Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before seen in insects

Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by bigbubba on Thursday November 26, 2020 @06:52PM (#25224392)

I think the tiger would easily crush your neck, even if their teeth couldn't pierce the mail. I'd give better odds to a knight wearing a lot of plate armor. Still not very good odds though.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by jacquesm on Friday November 27, 2020 @06:46AM (#25227858)

I've seen a grown man turned into Filet American by an ordinary housecat with a grudge. A tiger is off the scale in terms of the damage that it will be able to do and no matter what body protection you wear short of a full body armor you will likely end up slightly dead.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by _Microft on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:43AM (#25228236)

Sigh

I should have seen it coming. This or Miles O'Brien himself chiming in and telling us that trace amounts of exotic substances in medieval chain armour would have interfered with the transporter's Heisenberg compensators.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by inawarminister on Thursday November 26, 2020 @06:53PM (#25224394)

I don't know, properly made chainmail suit is bite and scratchproof. Might be able to wrestle the tiger into submission. Though the weight of the tiger is going to be a VERY HUGE issue. Give me a spear and I'll be willing though.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by edgyquant on Thursday November 26, 2020 @09:47PM (#25225186)

You aren’t gonna be able to wrestle a full grown tiger it’s hard enough wrestling a Pitbull or Rottweiler.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by Razengan on Friday November 27, 2020 @04:40AM (#25227015)

> Give me a spear and I'll be willing though.

That should make for an interesting YouTube video.

On the condition that the tiger is a healthy adult in the wild, hungry, and has never been captive, and someone is standing nearby not to interfere but to hit the upload button after you’re slain.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by kingbirdy on Thursday November 26, 2020 @09:09PM (#25225029)

Chainmail is bite proof in that it will likely prevent the tiger's teeth from puncturing your skin, but a tiger's jaw is strong enough to snap almost any bone in your body through the chainmail, so it's ultimately not going to do you much good.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by WalterBright on Friday November 27, 2020 @02:02AM (#25226173)

Many cats kill by crushing the throat, choking the prey. I doubt mail would stop that.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by powersnail on Friday November 27, 2020 @03:11AM (#25226497)

I have seen footage of a tiger pushing down the head of a charging antelope with one paw.

Human has no chance wrestling an adult tiger.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by tpxl on Friday November 27, 2020 @04:58AM (#25227150)

There are accounts of people killing bears bare handed (though I don't know how adult they are), so it may not be as far fetched.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by powersnail on Friday November 27, 2020 @01:58PM (#25231589)

Two problems I think. First, the kind of bear and the age of the bear. The size and strength of bears range widely. Fighting a sun bear is somewhat reasonable. Fighting a grizzly, on the other hand.....

Second, video proof. I know this kind of things probably aren't taped, because the people are busy fighting for their life. But, still, I'd be skeptical before I see some proof, that a person fought and killed an healthy adult grizzly (or some other comparable types) without a firearm or trap.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by chordalkeyboard on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:19PM (#25224503)

not bite proof, this is why they use cages to protect against really big sharks.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by freshpots on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:31PM (#25224850)

Sharks are larger and have larger teeth though. Plus, they have an advantage b/c they live in water and we don't. Bring them to land and we can debate a cage-less shark fight. The tiger situation seems more possible but I wouldn't try it.

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Re:Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before s... by chordalkeyboard on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:32PM (#25224858)

I'm just saying that there's a limit to the amount of bite protection provided by chain mail.

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