Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: RogeSoja on February 15, 2009, 10:54:44 PM
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I don't know if anyone has done this yet. Haha.
But i'd like to know what everyone's battle morph would be.
Personally, I'm sorta partial to a lion. Good eyesight, great reflexes, and that mane would protect all the major arteries in the neck.
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Yeah, it's been done. Lion would be a good choice, since their main function in life is fighting. Salt water croc would be good because it's huge, armored, moves well on land and water, and is powerful from both ends. Rhino would be a good morph for a tank. Especially if you have a friend in bird morph to be your eyes.
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Definitely the Nile or Australian saltwater croc from a sheer practicality standpoint, African elephant for the lock & load trashing shiz, but personally Jake's Siberian tiger always felt sentimental to me, even if David's lion has the mane advantage. Tigers are just like the definition of an awesome animal.
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If I don't have access to a time machine, though, I guess my battle morph would probably be a rhinoceros. They can take a hit, and all they have to do to cause massive amounts of damage is basically just thrash around.
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Yeah. Elephants have size, but I think Rhinos have thicker hides. Plus horns beat forehead. You know? Sure there are tusks on the side, but that's not the same.
Gorilla is good too, of course. Not just because my main man Marco uses it. Strength, and the ability to grip things. He might have been able to do some kung fu stuff if he wanted to.
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Kung Fu? :o :D ??? Dude, why use Kung Fu when you're strong enough to rip small trees out of the ground and turn people into a baseball? Or rip their arms out of their sockets, Chewie-style?
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Because Rhinos can't do kung fu, that's why! ::)
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I'd go with Lion, but my second choice would be an Elk, Moose, or similar. They'd blend in well with the habitat up here in Canada, plus they have alot of tossing and ramming power + agility. great for when you want to clear a path without killing people.
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howler. :P
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I'd probably go with some type of big cat. Or my dream battle-morph would be a metatron with a tail blade attachment (oh yeah!).
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Hmm. I'd mix a Hork-Bajir and an Andalite together for ultimate speed and deadliness.
But if we're sticking to things that would actually be, you know, possible, I'd have to say nothing beats a big cat, a Siberian Tiger or a Panther, whichever's available at the local zoo . . . I don't think there are any zoos in Utah though.
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Rachel didn't do so bad with a Grizzly Bear so I'd try that. Big and powerful with enough maneuverability to get the job done.
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I'd use a black panther...since it looks like a black cat and pretty much all big cats rock
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Black panthers do have the stealth thing going for them. It moves quietly, like all cats, but also blends in with the shadows better than a lion or tiger.
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But if we're sticking to things that would actually be, you know, possible, I'd have to say nothing beats a big cat, a Siberian Tiger or a Panther, whichever's available at the local zoo . . . I don't think there are any zoos in Utah though.
I used to live in Utah, so what about the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake city?
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Black panthers do have the stealth thing going for them. It moves quietly, like all cats, but also blends in with the shadows better than a lion or tiger.
oooh yay actual good reasoning for my choice!
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Yes, black panther is a solid choice for a feline battle morph. What it loses in power, it makes up for in stealth.
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I used to live in Utah, so what about the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake city?
Ah, so they do exist in Utah. Never been to Salt Lake though . . . well if I ever get the morphing power or just end up end Salt Lake for whatever reason I'll know where to go, thanks ;D
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I wonder where the best place in Alabama would be to get a good variety of battle morphs. Or maybe one of the surrounding states.
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For me, Lion easily. Not only is it my favorite animal, but it is just about the perfect battle morph.
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howler. :P
Omgz cheaterz.
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howler. :P
Omgz cheaterz.
lol! Yeah Howler, Metatron (with tail blade attachment as Aleron said) and other fictional creatures (Phoenix, Dragons) aside, I'd probably go for Cheetah. I'm not a fan of the spots but amazing unbeatable burst speed gets you anywhere with the reaction speed to cope with most dangers. I think my lazy attitude would suit it too!
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I would pick either a Hydralisk or a Strogg heavy tank. Both have heavy armor mobility, good ranged attacks. Tank sacrifices melee attack for ranged but the Hydralisk has two giant ice picks for arms, seriously how cool is that?
But for real life I'd prolly pick a Nile crocodile or a Black Mamba snake.
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Psh, Starcraft. Lolz I'm-a aquirez a Protoss carrier!!1!waffles.
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I always liked black panther, but me repeating that would be useless. So that was just useless. But anyway, Bull. Them things can kick.
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Still think a crocodile would be more or less unstoppable against any mammal predator I can think of. Pretty much the only animals known to F with kingsize crocodiles are giant snakes.
Like, even a 9 foot grizzly or fullgrown lion wouldn't really be able to do much to get through a crocodile's plating, and if caught in a deathroll...
Grizzly caught around the legs with those jaws, crocodile starts rolling...
Eep.
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Still think a crocodile would be more or less unstoppable against any mammal predator I can think of. Pretty much the only animals known to F with kingsize crocodiles are giant snakes.
Like, even a 9 foot grizzly or fullgrown lion wouldn't really be able to do much to get through a crocodile's plating, and if caught in a deathroll...
