Here's the scenario: One man (or woman) and one adult North American bald eagle enter a large sports stadium. They must fight to the death. There is a time limit of 24 hours, after which if there is no winner both will be destroyed (like in the crazy Japanese movie with the schoolchildren), so there is no possibility of a draw. The human has no weapons and cannot make weapons MacGyver-style with things he finds in the stadium. Would the relentless talons of the eagle be too much for any mortal? Or do you think there is some martial arts master or highly trained commando with the reflexes, strength, and skill to finally establish our species' dominance over eaglekind?
2006-07-20
22:41:00
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benbass83
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Science & Mathematics
➔ Zoology
Ok, everybody seems to think that they could take an eagle, based on the fact that an adult only weighs about 12 pounds. BUT, lets not forget that eagles can dive at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. Its hard enough to barehand a baseball traveling at 60-70 miles per hour, imagine trying to barehand a squawking, 7 foot wide mass of feathers and razor sharp talons at 200 mph. I think you are underestimating the difficulty.
In regards to making the eagle attack, the rules would have somehow been explained to it previously in Eagle Squawking Language.
2006-07-20
22:59:34 ·
update #1