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    Post Scientists Debate Who Would Really Win Godzilla vs. King Kong

    Scientists Debate Who Would Really Win Godzilla vs. King Kong

    The outcome may be different than the movie’s clash of the titans.

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    Two days before the release of 2021’s most highly anticipated grudge match, Godzilla vs. King Kong, there’s a much smaller battle taking place across my screen. Nathaniel J. Dominy and Ryan Calsbeek share much in common—they’re colleagues, scientists, Dartmouth professors—but their areas of expertise weren’t an existential threat to their friendship until recently. One of them (Nathaniel) studies primates, the other (Ryan) reptiles and amphibians.



    In 2019 over coffee, the two professors forged a bond when they realized they could write a paper examining Godzilla’s evolutionary growth in cinema dating back to the 1954 original. They each grew up with the original versions of the characters. Ryan watched the black-and-white Godzilla movies as a kid on Saturdays, while Nathaniel saw them as a teenager while watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. But there’s a difference between collaborating on a piece solely about Godzilla and weighing in on a battle royale between lizards and apes. So when the two logged onto Zoom, a conversation ostensibly about using science to settle a decades-long debate quickly became a way for each to hash out their relationships with the iconic monsters.



    Nathaniel and Ryan looked at three main areas that would impact a fight between Godzilla and Kong: anatomy, geography, and intelligence. (Previous matchups between the two titans were used as evidence since the latest movie wasn’t yet released during the time of the interview.) We’ll try our best to avoid spoilers, at least until the end.


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    I'd often wondered about that!

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    I am going to avoid a Spoiler Alert, but as someone who has seen the film on HBOMax it was a surprise for us Godzilla and Kong fans.

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    My one reservation about Kong prevailing involves Godzilla's fire-breathing ability. To what extent, if at all, is Kong impervious to flames?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
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    That is a tough call. I would have to go with Clint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    Scientists Debate Who Would Really Win Godzilla vs. King Kong


    The outcome may be different than the movie’s clash of the titans.

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    Two days before the release of 2021’s most highly anticipated grudge match, Godzilla vs. King Kong, there’s a much smaller battle taking place across my screen. Nathaniel J. Dominy and Ryan Calsbeek share much in common—they’re colleagues, scientists, Dartmouth professors—but their areas of expertise weren’t an existential threat to their friendship until recently. One of them (Nathaniel) studies primates, the other (Ryan) reptiles and amphibians.



    In 2019 over coffee, the two professors forged a bond when they realized they could write a paper examining Godzilla’s evolutionary growth in cinema dating back to the 1954 original. They each grew up with the original versions of the characters. Ryan watched the black-and-white Godzilla movies as a kid on Saturdays, while Nathaniel saw them as a teenager while watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. But there’s a difference between collaborating on a piece solely about Godzilla and weighing in on a battle royale between lizards and apes. So when the two logged onto Zoom, a conversation ostensibly about using science to settle a decades-long debate quickly became a way for each to hash out their relationships with the iconic monsters.



    Nathaniel and Ryan looked at three main areas that would impact a fight between Godzilla and Kong: anatomy, geography, and intelligence. (Previous matchups between the two titans were used as evidence since the latest movie wasn’t yet released during the time of the interview.) We’ll try our best to avoid spoilers, at least until the end.


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    LOL. Even professors are big kids at heart. I didn't read their justifications but as a totally unqualified laymen I would pick king kong due to the whole warm blooded thing. Assuming Zilla is in fact cold blooded it the fight went any period of time Kong would have more endurance. See I'm a big kid too. LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    That is a tough call. I would have to go with Clint.
    I would go with The Duke.
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