Grizzly caught around the legs with those jaws, crocodile starts rolling...
Eep.
That's definitely true. It is a shame we didn't see more crocodile morphing in the series. Darn Rachel and her allergies! :P
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I always thought it would have been a cool alternate fighting form for Ax. Not sure why. Although he seemed to be disgusted by the idea of fighting with a mouth, so whateverz.
Cassie's wolf kind of bothered me sometimes. It just seemed a little strange they'd risk letting her fight in such a lower-powered form, y'know? Like when there's a skirmish with some controller cops, or even security guards or whatever, I was always thinking like "one bullet...one bullet..."
It just seemed odd. Sure, a wolf is dangerous enough if you're confronting an unarmed human. But even a couple of mallcops or whatever with low caliber pistols could dispose of one pretty easily.
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White Siberian Tiger. I always really dug the blue eyes. They are also apparently the same as other tigers, its just a random gene effect that gives them their colouration, except that..
Compared to orange tigers without the white gene, white tigers tend to be larger both at birth and at full adult size. This may have given them an advantage in the wild despite their unusual coloration. Heterozygous orange tigers also tend to be larger than other orange tigers. Kailash Sankhala, the director of the New Delhi Zoo in the 1960s, said "One of the functions of the white gene may have been to keep a size gene in the population, in case it's ever needed."
Holy **** look what I just found:
Bears are among the prey species of the Siberian tiger. Asiatic black bears and brown bears constitute 5-8% of the Siberian tiger's diet. In particular, the brown bear's input is estimated to be 1-1.5%. Certain tigers have been reported to imitate the calls of Asiatic black bears to attract them. Siberian tigers have been recorded to prey on brown bears more frequently than black bears, due to the latter's ability to escape danger by rapidly climbing trees.
Not grizzlies, but damn...
Hard to pick between rhinos, grizzles, wolves, and gorillas though. KA really knew what she was doing when she was picking morphs.
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Most albino predators, including tigers, don't survive to maturity in the wild anyway.
But yeah, Siberian tigers are pretty hardcore. They're supposedly more aggressive etc than other types, Bengals and Indochinese and all, too.
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Most albino anythings don't live long in the wild >:D
Wouldn't an albino tiger be entirely white as in no stripes, and have red eyes? I always thought those were the traits of albinos and that white tigers were some semi-breed, not simply albino. I never really researched tigers though.
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Psh, I'm no scientist dork. :D :P I don't know. Honkey tigers a better term?
Either way, I don't think being slightly larger in length or weight is going to help an albino tiger much more over any other tiger. Probably not a huge deal. Maybe the regular tigers are less self-conscious and have more confidence since they fit in? :P Bwahaha. "Yo, outcast tiger! ROAR!"
I'm lame.
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Honkey tigers a better term?
Probably not, but I like it ;D
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Mmm white tigers are different from albino tigers, I think it is vital to point out. You're right, albino tigers would be all white with red eyes, but the gene that makes white tigers white merely deals with the orange part, leaving the stripes. White tigers are also not a different species or a sub-species anymore than blue eyed Caucasian people are different from brown eyed Caucasian people. Its a recessive gene, and white tigers don't give birth to exclusively white tigers or anything like that, they give birth to orange tigers as well. It merely is a rare gene trait, one that both Bengal, Siberian and possibly the other members of the tiger family have as well.
Plus, this information is all on Wikipedia, I found and absorbed in like five minutes. Gotta love Wiki.
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I think the whole "The only thing to take on a croc is occasionally a giant snake" is pretty redic Don't giant snakes strangle their prey? How the heck would a snake take that on?
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I'm not entirely sure, but there are pictures around of boas and anacondas or whatever constricting alligators/giant crocs to death. I can't remember what continent, I guess if it's crocodiles it would have to be Africa or Australia. It may have been a large alligator though, in South America or whatever.
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I dunno, the croc is old its done quite a lot right to survive this long. However if we're talking going against Hork-Bajir blades I don't think the croc is as indestructable as you'd think, nothing really would be.
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Well, no, but two Hork-Bajir should have easily been able to take out a tiger or grizzly or gorilla two, so the books weren't exactly realistic in that department.
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Well, a grizzly stands at 8 feet, and hork-bajir only at seven. Thats Yao Ming next to an average 6 foot guy do i need to out line who'd win? Hork-Bajir are fast, not built and hulky like a bear.
As for the gorilla, i dont think so either.
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...For the longest time, I wanted a cougar. Not 100% sure if I still do.
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Hork-Bajir are described as being insanely athletic and agile, not to mention arboreal. Plus they have about 13 blades all over their bodies, each significantly larger than a grizzly's railspike claws from the description.
I'd say there's a pretty reasonable chance two could take down a grizzly, especially with the grizzly's poor eyesight and comparative clumsiness.
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Psh, Starcraft. Lolz I'm-a aquirez a Protoss carrier!!1!waffles.
Carrier is a mechanical unit. You can't acquire it :D
Now a Dark Templar on the other hand.......
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SHADDAPAYOUFACE! I know that! :P :D
My serious level was, oh, you know, zero. Silly person. I am Zim!
Psst. Dark Templar are traitorous and lame. FOR AIUR, EXECUTORRR!
