Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for March 07, 2023

Two individuals, or two categories?

Like the scene from N.C.I.S. …. A man walks into a bar ….

Rats and crocodiles

I’ll take the rats and the hunter, every time. The hunter has the only ranged weapon, and nothing can beat 10,000 rats in close melee.

Crocs and rats is the optimal combo!

I find the goal, “survive 1 hour”, rather unsatisfying.

I am the hunter, I have the high ground and crocs and buffalo do not do mountains. Shoot 2 buffalo, the lions and the rats are attracted to the easy food source and are out of the fray, fighting each other for fresh meat. gorillas are generally low land and timid the report from the rifle should send them into hiding. I take the bears to cover my blind sides. With enough ammunition a good scope and the bears covering my flanks, the other beasties become fodder for the rats over time.

The rats are a good idea, as long as Willard is around to control them.

Pedant mode on… Actually the 16 inch Naval Rifles on the Iowa class battleships could fire a nuclear shell, so… Pedant mode off…

I’ll take the hunter and the apes.

Rifles are made up of atoms which have a nucleus so I suppose all rifles are partially nuclear.

Refer to @LeslieBark’s comment on yesterday’s strip. I thought it was excellent.

Well, the M28 Davy Crockett was too heavy to shoulder, but you might call it a rifle.

After much thought i have decided that this is a Kobayashi Maru test.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Electric_Rifle

I hope I’m not being too obvious here but why enter the arena, it doesn’t say that you are in there.

Hunter has a rifle, there’s no mention of ammo. Rats and gorilla.