animal face off show?
what is your opinion of the show animal faceoff. i think it is the worst show on discovery channel and animal planet. I mean they get 75% of the outcomes wrong especialy with the ones with the tiger in it. a tiger beats a lion in any real battle. htat probably the only battle with the lion beating a tiger in it. Wrong Wrong WRONG! Tigers would not loose to a grizzly no matter what they say. first of all the tiger would speed behind it and ppunce on its back. whats your opinion about the show.
Chazzy ... the animals don't really fight. The face-off is a computer simulation between the two animals in question.
From what I have seen, the fights are not realistic and the simulations are (in more simple terms) pathetic.
In wolf vs. mountain lion simulation, the wolf bites the mountain lion on the leg. During the buildup, the bite strength of a wolf would shatter bones outright. Guess what? The leg bite had no effect whatsoever and the cougar kept jumping around. That one was terrible.
In the elephant vs. rhino, the rhino's horn would tear into an elephant's flank like a knife through warm butter. However, the fight simulation had the elephant jumping to the side a la ninja and completely avoiding the horn strike. Elephants do not side jump nor are they so agile that they could avoid a hit like the one simulated.
With the grizzly vs. tiger fight, the tiger would ambush the bear and tear through the back of the muscular neck before the bear knew what hit it. The jaw strength and claw locking power of its paws would ensure a nearly quick kill. However, you should known that grizzlies have running speeds near those of horses, so they are not slow animals.
The problem with this show in general is that it only takes a few things into account and not the entire situation. Also, it makes the fight head to head, which is not how many of these animals actually attack their prey or invading opponents. Finally, while some of these fights are interesting to think about, they would never happen since more times than not, they WOULD NOT fight. This is a common myth (as seen with dolphins vs. sharks, but that is for another question if ever asked).
Flashy graphics and interesting (albeit selective) aspects of animal biology does not equate into a successful or intelligent show.
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