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Chimi have you ever realized there is a striking similarity between the original Zerg (pre-Xel Naga) and the Yeerks?
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It's a pretty common alien concept, dude. The bug/slug xeno-parasite thingamajig. It's been done since the '50s, K.A. just created a cool little universe for them to exist in.
The Zerg are basically just big muthafugly ****roaches for the Protoss to blast and then dance in a religious ritual while telepathically singing. Or something. "Power overwheeelming!"
Me, I'm a Terran kinda guy too. Zergz are just target practice. >:D
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I hate to be contrary but you just can't beat the Queen of Blades, there's nothing more satisfying than hotkeying your hives and important buildings then covering your entire base with Overlords so your enemey can't see what you're doing. Build up your base and your force, any attack by another player will target the Overlords first, and they're expendable . . . then, when you're ready, there's nothing scarier than moving the whole Overlord-Horde slowly, menacingly towards your enemy base, your entire land army hidden beneath them. What does your opponent see? A zergling here, a hydralisk there? No way to know for sure what's coming.
Of course agaisnt the AI this strategy is a pointless waste of resources, and though it can work in a rush game it's really best saved for "no rush" but when it does happen it's pwnsome! ;D
The closest the Protoss come is an invisible carrier swarm, and the best the Terrans can pull off is a mid-base siege tank drop. Both are effective but neither as totally jaw droppingly awesome as seeing the full force of the swarm creeping meaninfully towards your base.
Unless you play Brood War, then the Protoss just downright own because they can do all 3, but meh, none of my friends have Brood War so I never use it.
. . .
Oh wait, we're talking about Animorphs and battle morphs! Um . . . um . . . I would totally morph an infested Terran. I'd be a blast at parties!
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:offtopic:
I thought we were supposed to be saying "my animal could kick your animal's butt!"
Hmm. Tough choice for me. I like maneuverability and stealth more than anything else.
Puma would be cool. Panther, yep. But if you want sheer size-to-butt-kicking ratio: Mellivora capensis, the killer honey badger.
A popular internet video shows a honey badger bitten by a puff adder, one of the honey badger's preferred venomous snakes. The badger becomes paralyzed for about 5 minutes. Once its paralysis has subsided, the honey badger continues with its meal and resumes its journey. Even more tenaciously, the honey badger steals the snake's kill, and eats it for itself before continuing to hunt the snake. This ferocious nature of the badger has earned it its image as a formidable opponent.
Sweet.
I have very severe case of "ooh, I must acquire that" for Bubo virginianus and/or Tyto alba. Large, silent, nocturnal. Not really a fighter, but still very, very cool.
But, with all that considered, I'd pick Panthera onca.
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andalite of course. they're deadly, fast, smart, have 4 eyes... what else could we expect?
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...Subtlety? :P
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I'm surprised not many people have chosen Hork Bajir! That would be my first choice. I'm sure that martial arts could be effectively applied towards them. They are fast, intimidating, and very similar to humans. Plus, they could attack from within a Yeerk regiment of Hork Bajir, creating more chaos and confusion.
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And I'm surprised no one's said this: An Antarean Bogg.
Hey, Tiger sure, Anda-Bajir definately, but diffrent morphs would be needed for different situations so I think everyone should have an "Antarean Bogg morph for . . . taking a bite out of yourenemies."
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Uh huh. How do you propose they get one of those?
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They touch it and acquire it, duh ::)
Seriously though? Genetic engineering, stop bothering with the mammoth, the mammoth ain't worth the trouble, revive the Bogg!
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You're a Bogg.
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You're a Bogg.
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Thank you, yes. That's the point, we're saying what we want to morph, I want an Anteran Bogg >:D
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I would steal either Cassie's or Jake's. I love wolves, and I think their awesome, but I think a tiger could do more damage. So, probably tiger for me. And if it can't be an Animorphs, probably a lion.
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A lynx. I have seen one in wild once and I will never forget that. Or find words to describe it...
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A lynx? Good luck taking a bullet/dracon beam/Horky blade with that.
It's a glorified housecat!
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A liger.
Yes it is a real hybrid that has been made not some crap made up on Nepolean Dynamite.
Plus it is pretty large because it has a genetic sideaffect of largness. Don't ask me how it is supposed to work.
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Liger's are bigger, sure. Not sure there'd be any real advantage over a tiger or lion themselves, though. Probably not enough size difference to matter much.
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Bigger still same agility has more power on impact.
DUH.
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Meh. Those types of up-close fights are somewhat reliant on luck anyway. If a tiger or lion bit a liger's neck, it's still gonna die.
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hmm... i'd have to say either a Tigon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon) or a Liger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger)
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Someone beat ya to it, Chachi.
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meh... i didn't read all the posts anyways
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I wonder how well a wolverine would do. They are notoriously aggressive, but I don't know much else.
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I would have the Kodiak Bear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiak_bear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiak_bear)
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I wonder how well a wolverine would do. They are notoriously aggressive, but I don't know much else.
Wolverines are very good at fighting, I'm not sure if they would beat a wolf or a bear or a lynx but I've heard they can hurt all of them.
