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Offline EmberGryphon

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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #75 on: February 24, 2009, 07:24:29 PM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #76 on: February 24, 2009, 07:32:36 PM »
Quote from: NorthAmericanScum on February 24, 2009, 07:20:45 PM
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #77 on: February 24, 2009, 07:38:24 PM »
^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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #78 on: February 24, 2009, 07:43:00 PM »
*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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #79 on: February 24, 2009, 08:02:58 PM »
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
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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #80 on: February 24, 2009, 08:24:08 PM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #81 on: February 24, 2009, 11:04:29 PM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #82 on: February 25, 2009, 08:53:18 AM »
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... (content advisory: profanity)

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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:



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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #83 on: February 25, 2009, 11:11:06 AM »
Quote from: JFalcon on February 24, 2009, 09:22:04 AM
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #84 on: February 25, 2009, 11:34:50 AM »
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

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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #85 on: February 25, 2009, 09:50:42 PM »
What if in morph the animorphs just pooped in the yeerk pool?
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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #86 on: February 26, 2009, 07:41:59 PM »
Quote from: Starsword on February 25, 2009, 09:50:42 PM
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #87 on: February 27, 2009, 04:36:14 AM »
Quote from: Mira on February 25, 2009, 11:11:06 AM
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #88 on: February 27, 2009, 10:26:15 AM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #89 on: February 28, 2009, 12:07:34 AM »
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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