Could 40 midgets defeat a lion?

[X]

If the midgets actually killed 8 of each other first and then used the teeth and jawbones of the 8 dead midgets to dismember the rest of their bodies like so:

- behead all the dead midgets
- chop off all the arms and legs of the dead midgets.

They could then build a smallish wall, composed of the torsos of the dead midgets, behind which some of them could shelter from the lion (if they built it in the corner of the room, that would be better.

The heads should be kept inside or near the 'torso shelter', as they could be thrown at the lion whenever it came near them.

8 dead midgets makes 32 arms and legs, which is precisely enough to give each remaining midget a weapon.

Sheltering behind the torso castle which has been built, with a couple of midgets on guard with a pile of heads ready to throw, the remaining midgets would send out small battle groups one after the other in a strict rota(maybe about 6 at a time) all armed with a makeshift club made out of midget extremities.

Working to a shift patterm - with people taking it in terms to rest for 5 hours or so - the lion would be under a constant assault, soon exhausting it because lions are not built for stamina. Sure there would be casualties, and there is contingency for midget deaths built into my calculations - but the point is not to kill the lion, only to torment it and exhaust it.

Once it is completely knackered, it would be clubbed to death by a pack of howling, blood-soaked midgets using the severed limbs of their colleagues as weapons.

[Sharla]

The fortress idea sounds good but how do even 32 midgets kill eight and do all this dismembering and fortress building in 5 minutes without tools? We use tools for everything even in primitive cultures. Without them we are hopeless against an adapted powerful predator like a lion.

They would all have to be trained in some fairly intense tactics just to do the killing let alone the building and unless they all chose the same eight some would distrust the others for the remainder of the challenge as they would have had to defend themselves against them initially. This would make it harder to concentrate on the lion, more prone to psychological break down and a much higher probability of failure.

I still think minus any tools no hope. If they could fashion a rope to strangle or restrain the lion with from their clothing perhaps. If they could build a fire perhaps.

Knowing while 'playing' in a way which would not harm another lion at all they can do damage to a human which is fatal without emergency medical attention. That has been made clear by real life examples.

There would be no punching it that would just be like patting your kitty cat but making him angrier at the same time. To wrestle it you'd need to be able to jump on simultaneously while avoiding claws or teeth. To do that you'd need to be able to apply a weight which is far greater than the number of people which would surround it in close enough proximity to jump on.

Also you'd need to do it without hesitation. I doubt it's really possible with an agitated, angry lion who is jumping and pouncing on midgets or people and taking each out out at least to the point of serious maiming within about 3 secs a piece. He's not giving you any chance to get into position in significant enough numbers.

[Kev]

I actually think in reality that after the first four or five fatalities there would be a standoff. The lion would guard his kills and seek to intimidate the midgets from coming closer but would likely not run around killing them all.

Animals don't have those kind of aggressive fight to the death instincts. He'd likely just want to be left alone.

I keep changing my mind, its a suprisingly complex question

[Andre]

If the midgets actually killed 8 of each other first and then used the teeth and jawbones of the 8 dead midgets to dismember the rest of their bodies like so:

- behead all the dead midgets
- chop off all the arms and legs of the dead midgets.

They could then build a smallish wall, composed of the torsos of the dead midgets, behind which some of them could shelter from the lion (if they built it in the corner of the room, that would be better.

The heads should be kept inside or near the 'torso shelter', as they could be thrown at the lion whenever it came near them.

8 dead midgets makes 32 arms and legs, which is precisely enough to give each remaining midget a weapon.

Sheltering behind the torso castle which has been built, with a couple of midgets on guard with a pile of heads ready to throw, the remaining midgets would send out small battle groups one after the other in a strict rota(maybe about 6 at a time) all armed with a makeshift club made out of midget extremities.

Working to a shift patterm - with people taking it in terms to rest for 5 hours or so - the lion would be under a constant assault, soon exhausting it because lions are not built for stamina. Sure there would be casualties, and there is contingency for midget deaths built into my calculations - but the point is not to kill the lion, only to torment it and exhaust it.

Once it is completely knackered, it would be clubbed to death by a pack of howling, blood-soaked midgets using the severed limbs of their colleagues as weapons.

So most of your Ancestors died at the Collaseum as well eh .

[Andre]

Watching the history channel the other day they recon the bastard Romans killed 5000 lions just in the first opening week as a grand parade type thing .

They sent in prisoners, women, and kids to face the lions eventually, my bet is midgets would have been on their list too as a comedy relife the evil fuk wits.

[X]

I still think minus any tools no hope. If they could fashion a rope to strangle or restrain the lion with .

How about killing just 2 midgets and making a rope out of their intestines ? Admittedly, you may not get as much intestine out of one of them as you would out of Valuev, but 2 should suffice.

[Salty]

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And this was after the lion was shot, no chance of midgets winning, even with a midget torso castle.

[BoxingGorilla]

On the very first podcast of The Ricky Gervais Show they talked about this article. Funny stuff.

I would take 100 midgets over a lion cub.

[Sharla]

I still think minus any tools no hope. If they could fashion a rope to strangle or restrain the lion with .

How about killing just 2 midgets and making a rope out of their intestines ? Admittedly, you may not get as much intestine out of one of them as you would out of Valuev, but 2 should suffice.

What do they use to get the intestines out fast enough to make a rope with them within 5 minutes? Is that possible without a knife?

[BoxingGorilla]

Unless they are being sent in barefoot they could take off their shoes and use them for boxing gloves.

I would suggest trying to gouge out the eyes. Once you've blinded it, than you can kill it.

I think another good idead would be to "circle the wagons" and not stand in a clump. They could try to climb the chainlink fence (if it exists) and attack from on high. Divebombers.

[Master]

Midgets would win, I have seen lions taken down by a pack of wild dogs and the midgets can do the same with some co-ordination and planning. 5 minutes is enough to get the gimps to sacrificing themselves and the others to take out the eyes and legs of the lion and pile on. Easy victory, the more committed the midgets are the less fatalities they will have.

[X]

I still think minus any tools no hope. If they could fashion a rope to strangle or restrain the lion with .

How about killing just 2 midgets and making a rope out of their intestines ? Admittedly, you may not get as much intestine out of one of them as you would out of Valuev, but 2 should suffice.

What do they use to get the intestines out fast enough to make a rope with them within 5 minutes? Is that possible without a knife?

Good point .... how about if they just sent two midgets out to kill the lion on their own? They would most certainly be killed and lions do disembowel their prey ..... perhaps they could get at the intestines after that?

Actually, I would just kill kill a couple of midgets anyway, regardless of whether they could be harvested.

[Andre]

I still think minus any tools no hope. If they could fashion a rope to strangle or restrain the lion with .

How about killing just 2 midgets and making a rope out of their intestines ? Admittedly, you may not get as much intestine out of one of them as you would out of Valuev, but 2 should suffice.

What do they use to get the intestines out fast enough to make a rope with them within 5 minutes? Is that possible without a knife?

You just havent seen a pod of angry midgets in action have you?
Evil little fuks, wrap their laegs around one of yours ,grab hold of any fold with dumpy hands and rip into you with their teeth.,they have your guts for garters .