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I'm surprised Marco never went for a wolverine morph, I can see him morphing a wolverine then making all kinds of X-Men jokes :P
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I don't know much about wolverines except that they're similar to ratels.
Story here, courtesy of Lawdog (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com): Hey! Get out of there! (part: 1 (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/06/hey-get-out-of-there.html) 2 (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/06/hey-part-2.html) 3 (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/07/get-out-of-there-part-iii.html) 4 (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/07/okay-where-were-we.html) end (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/07/ratel-end.html))
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Well The native people of Sweden use have tame reindeer, and according to them the wolverine are as bad as wolves. Except they only hunt at the winter and go for berries, eggs and such thinks at summer.
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Wolverines have been known to make wolves and even some small bears pee themselves and run away whimpering.
Trufax.
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They're fairly low to the ground too which would make for some effective evasive action against seven foot tall Hork-Bajir, and never doubt the effectiveness of ankle biting. ;D
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But, on da flip side (yo), one Horkie slash and the Wolverine's meat.
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I think of all the ones people have mentioned liger would be the best idea. Those things are like feline tanks.
Crocodiles could be alright, but I think there might be a bit of a mobility problem.
Maybe a hyena could be a good idea, if you needed to fight in an enclosed space, but pretty much mediocre otherwise.
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Spotted hyena, definitely.
Striped hyenas have been known to beat the bejeebus out of wolves, and spotteds are bigger and tougher.
Plus, I find them adorable. ^^
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I think of all the ones people have mentioned liger would be the best idea. Those things are like feline tanks.
Not any more so than a regular tiger or lion.
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^Ligers are a good bit larger than either tigers of lions, on account of tiger DNA resulting in uninhibited growth genes. Tigons are the opposite, and tend to be smaller than lions.
Both hybrids tend to have horrible genetic health problems, though. >=
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*Sigh* Larger doesn't mean better fighters. A tiger is still big enough to kill a liger with a neck-bite or a disembowelment or whatever. Half of those types of fights tend to be luck, balance, reflex. Yes, they're bigger, but not by enough to really amount to much.
It's like a 6'3 tall guy fighting a 6'1 tall guy. The taller one maybe weighing a little more. Doesn't necessarily mean he's going to win the fight.
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But the poster in question was just referring to ligers as the feline version of tanks. One's tank-itude is, indeed, determined primarily by one's mass. ^^()
And we're also not really talking inches. High end of the average male Siberian tiger's weight is about 500 pounds. Average weight of a female liger, according to Wiki, is 700 pounds. The largest one I saw mentioned on that article was almost 800.
That's a big difference. Check out Google images for them, too; they are not little kitties.
http://www.fahad.com/pics/liger.jpg (http://www.fahad.com/pics/liger.jpg)
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Yeah, I've seen pictures. There's no doubt that liger's are huge. That's not my point, though. Size really isn't a determination of fighting prowess. I'm sure if you somehow set up a sample number of fights, the liger would win a great deal. But the tiger or lion would most definitely win a few too.
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Well in some cases size matters. You put a cheetah and a tiger against each other and everyone knows who to bet on, cheetahs aren't built to battle really (which sucks because it means the lions can steal all their kills) a leopard and a lion the leopard pretty much has to run for its life precious and climb a tree. However in the case of lions, tigers, and ligers, yeah, the size difference really, really isn't enough to decide anything.
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Damn. That's a big kitteh. But you should remember that it's not the size of dog in the fight as much as the size of fight in the dog.
Or as Marco Kloos puts it... (http://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/monday-search-term-safari-xxxix-2/) (content advisory: profanity)
how do fisher cats defend itself
Fisher cats are black belts in the art of Mustelid-Fu, also called “weasel karate”. It involves just going absolutely bat**** insane on someone. (Ever seen a weasel fight? It’s like watching a razor-studded Slinky in the spin cycle of a washing machine.)
protecting your dog from fisher cats
Try one of these:
(http://munchkinwrangler.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/body-armor-dog-1-thumb.jpg?w=244&h=174)
However, I think I've finally come to the conclusion that the ultimate battle morph on Earth is the US Marine, with other Marines, rifles, and air support. I know, that's cheating a bit. But honestly, what can a polar bear, liger, or whatever--even very smart ones--do against that?
(However, gorilla-morphed marines are arguably even better.)
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They're fairly low to the ground too which would make for some effective evasive action against seven foot tall Hork-Bajir, and never doubt the effectiveness of ankle biting. ;D
What about a wasp? They can only hurt creatures which are bigger then themselves. And if we say all the Hork-Bajirs are allergic they will die in a few seconds. And I don't think it's quite easy trying to kill one whit a knife so it will just sting him again. It's the perfect battle morph. Both effective and beautiful...
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And if a pod of orcas just magically follow the kids when they use that morph, imagine a swarm of wasps deciding to tag along for an attack on the Hork-Bajir. ;D
Visser 3: <There are so many of them! Can they all be Andalite bandits? This is madness, I'm leaving this planet!>
Jake: Haha, we did it, Marco!
Wasp 5087: Bzzz?
Jake: Marco? Is that you?
Wasp 3192: Bzzz?
Jake: Marco! Cassie, Rachel . . . anybody!!!
