They're right about the goose. Do not fuck with.
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Peace was never an option.
I've always wanted to fight a goose how do they attack? Hit you with their feathers? They don't have teeth to puncture skin do they?
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Over 30% don't believe they would prevail over a house cat.
Would like to hear their story.
Cats are literally made of weapons and they are very assertive about their rights.
I don't know what precise definition you want to use for "win the fight," but in think in most cases, you will either kick the cat before it attaches itself to you or else it will do a significant amount of damage for which you should go to the hospital and then take its leave. I think the second outcome is probably a lot more likely if the cat has decided it's go time and I would generally define that as "win."
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My girlfriend's cat got very sick one day and we had to feed her through a tube.
Well one day she got better and decided that she wasn't going to put up with tube feeding. I am a 6ft, 230lb man and I shit you not, I had to put my entire body weight on her to keep her from squirming. Every ounce of my strength went into holding her down so that the tube wouldn't rip out of her throat as the food was going down. I couldn't believe how strong a kitty could be when you try to get them do do something they don't want to do.
So no I don't think I could take a house cat in a fight.
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Every single creature on this list would kick my ass no problem.
Please do not make me have to explain to my mother I lost a fight against a rat.
She'd understand if I lost a fight against a cat though. None of us win against an angry cat.
I'll stop at eagle, but it would be a close match, and I'd need the ER. Eagles aren't heavy, and if you can get your hand around it's neck, it's all over--swing it like a chicken. A large dog would be a toss-up, and no one is beating a chimp. No one. More people could beat a cobra than a chimp. There was the video of the guy besting a kangaroo, but that would not be me. The rest are fantasy.
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The longer I look at this the more fascinating it gets. The fact that the bottom rows are not absolute zero across the board. The fact that the US respondents are well over 3% confident they could take on a grizzly unarmed. Is it just a social thing, always responding with confidence ? Or do they have no basic idea what a grizzly really is. Are these always the same people who think they can take on a bear and a lion? So many questions, so little data.
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I'm surprised by eagle being so low. Like, they don't exactly have a ton of mass, and can't pick you up. If you can avoid getting blinded, there's not a whole lot they can do to you that isn't superficial scratches. If you can grab them, it's over.
I think you are underestimating how much an eagle talon can fuck up your face and neck, and difficult it would be to restrain one unarmed.
Okay, I grabbed it and now it opened two of my arteries. What should I do next?
Everyone thinks they could win a fight against a little person until they find out heβs holding knives in each hand and another in his mouth. Also eagles are huge.
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It says 'unarmed' but it doesn't clarify if you're unprotected. I assume not and you're in the standard issue Spandex shorts of fighting. So I would likely bleed out as a result of everything past rat, which is hardly a victory.
I had a wounded squirrel I thought my cat had killed lacerate the fuck out of my arm once. My cat would not have been as stopped at the tendon like that squirrel. And she knew it.
I'm way more confident in my ability to take a goose than a cat. Geese are mean and can hurt, but push come to shove I could tank that with adrenaline.
Cats will claw your eyes out.
Yes, I assume most people have never experienced a cornered cat.