Badger vs. Crab

Ric · 05-19-2009, 06:30 PM

I just found a much older example of an ancient crab which has remained pretty much unchanged for some 445 million years.

For a species to have been around for so long... it is astounding. The history of man is but the blink of an eye. They will probably still be around long after we are gone.

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0207135801.htm

EDIT: didn't get that one in, in time

Ric · 05-19-2009, 06:50 PM

The crab would easily win in a fight. For a start the badger would drown first

If we were to go by sheer weight in numbers then the crabs would have it billions to one. There are at least 4,500 species of crabs in the world. All of them vs all the badgers? The badgers would get owned!
There are even more crabs in the world than there are people.

The crab even has it's own star constellation in it's image. The constellation of cancer. In fact ther is a five planet solar system in this constellation mexicanskies.com/constellations/cancer.htm and it has been gazed upon by philosophers, astronomers and historians for for millennia. Our planet even has it's own tropic named after this, The Tropic Of Cancer. Thats north of the equator

Thats another example of how brilliant crabs are and how much influance they truly hold.

EDIT: Oh and ftr we dont eat badgers because they carry bovine tuberculosis... or however you spell it

We shoot them instead so they dont infect cattle.

Would you sunbathe here?

EDIT 2 More

Typhoid · 05-19-2009, 06:56 PM

Crab is in the lead for taking out cities and owning a constellation.

Badger, things are looking slim.

Professor S · 05-19-2009, 07:20 PM

Hmmm, I didn't take water into account, and that does make up most oft eh earth's surface.

I concede to the crab.

Ric · 05-19-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor S

I concede to the crab.

YES!!

Just when I was getting my crab army ready

EDIT: it has gone midnight and is officially wednesday where I am, UK GMT

I already stayed up late because of this thread

So in my mind the crab has already won. WOO, go crab!

KillerGremlin · 05-19-2009, 08:04 PM

I'm confused, the poll is a tie...so isn't it a tie still?

How can the crab win if this is a true vote?

EDIT: I voted for the crab by the way, not knockin' on the good thing we have going here...just sayin..

Typhoid · 05-19-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

I'm confused, the poll is a tie...so isn't it a tie still?

How can the crab win if this is a true vote?

The crab hasn't won yet, has it?

And yes, technically the poll is still a tie.
Until - as I said - tonight, when the tie shall be broken by whichever side makes the best argument.

You see, KG - in a fictional battle based on taste/overall girth/relative age and how many stars it has, I am the tie breaker.