User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Manticore vs Dingonek Collaboration with Thundrtri/@comment-5232784-20130415170942

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1. melee and mid range

The claws of both animals are probably dead even in their capbility to kill, but the walrus like saberteeth of the Dingonek outweigh the multiple fanged jaws of the Manticore. It is known that Sabertooth cats had weak bites when compared to modern day cats like lions, but with their serrated giant fangs, not a lot of power was needed to drive them through Bison, horse, and baby mammoth and Mastodon skin. The Scimitar Toothed cat of the Americas, called Homotherium, had teeth especially designed to take baby elephants down. So although the Manticore may have the more powerful jaws, the Dongonek has te more formidable teeth. It wins this department

EDGE: Dingonek!

2. Tail weapons

While both tails of these creatures are poisonous, the tail of the manticore can shoot poisonous barbs from it at great distances, while the Dongonek can only deliver its venom with a close range powerful strike. Though the Dongonek's armor will protect it from the barbs, while the manticore's skin and muscle will not protect it from the Dongonek's mighty tail, the long range of the barb tail gives the Manticore the edge here.

EDGE: Manticore!

3. Special

While the Manticore can fly and is faster, the Dingonek is encased all over in a Pangolin-type body armor, which is impervious to a .303 rifle shot. The Mantciore will fire barb after barb until it has not more barbs to fire, and will have not choice but to take this to a closer range level, perhaps doing dive bomb attacks, trying to sink its claws into its opponent. This can put it in danger, i.e. the tail of the Dingonek's thrusts. It the battle turns face to face, the horn of the Dingonek combined with its mighty waulrus saber teeth will make mince meat out of out mighty manticore.

EDGE: Dingonek!

The Dingonek wins this: it has hard pangolin like body armor, a horn and saber fang head, capable of delivering a three-pronged attack, and is stronger by far. The Manticore will tire out its superior stamina by trying to speed around the Dingonek, trying to find a weakness in its armor, and this will be its fatal undoing.

Plus, the Dingonek will actually have the superior stamina: Big cats are not known for their stamina (lactic acid builds up quickly in Big cat muscle, resulting in muscle fatique and pain. This is why the Jaguar was defeated by the Anaconda in the Animal face off episode that featured them in combat.). The Dingonek, though in some depictions has a cat like face, is far from being a big cat, and will possibly have superior stamina as well.

DINGONEK DEVOURS MANTICORE!!!!!