Posted on 06/17/2013 4:03:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
According to PPP — the YOLO-est of all the pollsters — 56 percent of Americans think a bear would win a fight against a shark, while 44 percent picked the shark. The setting of the fight was not specified, but presumably we are to assume water shallow enough for the bear to stand but deep enough for the shark to swim, otherwise the question would be kind of absurd. Anyway, here is someone who has thought more about this than you have.
As someone who has tangled with both, I’d fight a bear over a shark any day! Both would overpower a human in most fights but sharks have serious homefield advantage.
It's not complicated...
So it’s an American bear! USA USA USA!
Ursine ursine, teeth like a saw,
Eat that fish up
Raw raw raw!
The majority of Americans have never contemplated such a match, let alone decided on a theoretical victor.
The bear will retreat, upon serious injury, if it’s cubs are not in danger. A shark will never stop trying to eat, as long as it is capable. If you gut a shark in the water, it’s instincts will compel it to devour it’s own entrails. My money’s on the shark.
I don’t know about a shark, but these days, I would bet on a bear versus a bull.
Yeah. largest Bear vs Great White? Seems that makes a difference although I don’t see how even a large bear would prevail against any moderately sized shark if the bear stayed in the water. Shark would destroy his legs, he would fall down and the shark would eat him in a matter of minutes. No contest
Who has home field?
I’d bet depending on who has the home field advantage.
Shark on land = helpless. Bear in deep water = almost helpless.
Depth of water would seem to be a major variable.
A more important issue. Bear vs. Tiger.
Why can’t they just be friends?
There was once lots of betting on Bears and Bulls in an arena...
Heh, not the pussy-footed financial ones, but the actual ones...:)
This is just stupid. The answer is they wouldn’t fight.
What if the Bear was from San Francisco, spoke with a lisp and wore Mossy Oak boots?
A polar bear and a great white; great white wins.
A polar bear and a sand shark; polar bear wins.
I worked as a machinist for a few years and we had these stupid discussions every day on the shop floor. This was an easy one.
A bear is armed, therefore he wins.
If the shark is swimming upstream to spawn, I go with the bear.
Easy. A shark is nothing but a big salmon to a bear.
Shark - teeth
Bear - teeth and claws
Game, set and match......bear.
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