Thrax fights a fis parasite (Thrax vs Myxobolus shekel)

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For the record, the smallest animal ever is pretty obsure, so I decided to match up it against Thrax to show everyone this animal exists.

Conditions: Speed equalized. Battle takes place in a paradoxical human-fish hybrid body. The animal has 5 days of preparation.

Thrax:

Smol Animal:

Incon:

 

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[Flashlight237]

I mean, Thrax physically withstood the explosion of a zit. I would know; I calced it at 158 millijoules and am still waiting on that to get the green light.

 

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I mean, Thrax physically withstood the explosion of a zit. I would know; I calced it at 158 millijoules and am still waiting on that to get the green light.

That proves Thrax has a durability advantage even without a calc. As the animal's type 3 size nears type 4. And something visible to the naked eye is far higher in size.

So this is a fish parasite vs virus fight. Should we specify if the fight is in water, or does that not matter at all?

The animal has it's option of overwhelming the body with it's pseudocysts and spores. Though I'm starting to question if it has a potential wincon here.

 

[Flashlight237]

That proves Thrax has a durability advantage even without a calc. As the animal's type 3 size nears type 4. And something visible to the naked eye is far higher in size.

So this is a fish parasite vs virus fight. Should we specify if the fight is in water, or does that not matter at all?

The animal has it's option of overwhelming the body with it's pseudocysts and spores. Though I'm starting to question if it has a potential wincon here.

I don't think that matters too much as being in a body kinda ignores environmental nonsense. As Thrax is a smidge taller than Osmosis Jones: a white blood cell. A leukocyte is anywhere from 12 to 15 micrometers tall: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563148/

At their size ratio, putting Thrax up against Myxobolus is like putting The Undertaker against a toddler. The size difference is big, but they can still harm one another physically. You can't say that if you were to pit a human against a dust mite (who are too small to even try squishing).

 

[H3110l12345I20]

I don't think that matters too much as being in a body kinda ignores environmental nonsense. As Thrax is a smidge taller than Osmosis Jones: a white blood cell. A leukocyte is anywhere from 12 to 15 micrometers tall: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563148/

At their size ratio, putting Thrax up against Myxobolus is like putting The Undertaker against a toddler. The size difference is big, but they can still harm one another physically. You can't say that if you were to pit a human against a dust mite (who are too small to even try squishing).

The animal's feats are pretty vague, and I had to look at other related species to make the profile. Not to mention that the animal is more aquatic parasite based.

Thrax is still fighting in a weird human-fish hybrid body, he's going to be mildly confused, but he'll still know where the vitals of the body are and where to target them. It's more of a question of if the animal can overwhelm and kill thrax with it's spores and pseudocyst things faster than Thrax could kill the animal by killing the larger body. That's how I see this fight.

 

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[Flashlight237]

The animal's feats are pretty vague, and I had to look at other related species to make the profile. Not to mention that the animal is more aquatic parasite based.

Thrax is still fighting in a weird human-fish hybrid body, he's going to be mildly confused, but he'll still know where the vitals of the body are and where to target them. It's more of a question of if the animal can overwhelm and kill thrax with it's spores and pseudocyst things faster than Thrax could kill the animal by killing the larger body. That's how I see this fight.

It's actually a little weird... Whirling disease supposedly takes like 35-80 days to show signs of infection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxobolus_cerebralis ) and supposedly kill fish fry in 24 hours (https://forum.simplydiscus.com/archive/index.php/t-139940.html ), but the sources for both claims are quite lacking: just Wikipedia and some off-brand forum.

The only reliable estimate is the mortality rate, which is 90% specifically for young fish: https://www.dnr.sc.gov/whirling.html

Meanwhile Thrax killed a healthy adult woman in two weeks and an elderly man in three days, and he only needs to touch a cell with his index claw to kill it:



His personal goal with Bill Murray? 48 hours, and he would've succeeded with that one had he not been tossed into isopropyl alcohol.

Even then, it's M. cerebralis that infects fish with whirling disease while M. shekel has very little to work with in regards to its pathology. If I can be bold with you, you should've made M. cerebralis into a profile instead of M. shekel.

 

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Even then, it's M. cerebralis that infects fish with whirling disease while M. shekel has very little to work with in regards to its pathology. If I can be bold with you, you should've made M. cerebralis into a profile instead of M. shekel.

Ngl, I hate the fact you're right. I made the profile though since M. shekel is one of the smallest animals ever recorded, which should be notable in it's own right.

Should I bump up the head start for the animal to 88 days? M. shekel shouldn't be far off in pathology to other comparable Myxobolus like M. cerbralis. both species' pathology and physical nature should be mostly similar.