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What if in morph the animorphs just pooped in the yeerk pool?
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What if in morph the animorphs just pooped in the yeerk pool?
I think it depends on how big the animals brain and ears are...
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What about a wasp? It's the perfect battle morph. Both effective and beautiful...
I don't think I got this right. Mira, are you trying to tell me you like wasps?
My chose is a lion, a panther or a tiger anyway. Or some big cat
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If you really think about it, the morph should depend on the battlefield. If your in a lion morph, and your in a corridor vsing a Hork-Bajir, you can win but its gonna close. Now if your a gorilla, you have a much better chance of winning.
Id choose the andiconda and the Cape Buffalo
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That's a valid point, but the Animorphs favored certain morphs and I think people are just talking about what they'd favor themselves.
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i'd say andalite or hork-bajir
but if we're talking bout local species.. i'll go with Lion. (it's a disturbing confession since i hate David)
and for underwater battle, definitely Great White Shark.
for air battle, Bald Eagle.
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Even though I don't like David, the golden eagle is basically king of the skies. As much as Tobias might hate it, that would be my bird of prey morph.
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I always felt cheap because other than the Garatron (which wouldn't necessarily need a blade attachment, a pocketknife or razor blade would do), my morphs usually mirrored Jakes.
Battle: White Siberian Tiger. (Regular ones are cool, but I kile how the white's look.)
Air: Peregrine Falcon (agile little thing)
Sea: ?
Although I always thought the condor or some kind of vulture would be cool, too. They're common, and the connotation of using something ugly and reviled for something cool and meaningful always seemed like a neat idea.
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Only cos no one has said it and also because it's probably not possible Crayak/Ellimist! MWHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAA! If they're not possible then the creature that pretty much gave the Ellimist his boost sure it's the size of a moon but hey it'd definitely kick ass in virtually any planetary battle.
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I doubt they even operate on a strictly DNA level anymore. To them morphing's just like a primitive retarded children' game, like a little kid bashing two rocks together.
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What about a wasp? It's the perfect battle morph. Both effective and beautiful...
I don't think I got this right. Mira, are you trying to tell me you like wasps?
My chose is a lion, a panther or a tiger anyway. Or some big cat
I like wasps. Even if I'm the only girl in universe.
Anyway, do you think you can acquire Crayak?
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Just flirt with him, giggle at his jokes, then when the moment is right lean in close, put your hand on his, acquire him, then give the signal for your friend to fake a phone call that means you have to leave right away, but you'll call him back . . . even if you haven't got his number :P
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... Ok, next question. Who wants to be the voluntary?
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You mean volunteer? Who wants to volunteer? How do you seduce a being that can create anything he wants? Or destroy, as the case may be?
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How do you seduce a being that can create anything he wants? Or destroy, as the case may be?
With dark green lipstick. It's exotic.
Sure he can make what he wants but maybe he doesnt always know what he wants. ;)
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My new Battle Morph would be Rick Astely with a boombox. Rick Roll the Yeerks until they all commit suicide.
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Lol?
For each niche, I'd have a different morph (this is assuming I'm alone, in the book everyone covers something)
Battle in Enclosed/Small spaces - Lion
Battle in Jungle/Outdoor/Large Spaces - Siberian Tiger
Entry/Building Destruction - White Rhinoceros
Fast/Small Retreating Fight - Cheetah
Assassination - Taipan Snake
Long Distance/Hunting - Gray Wolf
Fighting When You Can't Lose to a Doornob/Use Weapons and Vehicles - Western Silverback Gorilla
General Bird of Prey - Golden Eagle
Fast Getaway Bird - Peregrine Falcon
Flight at Night - Great Horned Owl
Long Distance - Canada Goose
Unnoticed Flight - Dove or Seagull
Indoor/Dark Flight - Ghost Bat
Urban Camo - Tabby Cat
Freshwater - Largemouth Bass
Saltwater - Dolphin
Ocean Combat - Great White Shark, Orca
Deep Sea - Sperm Whale, Giant Squid
Insects - ****roach, Flea, Yellow Jacket, Dragonfly, Common Fly
Because I want them: Polar Bear, Grizzly Bear, Crocodile, Humpback Whale, Jaguar, African Elephant
Aliens I'd Want - Garatron (Speed), Hork-Bajir (Blades, Climbing, Intimidation), Andalite (Tailblade/Great Runner), Leeran (Telepathy). Any of Visser Three's battle morphs would be nice as well.
If I had to pick one overall morph for fighting, it would be the Tiger.
If I had to have one morph and nothing else, it would be the Golden Eagle. (I've always wanted to fly, and I'd rather not get killed doing it [Can't hunt eagles, they have no natural predators, and they, while big, don't attract attention like Bald Eagles])
Sorry if this list is obnoxiously long, I just wanted to cover everything ;D
If anyone thinks I missed a niche or have unnecessary things, just say something. I wanted a morph so I could do anything, anywhere should I need to.
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Def would not take lion for an enclosed fight. Prob hyena.
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Well as much as I love cheetahs, they probably wouldn't be good close-up combat against aliens like Hork-Bajir or Taxxons. Going against humans, maybe but that's about it.
