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Honey Badger v Harpy Eagle
Topic Started: Mar 24 2012, 10:41 PM (8,690 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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Edited by Vivyx, Mar 14 2018, 09:50 PM.
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Feb 8 2014, 07:56 PM
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Jan 3 2014, 10:42 PM
I think a big male ratel wins this.
Yeah, I think a big male HB can win on land too. But I don't think a normal HB would win
Not your average weight 29 pound ratel though.
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Harpy Eagle wins at average.
But if it makes one mistake, it's f*cked.
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Mar 3 2014, 08:58 AM
Harpy Eagle wins at average.
But if it makes one mistake, it's f*cked.
How exactly is the Honey Badger going to easily kill an Eagle of such size?
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Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
Honey Badger
Mar 3 2014, 08:58 AM
Harpy Eagle wins at average.
But if it makes one mistake, it's f*cked.
How exactly is the Honey Badger going to easily kill an Eagle of such size?
If the ratel is a large male, it could stand a chance.
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Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 08:58 AM
Harpy Eagle wins at average.
But if it makes one mistake, it's f*cked.
How exactly is the Honey Badger going to easily kill an Eagle of such size?
If the ratel is a large male, it could stand a chance.
It can't do that much damage though, this Eagle is going to strike from the air.
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Mar 3 2014, 09:09 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
Hatzegopteryx
Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
Honey Badger
Mar 3 2014, 08:58 AM
Harpy Eagle wins at average.
But if it makes one mistake, it's f*cked.
How exactly is the Honey Badger going to easily kill an Eagle of such size?
If the ratel is a large male, it could stand a chance.
It can't do that much damage though, this Eagle is going to strike from the air.
Unless if it's on land, and I said if it makes a mistake.
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Hatzegopteryx
Mar 3 2014, 09:09 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
Honey Badger
Mar 3 2014, 08:58 AM
Harpy Eagle wins at average.<br />But if it makes one mistake, it's f*cked.
How exactly is the Honey Badger going to easily kill an Eagle of such size?
If the ratel is a large male, it could stand a chance.
It can't do that much damage though, this Eagle is going to strike from the air.
Unless if it's on land, and I said if it makes a mistake.
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Mar 3 2014, 09:13 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 09:09 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 09:05 AM
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Mar 3 2014, 08:58 AM
Harpy Eagle wins at average.
But if it makes one mistake, it's f*cked.
How exactly is the Honey Badger going to easily kill an Eagle of such size?
If the ratel is a large male, it could stand a chance.
It can't do that much damage though, this Eagle is going to strike from the air.
Unless if it's on land, and I said if it makes a mistake.
Yes but those Eagles strike from the air not land.
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This is easier for the eagle than killing a wolverine. From the air, I favor the eagle. The eagle won't be fighting on the ground but will be coming from the air. The fight doesn't start until the eagle strikes from the air. Eagles are creatures that assault from the air, not the ground. Harpy eagles have been documented flying 50 mph through thick forest canopy, just thought I would throw that in there.
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Mar 3 2014, 05:51 PM
Harpy eagles have been documented flying 50 mph through thick forest canopy, just thought I would throw that in there.
And how does that effect things??/ they aint gonna fly at top speed at a target thats on the ground unless they wanna have a collision course with death.
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Mar 3 2014, 06:38 PM
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Mar 3 2014, 05:51 PM
Harpy eagles have been documented flying 50 mph through thick forest canopy, just thought I would throw that in there.
And how does that effect things??/ they aint gonna fly at top speed at a target thats on the ground unless they wanna have a collision course with death.
It doesn't have any importance, I just felt like putting that in though. But speed and birds of prey make a good. team. The harpy eagle will have to greatly slow down as it nears the honey badger, but it can still use descent speed as it descends upon it. A lot of birds of prey stun their target when they hit them, some birds even punch with their feet. The honey badger is low to the ground, so the harpy eagles speed won'y help it that much though. I just felt like throughing the previousfact in though despite it not having that much importance.
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Mar 3 2014, 06:38 PM
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Harpy eagles have been documented flying 50 mph through thick forest canopy, just thought I would throw that in there.
And how does that effect things??/ they aint gonna fly at top speed at a target thats on the ground unless they wanna have a collision course with death.
Your answer is in the quote itself:
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just thought I would throw that in there
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The eagle wins this easily.
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it will be unfair if we just put the eagle on the ground

Yeah because it doesn't fight that way.
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unfair that an eagle has to be in the air

That's how they fight, but yeah the matchup is a bit one-sided.
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