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According to a YouGov poll that asked which animals British people thought they could beat in unarmed combat<\/a>, 38 per cent thought they could \u2018ruff\u2019 up a medium-sized dog, 18 per cent thought they could vanquish an eagle, and 7 per cent fancied their chances against the world\u2019s longest venomous snake, the king cobra.<\/p>\n Rats and house cats were the easiest presumed pushovers, with two-thirds of participants claiming they could see one off, while grizzly bears, elephants and lions were rightfully respected \u2013 only 2 per cent of pollsters claimed they\u00a0would be able to\u00a0take one down.<\/p>\n Perhaps unsurprisingly, British men were more likely than British women to think they could win a fight with an animal.\u00a0For example,\u00a015 per cent of men felt they could take on a chimpanzee, compared with just 4 per cent of women.<\/p>\n Across the Atlantic, Americans were more brazen, believing they could bag a win. Inexplicably, the effect is greatest for geese, with 61 per cent of\u00a0people in the US\u00a0claiming the ability to subdue an angry goose, compared with 45 per cent of Brits.<\/p>\n Thankfully, no animals were harmed in the making of this poll. It\u2019s all opinion, bluster and hubris.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Arlo Head, London<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Helen Pilcher Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am According to a YouGov poll that asked which animals British people thought they could beat in unarmed combat, 38 per cent thought they could \u2018ruff\u2019 up a medium-sized dog, 18 per cent thought they could vanquish an eagle, and 7 per cent fancied their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":394,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/12\/what-animals-could-most-humans-beat-in-a-fight.jpg",1200,536,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/12\/what-animals-could-most-humans-beat-in-a-fight-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/12\/what-animals-could-most-humans-beat-in-a-fight-300x134.jpg",300,134,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/12\/what-animals-could-most-humans-beat-in-a-fight-768x343.jpg",768,343,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/12\/what-animals-could-most-humans-beat-in-a-fight-1024x457.jpg",800,357,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/12\/what-animals-could-most-humans-beat-in-a-fight.jpg",1200,536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/12\/what-animals-could-most-humans-beat-in-a-fight.jpg",1200,536,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Helen Pilcher Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am According to a YouGov poll that asked which animals British people thought they could beat in unarmed combat, 38 per cent thought they could \u2018ruff\u2019 up a medium-sized dog, 18 per cent thought they could vanquish an eagle, and 7 per cent fancied their…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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