So my second choice would have to be the jaguar. If I had the option of it being black, yes.
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Lol?
For each niche, I'd have a different morph (this is assuming I'm alone, in the book everyone covers something)
Battle in Enclosed/Small spaces - Lion
Battle in Jungle/Outdoor/Large Spaces - Siberian Tiger
Entry/Building Destruction - White Rhinoceros
Fast/Small Retreating Fight - Cheetah
Assassination - Taipan Snake
Long Distance/Hunting - Gray Wolf
Fighting When You Can't Lose to a Doornob/Use Weapons and Vehicles - Western Silverback Gorilla
General Bird of Prey - Golden Eagle
Fast Getaway Bird - Peregrine Falcon
Flight at Night - Great Horned Owl
Long Distance - Canada Goose
Unnoticed Flight - Dove or Seagull
Indoor/Dark Flight - Ghost Bat
Urban Camo - Tabby Cat
Freshwater - Largemouth Bass
Saltwater - Dolphin
Ocean Combat - Great White Shark, Orca
Deep Sea - Sperm Whale, Giant Squid
Insects - ****roach, Flea, Yellow Jacket, Dragonfly, Common Fly
Because I want them: Polar Bear, Grizzly Bear, Crocodile, Humpback Whale, Jaguar, African Elephant
Aliens I'd Want - Garatron (Speed), Hork-Bajir (Blades, Climbing, Intimidation), Andalite (Tailblade/Great Runner), Leeran (Telepathy). Any of Visser Three's battle morphs would be nice as well.
If I had to pick one overall morph for fighting, it would be the Tiger.
If I had to have one morph and nothing else, it would be the Golden Eagle. (I've always wanted to fly, and I'd rather not get killed doing it [Can't hunt eagles, they have no natural predators, and they, while big, don't attract attention like Bald Eagles])
Sorry if this list is obnoxiously long, I just wanted to cover everything ;D
If anyone thinks I missed a niche or have unnecessary things, just say something. I wanted a morph so I could do anything, anywhere should I need to.
Uh oh this has turned into one of those 25 things about me things and I'm starting it! As with the original post (fighting solo) also must non-Godlike, actually in Animorph books and currently known to be alive (to avoid someone going T-Rex or Raptor {see http://xkcd.com/155/ (http://xkcd.com/155/)})
Fights
Enclosed/Small spaces - Howler
Jungle - Cheetah
Clearing/open space - Andalite
Entry/Building Destruction - White Rhinoceros
General area destruction - Elephant
Fast/Small Retreating Fight - Peregrine Falcon
Assassination - Brazilian Wandering Spider
Endurance Hunting - Gray Wolf
When you need to handle machinery- Howler
Fight at Night - Howler
Travel:
Long Distance - Tern
Discrete outdoors - Pigeon or Seagull
Indoor/Dark Flight - Ghost Bat
Fitting in urban area - Mix locals morph (like Ax)
Aquatic/Marine:
Freshwater exploration - Electric Eel
Freshwater combat- Alligator
Saltwater exploration - Dolphin
Saltwater combat - Great White Shark
Deep Sea - Sperm Whale, Giant Squid
Just for fun or in case: Hummingbird, Gentoo Penguin, Polar bear, White-throated Needletail, Monkey, Golden Eagle, Sailfish, Blue Whale, Leeran, Pemalite
If only 1
Earth animals: Peregrine Falcon
Extraterrestrial: Howler
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I didn't pick Howlers on purpose. They are awesome, but the memory/combined thought could be a problem. It could also give Crayak control. Assuming you were alone with your own mind and memories and crayak could do nothing do you, then definetely that.
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i would go with a bear as my battle morph. i mean can u name one animal that could beat it in close combat....
yer think about it.
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A saltwater crocodile could, according to book 12.
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I would just stay Andalite.
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damn you and your bloody back-chat..
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I would say howler too, just to be super over powerful.
We all know its the most powerful killing machine in animorphs, we just pick other battle morphs cause its almost unfair. :\
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Also because unless they ALL went Howler, they'd be incapacitating their own troops with the howl.
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But the Howlers are immune to their own howls. If someone wasn't one though....
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Exactly. And often times it was the most advantageous for the Animorphs to be in different morphs than all the same morph. Different morphs, different skills, different advantages.
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yes because in somecases a sloth is more valueable than a howler in battle ;D
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yes because in somecases a sloth is more valueable than a howler in battle ;D
Exactly! If you want to bore the Yeerks to death you won't have much luck as a Howler. A Sloth though....
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I have this idea of useing meerkats with lasers on their heads, but that's more of a crazy scientist thing then a battle morph thing. :P
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i think your underestimating the sloth
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Lol? Either way, assuming a howler was not controlled by Crayak and shared thoughts could be controlled, it would cover all "advantages" held by other animals. Speed, endurance, and senses greater than a wolf. Reflexes and Killing ability greater than a tiger. Durability greater than an elephant. Dexterity greater than a Gorilla. Force greater than a bear. It has natural slashing claws. It has eyes better than an eagle. For combat, the only other things you would need would be water and flight.
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but sloths have a cute factor
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Sloths run at less than two miles per hour. Besides, puppies are way cuter.
