• Question: what would win in a fight between a 30ft grizzly and a giant squid

    Asked by starshipgalaxy to Charlie, Eoin, Jemma, Julian, Steve on 17 Mar 2011.
    • Photo: Eoin Lettice

      Eoin Lettice answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Hi ,
      Another interesting question.
      i suppose it depends on where the fight happened: Giant squid are fantastic movers under water but are rubbish on dry land. Likewise, grizzly bears are fast and furious on land but not great under water.

      On the whole, I’d have to give it to the squid… if only because 30ft grizzlys aren’t that common!

      Eoin

    • Photo: Charlie Ryan

      Charlie Ryan answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      giant squid. Absolutely no question about it.

    • Photo: Julian Rayner

      Julian Rayner answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Got to give me more details starship – is the fight on land or in the sea?

      Not much of a contest either way – on land, the squid would be dead in a few minutes anyway, and in the sea, the grizzly would drown.

      I think way cooler is the fact that noone has ever seen a live giant squid – they wash up dead on beaches, but people have been trying to capture them on camera for years without success.

    • Photo: Jemma Ransom

      Jemma Ransom answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      I’m not sure how you would bring the two together. giant squid can’t survive out of the water, and if you put a grizzly bear in the water it would drown! However if you could hypothetically make some sort of mixed environment boxing ring, I think the squid would win as it could fire poison at the bear, the bear however really needs contact to inflict any damage.

    • Photo: Stephen Moss

      Stephen Moss answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi Starship
      If a grizzly could get to that size then it would probably win, unless of course the fight took place at the bottom of the sea.

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