World Dominance

[Nicadymus]

I dno't know if any of you have ever encountered a New York City Sewer Rat, but those things will disembowel you so fast you will be staring at your intestines for a full 15 minutes before you finally pass out from blood loss.

Maybe we should square an Austrailian Koala off against a New York City Sewer Rat?  Call it Vermin Vendetta or something Corney like that?  We could then branch out to include vermin from all over the world.

Just a thought

[JP Dogberry]

The rat would go down in half a second. 3 to 1 odds.

Seriously, the rat comes anywhere near the Koala, it gets clawed to death. No question. And Koalas aren't rodents. They're marsupials.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

You really don't understand New York Sewer Rats. Capybaras the largest rodent? Hardly. New York has rats than can arm wrestle a swamp full of gators without breaking a sweat.They've got teeth and claws. Some rumors even say their tails are prehensile and can be used as weapons.

Sorry, but the Koala just moves too slow and lacks the power. My money's on the rat.

[JP Dogberry]

It moves slow so as not to waste energy.  Once in combat, it uses the saved energy, and then there's trouble. The rat needs to get pretty close to attack, you see, but the Koala can hold it at arms length and crush its puny skull. Koalas like to crush puny skulls.

Also, the Koala would have an environmental advantage in many places. If it gets to a tree, well, game over. (A Bridge would also do). If it gets in the water, well, game over again.  Not even a New York rat has a chance to beat a Koala swimming.

[Maxwell]

I'd go with the rat, I've seen those things... but have you ever seen a california opossum? even the coyotes cower in fear of them, they're just as big if not larger than the sewer rats, and their tails are not rumored to be prehensile, they are...
But scariest of all...the north irish sheep...I don't even want to remember for it could undo all those years of therapy.
*T.F.O. curls up in a fetal position begins to shake and repeats "no more sheep mama no sheep mama...*

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

sorry, JP, you fail to impress us. all money is on the rat. The rat has the same claws and better teeth, plus the tail. They have the speed WITHOUT having to save up. and they can climb, scurry, and swim as good as anyting. Goodness, man, they live in NEW YORK SEWERS. Anything that can do that has an environmental advantage over ANYTHING that doesn't.

[Master Xaio]

The koala kicks your crummy little rat.  Period.  Next Contestant please.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

you know, Outkast, that post was nothing less than stupid.

[Master Xaio]

Yeah, well, what can you expect from a brash, koala whacking aussie from down - under? culture? sophistication? pah, those things don't exist down here.

[JP Dogberry]

It was, however, correct.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

feh. That koala's got nothin. The rat man, you obviously know nothing about the rat.

[JP Dogberry]

"Martial Arts is not about knowing your opponent - it is about knowing yourself"

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

a) this isn't you that's fighting.
b) you DO need to know, at least, if your opponent is immune to your pathetic attacks.

[JP Dogberry]

I don't know. But the Koala - oh, it knows.

[Entsuropi]

See, here in britain we don't have any of these issues. The wildlife knows who is boss - humans. Anything that takes issue with this fact is sumarily run over with a land rover. With spiked wheels.