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Post by dinosauria101 on Jan 11, 2020 19:23:38 GMT 5
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Post by kekistani on Jan 12, 2020 1:08:25 GMT 5
Oh God, what do you have against the bass? The peacock bass does not have the dentition to deal with the snakehead, though it could do some ramming damage with the sheer speed it would hit it. On the other hand, the Northern snakehead has ferocious teeth for a fish of its size and is also very agile and aggressive. Going with the Channa.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jan 12, 2020 1:46:51 GMT 5
Nothing - I thought they had deadly bites like the snakehead.
Yeah, this is a mismatch then
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Post by kekistani on Jan 12, 2020 1:52:14 GMT 5
Nothing - I thought they had deadly bites like the snakehead. Yeah, this is a mismatch then Peacock bass usually suction feed like real bass. They have rasping teeth to hold prey that's too big to swallow in one go while they gulp it down. |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jan 12, 2020 3:47:23 GMT 5
Ouch.
Having said that, it seems only the WORLD RECORD northern snakehead is 8 kg, not the average. This may give the bass enough size advantage to even the playing field
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 4:17:44 GMT 5
Peacock bass aren't very well armed and snakeheads have a lot more weapons
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jan 12, 2020 6:38:05 GMT 5
^I mean yes, that's true.
But surely some size advantage for the bass can help its weapons out?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 6:58:52 GMT 5
Not really, just a larger target
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Post by kekistani on Jan 12, 2020 12:48:07 GMT 5
^I mean yes, that's true. But surely some size advantage for the bass can help its weapons out? This is gonna be like Shastasaurus vs Megalodon all over again, except this time the loser is both longer AND heavier. |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jan 12, 2020 18:04:13 GMT 5
This might not be such a mismatch after all.
If we choose to trust chesapeakebay.net on ~82.5 cm being the average, that scaling down from an 8 kg, 100-150 cm snakehead is ~2.3 kg. This is in contrast to a 9 kg peacock bass, and with such size advantage I could see the peacock bass doing some serious damage by grabbing and throttling the snakehead
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Post by 6f5e4d on Jan 12, 2020 23:25:08 GMT 5
The bass is bigger and its jaws are more designed to crush compared to the slicing jaws of the snakehead, the bass can win.
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Post by kekistani on Jan 13, 2020 3:25:58 GMT 5
This might not be such a mismatch after all. If we choose to trust chesapeakebay.net on ~82.5 cm being the average, that scaling down from an 8 kg, 100-150 cm snakehead is ~2.3 kg. This is in contrast to a 9 kg peacock bass, and with such size advantage I could see the peacock bass doing some serious damage by grabbing and throttling the snakehead But 2.3KG is not the mass specified in the fight, it is 8KG. Not to mention the bass is going to have a very difficult time actually grabbing the snakehead due to the way the mouth is structured. |
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Post by kekistani on Jan 13, 2020 3:27:00 GMT 5
The bass is bigger and its jaws are more designed to crush compared to the slicing jaws of the snakehead, the bass can win. Bass gulp down and swallow prey smaller than themselves. They (and this one especially) do not have notable teeth. The ones they do have are sandpaper like to grip prey and swallow it down. The snakehead can go for bigger fare and is better equipped to kill its opponent, as it can cause serious damage to the fins and body by cutting them up. |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jan 13, 2020 4:13:39 GMT 5
This might not be such a mismatch after all. If we choose to trust chesapeakebay.net on ~82.5 cm being the average, that scaling down from an 8 kg, 100-150 cm snakehead is ~2.3 kg. This is in contrast to a 9 kg peacock bass, and with such size advantage I could see the peacock bass doing some serious damage by grabbing and throttling the snakehead But 2.3KG is not the mass specified in the fight, it is 8KG. Not to mention the bass is going to have a very difficult time actually grabbing the snakehead due to the way the mouth is structured. Yeah, about that, I made an error while researching in the OP. 8 kg is the record and not the average like I thought ( see this for more proof). As for the bass jaws" It's no pitbull, but they do have a reasonably strong jaw structure and a large mouth gape which may prove deadly. The snakehead surely has a good chance, however, as you said. |
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Post by kekistani on Jan 13, 2020 4:22:55 GMT 5
But 2.3KG is not the mass specified in the fight, it is 8KG. Not to mention the bass is going to have a very difficult time actually grabbing the snakehead due to the way the mouth is structured. Yeah, about that, I made an error while researching in the OP. 8 kg is the record and not the average like I thought ( see this for more proof). As for the bass jaws" It's no pitbull, but they do have a reasonably strong jaw structure and a large mouth gape which may prove deadly. The snakehead surely has a good chance, however, as you said. Large mouth gape that isn't designed for catching large prey, certainly not snakehead-sized. The bass just cannot kill the snakehead effectively and quickly. |
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