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| Black Ice | Oct 14 2012, 05:19 AM Post #20 |
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It took so long b ecause cats kill by throat holds. |
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| Vodmeister | Oct 14 2012, 06:09 AM Post #21 |
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Ultimate Predator
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Are you saying all the time? |
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| Black Ice | Oct 14 2012, 06:13 AM Post #22 |
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Drom King
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80 percent. |
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| Wild | Oct 14 2012, 07:46 AM Post #23 |
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Apex Predator
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it takes 10 minutes for a bufflao to die from a lion's choke hold,it such take much less for a badger |
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| Carcharadon | Oct 14 2012, 08:17 AM Post #24 |
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Shark Toothed Reptile
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The eagle takes this easily.
Edited by Carcharadon, Feb 9 2014, 02:00 AM.
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| Vivyx | Mar 8 2013, 04:47 AM Post #25 |
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Felines, sharks, birds, arthropods
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Harpy eagle easily. |
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| Black Ice | Mar 8 2013, 08:21 AM Post #26 |
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Drom King
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Nope it don't work that way. And btw sometimes it takes half an hour for a whole lion pride to suffocate one buffalo. Edited by Black Ice, Mar 8 2013, 08:22 AM.
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| Honey Badger | Jan 3 2014, 12:45 AM Post #27 |
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Ur ready 4 Freddy, butt f*cked bi Foxy
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As tough as honey badgers are, an eagle take this but if on land, it wont do very good. |
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| Vobby | Jan 3 2014, 07:13 AM Post #28 |
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Omnivore
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Does exist a report of an encounter between a Martial eagle and a Honey badger, but sadly google scholar haven't it. |
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| Ntwadumela | Jan 3 2014, 10:42 PM Post #29 |
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Herbivore
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I think a big male ratel wins this. |
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| Vivyx | Jan 12 2014, 03:51 AM Post #30 |
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Felines, sharks, birds, arthropods
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True, honey badgers do have a lot of endurance with them and are pretty tough. But its inability to actually catch the eagle is its downfall
Edited by Vivyx, Mar 14 2018, 09:50 PM.
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