Which animals could a human kill with swords?

[Fedorgasm]

I'm talking about something along the lines of a bull fighter. They kill a bull with nothing but swords and a cape.

Now of course they study the bull's movements and attack patterns and practice for years first, so it got me thinking, what other large animals could you do this with?

A tiger has more weapons than a bull and can change direction faster, so I think it would be much harder than a bull. But then who knows? Humans are smart and if someone dedicated their life to studying a tiger's attack tendencies perhaps he could pull it off.

What about bears? Lions? Crocs? Hippos? Elephants?

Disclaimer: I think bull fighting is disgusting and I do not support it. This is purely a hypothetical discussion on what might be possible.

 

[Krallang]

I'd say anything but a Hippo, Rhino, or Elephant.

A moose, bear, or big cat might get lucky.

If you could forge a particular sword based on the prey your fighting the odds would increase.

I'd take a spear any day though.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Liger

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Snow crabs

 

[Krallang]

I wouldn't worry about any bovine species, they can only pivot in one direction and immediately lose momentum. It's why people fight bulls. They either charge or pivot.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Dung beetle

 

[Demented]

Medieval knight vs sasquatch

https://www.bfro.net/legends/Iwein.asp

 

[Demented]

Hunting swords were a thing too. Havnt looked too much into the history though.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_sword

 

[eternaldarkness]

Lions and tigers won more often than not in gladiator matches.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

I think I could kill a pangolin with a sword.

 

[Swiftie]

@Clippy 's Cat

 

[Sakurabaism]

Small critters and other humans.

 

[Hyperglide]

 

[Clippy]

@Clippy 's Cat

The fuck

 

[oldshadow]

About any animal. But your odds go down on lots of them.

 

[oldshadow]

I'm talking about something along the lines of a bull fighter. They kill a bull with nothing but swords and a cape.

Now of course they study the bull's movements and attack patterns and practice for years first, so it got me thinking, what other large animals could you do this with?

A tiger has more weapons than a bull and can change direction faster, so I think it would be much harder than a bull. But then who knows? Humans are smart and if someone dedicated their life to studying a tiger's attack tendencies perhaps he could pull it off.

What about bears? Lions? Crocs? Hippos? Elephants?

Disclaimer: I think bull fighting is disgusting and I do not support it. This is purely a hypothetical discussion on what might be possible.

Not all there is too it.

And the only bullfighting I like is the America style.

 

[JOE QUEEF]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katar_(dagger)

 

[Bangkok ready d1]

Lions and tigers won more often than not in gladiator matches.

But gladiators competing in this type of matches were not trainned, i belive actuall swordsman could defeat lions and tigers

 

[Headkicktoleg]

A sword will cause a lot of damage on any land animal. It would have to be like a fucking blue sperm whale to not get totally fucked up.

 

[djacobox372]

A man with a sword would be at a disadvantage against almost any animal his own size or bigger... Humans are pathetic at fighting.

Not saying that the human couldn't score a killing blow, but most likely they'd be disarmed by the animals initial attack that would be too fast and/or powerful to parry.