March Mammal Madness Round 2: Sexy Beasts

March Mammal Madness
Round 2: Sexy Beasts
Match Up
Elephant Seal
Winner
Kangaroo
Rationale/Details
Kangaroo: overconfident,
loses footing in sand
Elephant Seal: home turf
of beach, aggressive,
massive skull
Wolverine
Gigantohpithecus
Wolverine: sharp claws
and crushing jaws, can
handle snow
Gigantopithecus:
fossilized ape that lived in
SE Asia from 8 million to
100,000 years ago,
fossilized remains in teeth
show that it ate grasses
and fruits, home turf
advantage of SE Asia
Lion
Daeodon
Amphicyon
Brown Bear
Wolverine lunges,
Giganto’s long arms bring
down a fist on wolverine’s
nose, wolverine backs
down
Lion: normally clamp
down on trachea sealing it
shut
Amphicyon: shearing,
teeth likely to sever
jugular vein or rip open
ribcage, Europe, lived 2316 million years ago
Comparable size, but
sharp teeth cut into major
blood vessels of the lion’s
neck
Brown Bear: can be over
10’tall standing on hind
legs, 1500lbs,
Daeodon: roamed N.
America 25-18mya, eats
primarily succulents,
home turf advantage,
slashes with tusks, 12’
long, 2200lbs,
Brown bear home turf of
Yellowstone Park, size
each other up, B. Bear
lunges, Daeodon retreats,
full scale chase, B. Bear
swipes and knocks
daeodon’s legs out from
under him, B. Bear leaps
on Daeodon’s stomach
and bites its neck,
defends by snapping jaws,
Daeodon’s leg broken so
cannot run, bleeds out.