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To ask what is the largest wild animal you could fight off?

263 replies

Tsham · 04/08/2026 09:14

You’re walking in the countryside. An animal resents your presence and it goes for you.

One simple question.

What is the largest wild animal you think you could successfully fight off?

It doesn’t have to be a British wild animal. Feel free to choose a Koala or a Baboon, etc. if you wish.

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BranClaps · 07/08/2026 16:17

My own cat 😂 just kidding she’d kick my ass!

Blingismything · 07/08/2026 18:40

Possibly a vole? Or a dormouse

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 07/08/2026 19:41

ScottBakula · 07/08/2026 16:16

Are we allowed cartoon animals ?
I think i could beat Wili E Coyote all the traps he sets for road runner backfire so id just stand there and laugh at him

The very last episode they shook paw and wing

Lmnop22 · 07/08/2026 19:44

I could take down a panda I reckon. Unless I began to feel guilty halfway through because of how cute it was….

Other than that, maybe a sloth?

Lmnop22 · 07/08/2026 19:46

Tsham · 04/08/2026 15:38

Thanks for all the great responses.

I’ve started to think about whether I could fight of a reasonably sized crocodile by jumping onto its back, covering its eyes, and then running away very fast.

Does that count as a fight or a game of peekaboo?

ScottBakula · 07/08/2026 21:48

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 07/08/2026 19:41

The very last episode they shook paw and wing

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Awwwww pals I didn't know that .

corblimeymlud · 07/08/2026 23:40

Lmnop22 · 07/08/2026 19:44

I could take down a panda I reckon. Unless I began to feel guilty halfway through because of how cute it was….

Other than that, maybe a sloth?

Oh no the poor pandas! They are so easily scared !

randomchap · Yesterday 00:31

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 07/08/2026 19:41

The very last episode they shook paw and wing

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And then he dropped an anvil on her head?

no idea why I see the coyote as male and the roadrunner female

Davros · Yesterday 08:54

I’ve been thinking more about this and came up with a donkey. Ok, they’re not exactly wild and are usually placid and affectionate so, if a donkey got angry I reckon it wouldn’t last long. We could then stroll to the beach, with me on said donkeys back, to get an ice cream.

Goditsmemargaret · Yesterday 08:57

Patriciastaser · 04/08/2026 09:21

There’s an escaped capybara near me, apparently. I think I could handle him.

Ok this is off topic but wtf is the capybara obsession now? My dd never shuts up about them. I am absolutely convinced this animal did not exist anywhere when I was growing up. I don't even know what they look like. Is it a trick and we are living in a George Orwell novel?

NeverDropYourMooncup · Yesterday 09:45

Goditsmemargaret · Yesterday 08:57

Ok this is off topic but wtf is the capybara obsession now? My dd never shuts up about them. I am absolutely convinced this animal did not exist anywhere when I was growing up. I don't even know what they look like. Is it a trick and we are living in a George Orwell novel?

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A giant shorthaired guinea pig the size of a Labrador. Also make the same wheeeeeeeeeeeping noise as a standard snack size one.

Lmnop22 · Yesterday 12:46

corblimeymlud · 07/08/2026 23:40

Oh no the poor pandas! They are so easily scared !

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See, the guilt trip based on seeming cute and scared would be its primary defence mechanism - just have to power through and you could take it down!

corblimeymlud · Yesterday 22:08

😂😂😂

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