C'mon, look at this thing ;D
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2exv4ue.jpg)
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(http://www.maniacworld.com/Alfa-Romeo-Sloth.jpg)
go on say that isent cute. i dare you ;D
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It pales in comparison to the puppy, however ;D
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but look at its little face... ;D
its cuuuute
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Puppy still wins. Let's put a poll in the bored board.
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yes lets
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It's up
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let the battle commence
BTW think i see the start of a beautiful rivalry
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Lol? Rivalry? It's a forum board. We're all friends here.
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friendly Rivalry...
like a sloth and a puppy :woot2:
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HIV or some other incurable disease.
Of course, I'd have to first decide whether viruses are actual organisms (and we don't know if morphing works with RNA only when we deal with RNA viruses or retroviruses).
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I thought being my Andalite self would be fine..
But my uh.. sister..
K for real.
She could win anything with annoyance.
"K THIS GUY IM DATING IS INDIAN SANG TO ME IN HINDU AND BLAH DEE BLAH SHMIRK"
WTF.
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hundi munsh lada lolo wooow hundi munshie lama wooow
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Lol Brad?
And Leeran, Viruses are not considered life because they cannot reproduce on their own. I don't mean like bugs or parasites that need a "host" to lay eggs in, they still can make eggs. A virus has no means for any of that. They inject DNA into a healthy cell. Cell gets reprogramed, and makes more viruses. Two things though - I'd NEVER morph that small. A lone white blood cell might get lucky, also, there is no mind at all, nothing, not instinct at all. You'd have no conciousness, and be a soulless nothlit virus.
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also a virus would be a rubbish battle morph. it has no mass
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That's where you're wrong Brad, mass isn't everything.
If you could infect someone with an incurable disease, they would die. Simple as that. All it TECHNICALLY takes is one cell to start the cycle.
I'd never do it based on the fact you'd have no consciousness, and the microbe world is an extreme vicious place.
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also you wouldent know where you where on the battle field. but it could be good for asasination
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I'd still pick a taipan, where a random white blood cell or lucky antibody isn't the end of you. And you'd be conscious. And they'll still die in less than 5 minutes.
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... ok then mabey not
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For optimum Yeerk ownage:
Use a set of T-51b Power Armor (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/T-51b), which will stop Dracon Beam attacks.
Add in some headshots with A3-21's Plasma Rifle (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/A3-21%27s_Plasma_Rifle), with scope.
Or maybe lob 8 min-nukes & blow up the whole Yeerk pool with the Experimental MIRV Launcher (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Experimental_MIRV),
Or if else fails just morph a Super Mutant. (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Super_mutant)
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..... ok that could work too :-X
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For optimum Yeerk ownage:
Use a set of T-51b Power Armor (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/T-51b), which will stop Dracon Beam attacks.
Add in some headshots with A3-21's Plasma Rifle (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/A3-21%27s_Plasma_Rifle), with scope.
Or maybe lob 8 min-nukes & blow up the whole Yeerk pool with the Experimental MIRV Launcher (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Experimental_MIRV),
Or if else fails just morph a Super Mutant. (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Super_mutant)
lol. Technology does have a way of owning biology.
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The problem is, how would you go about aquiring those things? And besides, it's been said max power dracons/shredders and blow through feet of solid steel.
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so can a rhino... and a sloth
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Find me a rhino... or a sloth... that can blow through feet of solid steel, and I will agree with you and retract my previous statement.
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errr look over there *points*
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The problem is, how would you go about aquiring those things? And besides, it's been said max power dracons/shredders and blow through feet of solid steel.
so can a rhino... and a sloth
I'm going to presume I misunderstood what you wrote because there's no way a normal, unenhanced, unarmed rhino (never mind a sloth) could blow through several feet of solid (undamaged/altered) steel. Or in the worse case do it as efficiently as say a dracon/shredder weapon.
Tech:1
Biology:0
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I'd go with a jaguar. Lions have the strength and power, but jaguars are excellent for ambushing and stalking- and if someone's watching anothers Rhino or Lion, someone could dart in with a jaguar for the KO. That's a bit like what Cassie or Tobias did with wolf/hawk morphs respectively.
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Lets say you morph a virus . . . what stops you from infecting your own guys on accident, leaving the enemy totally unbothered?
Also come on, a sloth can't get through solid feet of tissue paper, let alone steel. Now a mutant sloth on the other hand, one that's about ten feet tall with six foot long claws . . . they can get through the tissue paper, but still not the steel :P
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i still think you lot are underestimating the sloth....
but like i said earlyer i dont think a virus can count as a morph cuz its only one cell. i dont think you could go that small. also cells are mindless so you are much more likely to get stuck. the other problem is how would you reach your target.. if it was even a meter away you could never reach it within 2 hours.....
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i still think you lot are underestimating the sloth....
It's really hard not to, it's so cute ;)
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Didn't bring it up earlier but when I was little I read somewhere that sloths were the slowest animals on the planet. I'm not sure what they meant by that because in theory anything can try and move as slow as possible. Point is sloth is not going to win any combat situations vs several feet of solid steel.
