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00:00 I hope that intro made you curious, because these two animals are just amazing, one being
00:25 a very skilled tree climber and the other one being able to jump more than 3 meters
00:30 in height.
00:31 I can't wait to announce the competitors of the 11th episode of Animal Battle.
00:35 Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present you our two competitors.
00:39 The Curricle versus the Clouded Leopard.
00:45 Also at the end of the video you'll find out who is the winner of the last battle between
00:49 the Dingo and the African Wild Dog.
00:51 Let's do it.
00:52 I'm Mario and this is Animal Battle.
01:01 To decide who is going to be the winner of this battle we are going to evaluate both
01:05 of them based on 6 different characteristics.
01:08 Agility, Attack, Defense, Intelligence, Bone Skill and Survival.
01:14 Because it is not only power that matters.
01:16 But having said that, you might be amazed by their hunting strategies, so don't miss
01:21 that.
01:22 Let's jump right into it.
01:23 We will start with the Agility stats, which are just impressive, especially for their
01:28 size.
01:29 So Clouded Leopards can reach speeds of up to 64 km/h, which is already impressive, but
01:34 Curricles can run at a speed of 80 km/h, which is as fast as a lion.
01:40 And it is just the beginning.
01:42 Curricles are also adroit climbers, being able to climb trees with ease, but still they
01:46 are not as good at that as Clouded Leopards, which are just amazing in trees.
01:51 Clouded Leopards can rotate their ankles so that they can actually go downwards a tree,
01:55 holding themselves with their back legs.
01:59 Even more they have been spotted walking upside down on branches, which is very helpful since
02:04 they live in jungles.
02:05 Their tail plays an important role in that because it is used for balance.
02:10 But the Curricle has one more card up its sleeve.
02:13 It can actually jump higher than 3 meters to catch birds in mid-air.
02:18 It is even more impressive when we take in consideration their size.
02:22 For these amazing jumps they use their strong back legs.
02:25 The Curricle can even twist and change its direction in mid-air.
02:29 Also when it is able to jump so high, it is important to have a proper landing technique.
02:34 So when it is in the air, the Curricle needs to push itself to turn around.
02:39 But there is nothing there.
02:40 It actually rotates its front and back hand in different directions at the same time to
02:45 push against itself.
02:47 Then the Curricle holds its front paws closer to spin faster and prepares for a safe landing.
03:00 Now let's see their agility stats.
03:04 So their agility stats are just amazing.
03:09 Curricles being better at this due to their higher speed and their incredible jumping
03:13 ability, but the Clouded Leopards climbing ability is also remarkable.
03:18 And these abilities will come in handy when we will talk about their attack and defense
03:22 stats.
03:23 They are actually pretty small compared to other felids as you can see from these shots
03:27 from American television shows.
03:30 To see exactly how big they are I am going to use some detective skills learned as a
03:34 Russian spy.
03:35 So, knowing the height of Conan O'Brien and counting the pixels, I approximated the length
03:39 of Curricles to about 78 cm and their weight to 12 to 18 kg.
03:45 And to be sure I double checked it with Wikipedia, so my calculations are correct.
03:50 I did the same thing for finding the length of Clouded Leopards and approximated their
03:55 body length to 81 to 108 cm and their tail length to 74 to 91 cm.
04:02 They can also weigh 11.5 to 23 kg.
04:05 And surprisingly my calculations match the numbers from Wikipedia.
04:09 And though they look pretty small, Curricles can hunt animals from rodents and small birds
04:14 to sheep, goats, impalas and even ostriches.
04:18 The Curricle stalks the prey until it is within 5 meters of it, after which it runs it down
04:23 and bites the prey by the throat.
04:25 Here is used its amazing speed, but it is even more interesting when Curricles catch
04:29 birds in mid-air.
04:30 It executes its amazing jump and tries to injure the bird, hitting it with one paw or
04:35 tries to catch and bring it down, after which the meal is served.
04:39 It usually hunts during the night and has 2 cm long canines for inflicting extra damage.
04:45 But that is nothing compared to the canines of a Clouded Leopard which are 4 cm long.
04:50 The Clouded Leopard is also called the modern-day Sabre-tooth because it has the largest canines
04:55 in proportion to its body size from all felines.
04:58 They are nocturnal and solitary and can hunt rodents, porcupines, pangolins, as well as
05:05 monkeys, birds, deer and even cattle.
05:08 Unfortunately there are no videos of them hunting since they are pretty rare and hard
05:12 to spot in jungles.
05:13 Both of them have competitors.
05:16 Clouded Leopards can be killed by Leopards and Tigers, so they try to avoid them by climbing
05:19 trees, while Curricles are mostly killed by Hyenas and Lions, but have other competitors
05:24 like Jackals, Leopards and Cheetahs.
05:27 It's time to see their stats.
05:28 It is hard to compare their attack stats since they have different hunting techniques.
05:36 Clouded Leopards hunt in trees and the Curricle running the prey down or catching flying birds,
05:41 but both have pretty high attack stats for their size and are doing a little bit worse
05:45 at defense stats due to their many competitors.
05:48 Now we are moving on to bonus skills.
05:50 Clouded Leopards have a clouded pattern which is very good for camouflage in jungles.
05:55 Curricles are also difficult to observe in savannas due to their camouflage and the black
05:59 tufts on the ears actually give them a more irregular shape to blend better in grass.
06:04 Both of them have a good night vision and Curricles also have black lines around their
06:07 eyes to reduce glare caused by the sunlight.
06:10 Also Curricles have big ears for an excellent hearing and can move them in all direction
06:15 using 20 different muscles.
06:17 So let's see their bonus skill stats.
06:20 The Curricles are a little bit better at this due to their exceptional hearing.
06:26 Now we will quickly talk about intelligence stats.
06:29 Both of them are pretty intelligent because they are carnivores and hunting requires a
06:33 higher level of intelligence.
06:35 So their intelligence stats areâŠ
06:41 Good enough.
06:42 And last but not least are survival stats which are important because an animal species
06:47 can participate further in animal battle as long as it is not extinct.
06:51 Surprisingly Curricles are doing fairly good here, being listed as the least conserved
06:55 species.
06:56 Unfortunately, the same can't be said about Clouded Leopards which are listed as a vulnerable
07:01 species because there are less than 10,000 of them in the wild.
07:05 This is mainly due to humans hunting them for their bones and canines used in medicine
07:10 and beautiful coats used for making expensive clothes.
07:13 But do you really think that such a coat is worth the life of several Clouded Leopards?
07:18 Also Clouded Leopards can have 1 to 5 cubs which can live up to 11 years in the wild
07:23 and Curricles can have 1 to 6 kittens which will live up to 12 years.
07:27 So now we can see their final stats.
07:33 As you can see both of them have fairly good stats, being especially good at agility and
07:37 attack for their size.
07:39 So who won?
07:40 Well, it is up to you because you can vote the winner in the poll right there and leave
07:44 your interesting opinions in the comments down below.
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07:52 to take on PewDiePie and T-Series.
07:55 Nice, now I can announce the winners of the last battle between the Dingo and the African
08:01 Wild Dog.
08:03 So after counting all the votes, the winner isâŠ
08:09 The African Wild Dog!
08:11 It is an amazingly powerful and agile predator and I think it has the chance to win even
08:16 the Gray Wolf.
08:17 And those who voted for the Dingo don't be upset because here on "I am from animals"
08:21 we know that all animals are amazing.
08:24 So once again, don't forget to vote the winner of this episode's battle in the top
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08:32 Respect animals!
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