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Which animal is more terrifying ? Komodo Dragons or Orcas?
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In general, Orcas are more terrifying. Maybe the most terrifying of all animals.
But they don't attack humans in the wild, so that's easy to ignore.
I feel much more threatened by dragons.
Fit, non-runner humans can easily sprint 14+ mph, so at least you have a chance.
But they don't attack humans in the wild, so that's easy to ignore.
I feel much more threatened by dragons.
Fit, non-runner humans can easily sprint 14+ mph, so at least you have a chance.
Sure yeah, but I would be more fascinated by an orca if I was near one. I mean, I think Komodo Dragons are cool too, but having seen videos of them capturing and killing prey they are brutal. They are powerful and have this very cold way of killing and eating.
With Orcas I'm just not concerned they would ever attack me.
....yet
They've just started attacking and sinking boats. Its only a matter of time really. They don't even have to kill us to eat us, if they discover tossing around a human like a rag doll can be fun experience, they'll add it to their list of recreational activities.
there is technically one other predator in the ocean that can match up to Orcas, which is Sperm Whales. Orcas hunt child sperm whales, but it'd take an entire pod to take down an adult female and I don't know if there's a recorded instance of them taking down an adult Bull Sperm Whale (a pod probably could take single one down, but only with such substantial losses that they'd never really try)
The Orca. Cant outswim that and they are super smart.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs8ZveNZQ8g
Incredible how smart they are.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs8ZveNZQ8g
Incredible how smart they are.
Six foot tall ,helmet , fast swimmers and run at 31mph. I was at an animal show in Portaventura in spain one these came out he pointed up and it effortlessly jumped on a table top like watching the Jurassic Park 1 fake raptors
Komodo dragons are known to hide and lie in wait for a passing doe who's pregnant, then jump out and scare her to the point of miscarrying her young so it can feast on the aborted deer fetus.
I don't think any other animal on earth other than humans can approach that level of evil. The poll results are wrong.
I don't think any other animal on earth other than humans can approach that level of evil. The poll results are wrong.
Komodos are probably more dangerous to me in that I dunno they might get out at the zoo and bite me (I'd also like to go to Indoneisha, probably not any islands where they actually live but that's still more probable than me being around actual wild Orcas) but overall Orcas are the absolute kings of killer animals in terms of size and strength. Any animal that fucks around with great whites and wins is at the top of my list
Give me the low odds of being drowned and/or rag dolled by an Orca over the near certainty of witnessing myself being devoured alive by a dinosaur.
View: https://youtu.be/JGzeps7T1Mk?si=2SlvmtU1j_BokXfH
View: https://youtu.be/gA_m4reQjnQ?si=AsswKbCbHbkgIl4M
Nope, nah, and never
View: https://youtu.be/JGzeps7T1Mk?si=2SlvmtU1j_BokXfH
View: https://youtu.be/gA_m4reQjnQ?si=AsswKbCbHbkgIl4M
Nope, nah, and never
Feels like Orcas are more likely to help me than hurt me. Komodo Dragons will dig up my grave and chew on my bones.
No. Getting bit by a komodo dragon causes sepsis because like all animal bites their mouth is filthy and loaded with bacteria. Them being venomous is a myth though.
edit: I guess there is an urban legend after the venom urban legend that their mouth cultivate a specific type of bacteria, but it's just a normal gross animal bite on top of their prey running into dirty water causing more infection.
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While an Orca is the one you would more likely lose to in a 1v1, they are also pretty nice to people, Komodo's literally don't give a shit, they will fuck you up, so them.
I can't remember the whole video (and I might have some of this wrong) but there is somewhere that has a lot of Komodo Dragons and if you venture out of the safe zone and have any scratch or wound that is bleeding, they will smell it from miles away and start to home in on you during their feeding time. If you are bleeding even a little, you'll alert dozens of them in seconds, and because they can smell blood from so far away you wouldn't even know they are coming for you before it's too late. You have little chance of fighting one alone but a bunch of them and you have zero chance. The video made it seem like you are absolutely fucked unless you can get back to the safe zone as quickly as possible. That sounds scary as hell and made me fear those things more than I did before watching it.
Which seems scarier than Orcas to me until you add the water which adds another level of fear when you can't see them. I already can't stand swimming in any body of water that's not a pool because of my fear of the unknown. And they like to play with their prey which is fucked up.
I wouldn't want to encounter either of them in their environment so I go with both of them.
Which seems scarier than Orcas to me until you add the water which adds another level of fear when you can't see them. I already can't stand swimming in any body of water that's not a pool because of my fear of the unknown. And they like to play with their prey which is fucked up.
I wouldn't want to encounter either of them in their environment so I go with both of them.
Isn't there a Komodo Dragon park in Indonesia?
From what I understand attacks are pretty rare there unless I'm mistaken. With that said, them chasing you seems pretty terrifying.
But I also wouldn't want to be in the water with a wild orca. I'm gonna go with the orca because being in the water with one just isn't natural to us land dwellers.
From what I understand attacks are pretty rare there unless I'm mistaken. With that said, them chasing you seems pretty terrifying.
But I also wouldn't want to be in the water with a wild orca. I'm gonna go with the orca because being in the water with one just isn't natural to us land dwellers.
They hunted alongside people
View: https://youtu.be/6u2lahOrOmo
They're bros. Komodo dragons just want to kill you.
The only thing Orcas have really done is recently tipping boats over, but still everyone's been ok. They probably had a good reason ;)
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Komodo dragons can run, climb, swim, and are relentless once on your scent. And they'll eat you alive rather than end your misery. Basically, if they're hungry, and you're within their range, you're kinda fucked 😅
So unless orcas evolve into being land dwelling animals, komodos got this in a landslide for me
So unless orcas evolve into being land dwelling animals, komodos got this in a landslide for me
THIS. To add I can at least try to fend off a Komodo dragon…I ain't doing shit to a killer whale.
They may be smart enough to understand that if they get too aggressive towards humans, we can shoot them with guns and missiles if need be.
That's interesting. Why don't they swim to the other islands in Indonesia then?
Maybe too far. Maybe the ones that do don't find enough prey or mates and die out before establishing a population.
One of these I can completely avoid. One has the potential to chase me down wherever I run.
At least in my dreams. Komodo's are terrifying to me. A literal dinosaur.
At least in my dreams. Komodo's are terrifying to me. A literal dinosaur.