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Who wins?
Caracal 20 (38.5%)
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 32 (61.5%)
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Caracal v Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Topic Started: Mar 30 2012, 08:39 PM (14,633 Views)
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Caracal - Caracal caracal
The caracal (Caracal caracal, pronounced /ˈkærəkæl/) is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa. The caracal is distributed over Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and India. Its chief habitat is dry steppes and semideserts, but it also inhabits woodlands, savannah, and scrub forest. They generally prefer open country, so long as there is sufficient cover, in the form of bushes and rocks, from which to ambush prey. The caracal is a slender, yet muscular, cat, with long legs and a short tail. Males typically weigh 13 to 18 kilograms (29 to 40 lb), while females weigh about 11 kilograms (24 lb). The caracal resembles a Eurasian Lynx, and for a long time it was considered a close relative of the lynxes. It has a tail nearly a third of its body length, and both sexes look the same. The caracal is 65 to 90 centimetres (26 to 35 in) in length, with a 30 centimetres (12 in) tail. Compared to lynxes, it has longer legs, shorter fur, and a slimmer appearance.

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Staffordshire Bull Terrier
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier (informally: Staffie, Stafford, Staffy or Staff) is a medium-sized, short-coated, old-time breed of dog. It is an English dog, where it is the 5th most popular breed, and related to the bull terrier. Having descended from dog-fighting ancestors, it is muscular and courageous. It is the subject of breed specific legislation in some jurisdictions. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a medium-sized, stocky, and very muscular dog with strong athletic ability, with a similar appearance to the American Staffordshire terrier and American pit bull terriers sharing the same ancestor. They have a broad head (male considerably more than female), defined occipital muscles, a relatively short foreface, dark round eyes and a wide mouth with a clean scissor-like bite (the top incisors slightly overlap the bottom incisors). The ears are small. The cheek muscles are very pronounced. Their lips show no looseness. From above, the head loosely resembles a triangle. The head tapers down to a strong well-muscled neck and shoulders placed on squarely spaced forelimbs. They are tucked up in their loins and the last 1-2 ribs of their ribcage are usually visible. Their tail resembles an old fashioned pump handle. Their hind quarters are well-muscled and are what give the Stafford drive when baiting. They are coloured brindle, black, red, fawn, blue, white, or any blending of these colors with white. White with any other colour broken up over the body is known as pied. Liver-colored, black and tan dogs can occur but are rare. The coat is smooth and clings tightly to the body giving the dog a streamlined appearance.The dogs stand 36 to 42 cm (14 to 17 in) at the withers and weigh 14 to 18 kg (31 to 40 lb) for males; bitches are 11 to 15.4 kg (24 to 34 lb).

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Lycaon
Mar 30 2012, 11:18 AM
caracal vs staffordshire bull terrier
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At parity the Staffie wins. There is no way the Caracal would be able to restrain a working Stafford, and the massive neck and jaws of the Stafford would spell doom for the Caracal if it got a bite.
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At parity caracal 60/40 due to better weapony and instincts.
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I favor the more powerfully built staffie, the head is robust and is equivalent to that of lager sized dogs. As far as weaponry goes I personally believe the dog is more equipped for the fight.
Whereas the caracal needs a precise neck bite, the staffie can produce more damaging bit wherever it chooses.
Unlike the caracal the dog is bred to fight and kill, the cat would not want to fight and would most likely flee.

The skull of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier is very impressive for its' size, here is one compared to a coyote skull.
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Gregoire
Mar 30 2012, 09:46 PM
At parity caracal 60/40 due to better weapony and instincts.
Yeah, this cat really doesn't stand much of a chance vs staff. It's too small of a cat to cause any terrible damage. I'd favor a coyote over a caracal as well.
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Mar 31 2012, 04:03 AM
Gregoire
Mar 30 2012, 09:46 PM
At parity caracal 60/40 due to better weapony and instincts.
Yeah, this cat really doesn't stand much of a chance vs staff. It's too small of a cat to cause any terrible damage. I'd favor a coyote over a caracal as well.

at parity I favor caracal over coyote 60/40 or stronger. dog need good size advantage.
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Caracals can be quite nasty but a staffy is too overdone by its fighting history. Too strong, too enduring and too game. A better matchup would something like a husky or cattle dog.
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Mar 31 2012, 04:03 AM
Gregoire
Mar 30 2012, 09:46 PM
At parity caracal 60/40 due to better weapony and instincts.
Yeah, this cat really doesn't stand much of a chance vs staff. It's too small of a cat to cause any terrible damage. I'd favor a coyote over a caracal as well.

Why can in not cause terrible damage? does the sbt have armor plated skin?

I wonder at parity which one carries the most muscle?
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Absolute blow out in dogs favor.
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Gregoire
Mar 30 2012, 09:46 PM
At parity caracal 60/40 due to better weapony and instincts.
NONSENCE. The Staffordshire Terrier is too strong for the Caracal. The Caracal's "grappling" ability is irrelevant in this case.
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I'm surprised 6 ppl voted for caracal and only 4 - including myself - for the stafffie. It seems a lot of ppl on this forum (please don't take it as criticism, even if I disagree with this position) seem to believe in a kind of divine revealed dogma: Ursids>Felids>Canids. They seem to consider only the family and ignore the species. While I agree that in general Felids are better fighters than Canids, in this specific case the caracal is too slightly built to take on the tank-dog. At parity a staffie is probably a match for an APBT (and now I'm waiting for Vita to fall on me like a pile of bricks... LOL).
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Staffies wins easily IMHO. Better match-up would be a CL at parity.
Edited by Red Dog, Mar 31 2012, 08:43 AM.
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Mar 31 2012, 08:40 AM
I'm surprised 6 ppl voted for caracal and only 4 - including myself - for the stafffie. It seems a lot of ppl on this forum (please don't take it as criticism, even if I disagree with this position) seem to believe in a kind of divine revealed dogma: Ursids>Felids>Canids. They seem to consider only the family and ignore the species. While I agree that in general Felids are better fighters than Canids, in this specific case the caracal is too slightly built to take on the tank-dog. At parity a staffie is probably a match for an APBT (and now I'm waiting for Vita to fall on me like a pile of bricks... LOL).
At similar weights a staff is not much different to an apbt. They have very similar in power, wind and gameness.
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Mar 31 2012, 08:40 AM
I'm surprised 6 ppl voted for caracal and only 4 - including myself - for the stafffie. It seems a lot of ppl on this forum (please don't take it as criticism, even if I disagree with this position) seem to believe in a kind of divine revealed dogma: Ursids>Felids>Canids. They seem to consider only the family and ignore the species. While I agree that in general Felids are better fighters than Canids, in this specific case the caracal is too slightly built to take on the tank-dog.
Seems to be that way or that those who voted for the caracal have no argument so just vote for the cat. But don't take the vote count to seriously, its the arguments and the posts that matter. And in that context the caracal has nothing over the dog.
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Mar 31 2012, 08:38 AM
Gregoire
Mar 30 2012, 09:46 PM
At parity caracal 60/40 due to better weapony and instincts.
NONSENCE. The Staffordshire Terrier is too strong for the Caracal. The Caracal's "grappling" ability is irrelevant in this case.

Grappling ability and weapony matter, "too strong" - its nonsence.
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