Ultimate Deathmatch: Monkey vs. Dog in 1799
Posted by John Brownlee
10 Zen Monkeys has posted a fascinating article answering once and for all the age old question “Who would win a fight to death? A dog? Or a monkey with a stick?” Along the way, Todd Carbon has taken the time to document the equally fascinating deathmatch that has gone on between the editors of the Monkey-baiting Wikipedia article.
Who would win, you ask? Like there was ever any doubt.
In 1799, a quite unusual fight between two animals was staged in Worcester. The wager stood at three guineas, according to which the dog would kill the monkey in at most six minutes. The dog’s owner agreed that the monkey would be allowed to defend itself with a stick about a foot long…
The monkey’s owner took a stick, about twelve inches long, from his coat pocket, tossed it to the monkey and said: “Now Jack, pay attention, defend yourself against the dog!”…
He let the dog go and it sprang at the monkey like a tiger. The monkey was amazingly nimble, jumped about three feet high in the air and when it came down landed directly on the dog’s back, bit firmly in the dog’s neck, grabbed his opponent’s left ear with his hand thereby preventing the dog from turning his head to bite him. In this totally surprising situation the monkey now began to work over the dog’s head with his club and he pounded so forcefully and relentlessly on the dog’s skull that the poor creature cried out loudly. In short, the skull was soon cracked and the dead dog was carried from the ring. Yet, the monkey was only of medium size.
Monkey v. Dog v. Wikipedia [10 Zen Monkeys]
Categories: Violence, Monkeys, Horror
Posted at 12:05 pm on July 25, 2007
2 Comments -
Considering the previous post I think the real question is “Who would win in a fight to the death? Someone dressed as a dog? Someone dressed as a monkey?”
That’s right, I’m talking furry fighting. To the death. Everyone wins.
Except the furries because, let’s face it, they’ve already lost.
Comment by Ross R. — July 25, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
In Dog vs Monkey, it would depend on the dog and the monkey. The average lab macaque could clean the average dog’s clock. The trouble with monkeys is, not being predators, they don’t have the instinct to finish off their opponent. Eliza, when she was a monkey (around 1988) would have reached for her knife and disembowelled any dog that messed with her!
Comment by Mogo the Mugger — July 26, 2007 @ 2:04 pm