Now to viruses I'd agree you couldn't morph one but if you could in theory you could be an airbourne virus so I guess you could move further than you'd think in two hours. However 1 virus cell completely blind vs most organisms with an immune system won't do too much damage. Suppose it is an uber virulent multiplying virus in 2hours it'd still wouldn't reproduce that much methinks. Not to mention that a virus's effectiveness would be more susceptible to the environment (like temperature) than say a sloth :P
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I'm pretty sure most viruses die when they inject DNA/RNA into a cell to reproduce.
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I'm pretty sure most viruses die when they inject DNA/RNA into a cell to reproduce.
yer Think i think your right about that gimme a few minutes to look through my course books though
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You know I've given it some thought and when it comes to assassination some sort of venomous snake is considered a pretty good morph right? But I'd go for something spookier.
I'd be a female Black Widow spider. See she's small enough to get in and out unnoticed, can cause severe pain to her victim and, should the bite be delivered to the right place, the chance of fatality jumps, what's more who the heck isn't scared to death when they see a Black Widow crawling up their arm? While its true you couldn't cover very much ground and are much easier to kill if your target is indoors a spider is less out of place than, say, a rattler.
Now if Ax had been a Black Widow when he bit Visser Three he would have been small enough to just keep biting him until the Andalite host body died . . . of course there's the whole "how would he get onto the Visser" question, but bare in mind, them spiders can make parachute things out of their silk and fly around, scary little buggers, so Ax flies onto Visser Three, bites him, then Visser Three gets super powers.
. . . no wait . . . well, never mind, the point is a Black Widow would be an awesome morph.
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Yes, while Black Widow venom is technically several times more powerful than many snakes,
Although these spiders are not especially large, their venom is extremely potent...The actual amount injected, even by a mature female, is very small in physical volume. When this small amount of venom is diffused throughout the body of a healthy, mature human, it usually does not amount to a fatal dose (though it can produce the very unpleasant symptoms of latrodectism). Deaths in healthy adults from Latrodectus bites are relatively rare in terms of the number of bites per thousand people.
I wouldn't want to settle for a chance, let alone if it will take a while.
I'd go with a Taipan snake as far as assassinations go. You're basically physically helpless and in tremendous pain within the first 5-10 minutes of a bite, and dead soon after.
Probably less. No one has died from a bite from an Inland Taipan, but only for two reasons. One, is that they are very rare and far from populated areas, and all bites from this snake are promptly treated with antivenom.
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I think I'll have to go with Skunk
its one of my favorite animals.
but if you are going for strength I think maybe a mountain Lion
or a hippopotamus just because they don't look like they can kill you but they can.
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anything:i would go andalite
stick to the zoo:um...tiger?or wolf(which belongs a bit more where i live).
with a team:eagle
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How is a skunk a battle morph?
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Remember what it did to the Visser.
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I'm partial to hyenas myself. Particularly the spotted hyena. Largely nocturnal, so good in dark places, and a strong bite force. Effective against humans and Taxxons and could do some damage to one particular Andalite-Controller.
Probably not so useful in direct combat with a Hork-Bajir, but great for attacking one from behind or in a vulnerable area.
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Of course, we have no idea if a tiger could really take on a Hork-Bajir.
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Anything: Unicorn... no, really. I have a totally badass horn like a Rhino and you can paint my legs blue and trick Controllers into thinking I'm an Andalite. =P
Zoo: Tiger or Snow Leopard (I generally stick to the second in fanfics or whatever but don't know how effective it would be.)
Team: Although I think the assasinating snake suggestion is tactical I have a complete phobia! Haha. Nah in a team I would still stick to one of the above two.
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Tiger or Snow Leopard
Or acquire both and do the frolis maneuver. They're genetically compatible, although the offspring would likely be sterile. But you'd have the strength and tenacity of the Tiger and Snow Leopard's landspeed.
Going that route, what zoos are carrying Ligers and Tigons these days?
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So now are we officially moving on to new battle morphs using frolis maneuver? Funny this topic was 2 years old and it's been brought back about the same time as me!
If alien species within the Animorph's world are allowed (ignoring my previous Ellimist/Crayak level mentions and the planet sized aliens [Ellimist creator and Taxxon mountain]) then here are some other suggestions...the alien that used to prey on Andalites in their ancient times, Luminar or the flying bird predator Visser 3's morphs. Actually most of his morphs are incredibly deadly all potential battle morphs.
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Or acquire both and do the frolis maneuver.
Ooohhh. That would be cool. The Frolis maneuver never made much sense to me. Only because it seems like the kind of technique that should be restricted to 'good morphers' like Cassie, but Ax is able to do it and he's young and inexperienced. Doesn't Elfangor do it as well? Or does he just acquire one guy?
I guess what I'm saying is, if the Frolis maneuver were simple enough for Ax to use then the other Animorphs should have been able to use it and create some awesome morphs.
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Elfangor acquires several men and uses the frolis maneuver. It's in Andalite Chronicles that we learn the name for what Ax does.
Big cats are mostly compatible as hybrids. There's also an instance of wolves and coyotes interbreeding due to shortage of habitat.
Mind you the frolis maneuver may not actually work that way, but if four different humans can be combined in one morph then it's safe to assume that you could combine DNA of creatures from the same group as well.