However, the best stories are those that shake the viewer's perception of society, of relationships, and, most of all, themselves. "That's always going to be really tricky to defeat.Given the amount of death and destruction that is a daily occurrence in Game of Thrones, it almost seems counter-intuitive to think that there could be happy moments, too. "They've got incredible armor, they can fly and they have fire, which gives them the capacity to do damage from a distance," Hinde said.
So, when the dust finally settled on this battlefield, who would be left? While certain circumstances might favor the lion, the dragon would most likely crush (or burn) the competition, experts (and Live Science editors) all agreed. In a one-on-one confrontation, the lion could easily emerge the victor - much as House Lannister has done for much of the series. A pack of dire wolves would almost certainly defeat a lion, but a lone wolf would be at a disadvantage, as these animals typically hunt as a team, Hinde said. With the dragon out of the way, the dire wolf could square off against the lion. However, the force needed for a fatal blow would require the dragon to fall out of the sky and impale itself onto the stag's antlers, eliminating both stag and dragon. While a lion's jaws certainly could rip out the throat of a stag or wolf, its teeth couldn't penetrate the dragon's scales, Hinde said.īut the sharp tines of a stag's antlers could possibly puncture dragon armor - provided that there was already a worn area, or a gap between the scales, and if the stag evaded the dragon's fire, Hinde said.
When a lion attacks, it usually leaps at its prey to deliver a powerful bite to the neck. However, the stag is also the only competitor that could potentially defeat the dragon, she added.
Carnivores can't kill what they can't catch, and more than half of predator attacks end with their prey's escape, Hinde said. What about the other animals? A stag might be able to kill a dire wolf or lion with its antlers - in the show's first episode, the Starks discovered a dead dire wolf with an antler embedded in its body - or it could forfeit the match by running away.
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