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Okay, I am just gonna knock on a few of the fighting animals of the kungfu systems that use them, and one of the theories, cuz I want to know people's opinion on this, and also because I am sick of so many of these stupid kung fu schools and websites and TV documentaries claiming these systems are so superior when it is not true.
Now, I read on a website (and if this is wrong, blame the website), that the praying mantis system of kung fu was started when some guy wintessed a praying mantis and a cicada engaged in a fight. He observed the movements of the mantis to form the art. The part that bugs me is, the cicada has to be one of the DUMBEST insects on the face of the earth. Scientists even wonder how manages to survive. All you have to do is knock it onto its back and it can't even get up. Against a mantis, a cicada would ahve lost in 2 seconds, and that's if even the mantis had any reason to attack the cicada. Which means that this "fight" between the two cannot have occurred.
Another animal that bugs me is the tiger. The tiger is made out in the Chinese arts to some brave, resilient, fighter animal that attacks with such skill and accuracy. Yeah, it can hunt that way, but as a fighter, a tiger is a pussy in the cat world. Against a male African lion, the tiger loses 99% of the time. The tiger is only "quiet, calm, and composed," as the Chinese arts describe it, when it is hunting prey. In the face of a male African lion, it gets super jumpy. The only tiger to ever match the lion consistently was the Bengal tiger, which was/is not in China and is only a match because of its size (600 pounds) and since it lives in a confined space, it is highly aggressive for food and mates. The tiger on average hates to fight and it does not know how to fight. That is even why they had tigers come out at Russel Crowe in Gladiator. In reality, it would have been lions, but in reality, Russel Crowe might be dead if they'd used those. Well-fed tigers are usually like giant pussy cats, just with a bit of wilderness instinct in them (and a bigger body).
And that is not lying when people say "the heart of a lion" either, the lion is a very brave animal.
And what's with the monkey? How is a monkey a fighter, agaisnt other than maybe human that it bites or scratches, or another monkey, or an animal smaller and weaker than it??
Nowe the bear, at least the grizzly bear, I can understand. They have pretty much no match except for maybe an elephant, rhino, or hippo.
And the snake to, they are tough fighter as well (anacondas and pythons can be) anyhow.
Now, I read on a website (and if this is wrong, blame the website), that the praying mantis system of kung fu was started when some guy wintessed a praying mantis and a cicada engaged in a fight. He observed the movements of the mantis to form the art. The part that bugs me is, the cicada has to be one of the DUMBEST insects on the face of the earth. Scientists even wonder how manages to survive. All you have to do is knock it onto its back and it can't even get up. Against a mantis, a cicada would ahve lost in 2 seconds, and that's if even the mantis had any reason to attack the cicada. Which means that this "fight" between the two cannot have occurred.
Another animal that bugs me is the tiger. The tiger is made out in the Chinese arts to some brave, resilient, fighter animal that attacks with such skill and accuracy. Yeah, it can hunt that way, but as a fighter, a tiger is a pussy in the cat world. Against a male African lion, the tiger loses 99% of the time. The tiger is only "quiet, calm, and composed," as the Chinese arts describe it, when it is hunting prey. In the face of a male African lion, it gets super jumpy. The only tiger to ever match the lion consistently was the Bengal tiger, which was/is not in China and is only a match because of its size (600 pounds) and since it lives in a confined space, it is highly aggressive for food and mates. The tiger on average hates to fight and it does not know how to fight. That is even why they had tigers come out at Russel Crowe in Gladiator. In reality, it would have been lions, but in reality, Russel Crowe might be dead if they'd used those. Well-fed tigers are usually like giant pussy cats, just with a bit of wilderness instinct in them (and a bigger body).
And that is not lying when people say "the heart of a lion" either, the lion is a very brave animal.
And what's with the monkey? How is a monkey a fighter, agaisnt other than maybe human that it bites or scratches, or another monkey, or an animal smaller and weaker than it??
Nowe the bear, at least the grizzly bear, I can understand. They have pretty much no match except for maybe an elephant, rhino, or hippo.
And the snake to, they are tough fighter as well (anacondas and pythons can be) anyhow.
Its been months since the accidental tiger attack, and that guy is just starting to be able to talk again. maybe that tiger wasn't well fed. but those guys seem like they take good care of the animals.
and the theory behind using them etc so check it out if your itnerested rate me what you think i get out of 10 for my notes though lol 
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