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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #150 on: March 29, 2009, 02:09:33 PM »
i still think you lot are underestimating the sloth....

It's really hard not to, it's so cute  ;)
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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #151 on: March 29, 2009, 02:54:02 PM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #152 on: March 29, 2009, 07:42:34 PM »
I'm pretty sure most viruses die when they inject DNA/RNA into a cell to reproduce.

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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #153 on: March 30, 2009, 11:25:54 AM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #154 on: April 02, 2009, 07:08:14 AM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #155 on: April 06, 2009, 10:29:02 PM »
Yes, while Black Widow venom is technically several times more powerful than many snakes,

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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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #156 on: April 07, 2009, 01:59:09 AM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #157 on: January 25, 2011, 03:48:44 PM »
anything:i would go andalite
stick to the zoo:um...tiger?or wolf(which belongs a bit more where i live).
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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #158 on: January 26, 2011, 10:27:31 AM »
     How is a skunk a battle morph?
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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #159 on: January 26, 2011, 10:41:46 AM »
Remember what it did to the Visser.

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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #160 on: January 26, 2011, 11:26:52 AM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #161 on: January 26, 2011, 08:23:17 PM »
     Of course, we have no idea if a tiger could really take on a Hork-Bajir.
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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #162 on: January 31, 2011, 04:43:44 AM »
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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #163 on: January 31, 2011, 07:45:58 AM »
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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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Re: Battle morphs
« Reply #164 on: January 31, 2011, 10:23:14 AM »
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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