Zoofights III

The third Zoofights tournament, set in London in the year 1870. Video of the final battle can be found here.

== The Competitors == Steamcrab- a massive spider crab pulled from the seas off Japan, he has been upgraded with steel claws and boiler vents, and trained in the ways of the western gentleman.

Reanimammut- a 10-ton mammoth that was frozen on the Siberian plains, brought back to life by the black sorceries of Rasputin himself.

Oh The Huge Manatee!- Britain's champion is a power-armoured veteran of the Anglo-Chinese war for the moon, armed with harpoon gun, chainsaw arm, and the spirit of badassery.

Tapogres- a trio of brutes hailing from Brunei, created by adding tapir DNA to ogre eggs of questoinable origin. Armed with heavy clubs and bad attitudes.

The Rabble- twenty or so Whitechapel commoners, a dozen bottles of gin, and a giant badger. The men are armed with broken bottles, shovels and bits of scrap metal... and to a degree, the badger.

Edward Tigerhands- the Indian entry is a rhino set in a bipedal frame, with two living tiger heads on its wrists. These heads can devour any meat in reach, which is digested in a tank on Edward's back.

Crocodevil- a seven-meter saltwater crocodile form northern Queensland, with the uncontrollable wings of a true-to-life demon grafted onto his back.

Bastard Shark- a 25-foot basking shark, held up on bladed robotic spider legs, with the ability to spit a column of oily fire from its gaping maw.

Drillbjorn- a Scandinavian polar bear, armed with a penumatic drill and protected by Viking armor and a weighted shield.

Ultraphant- from Africa's Ivory Coast, this cannibalistic pachyderm has had its trunk replaced by an iridium morningstar and its feet encased by ceramic armor.

Pandamander- the Chinese entry is a half panda-half giant salamander, with machine guns for hands. It also has a cheerfully defiant disposition.

Hellopotamus- a fierce hippo from the wilds of Africa, with an armor-plated underside to protect it from the acidic vomit pouring from its mouth. Additionally, there is a pistol-wielding chimp riding i along in its armor.

Project K- an eight foot tall mutant Koala from the uranium mines of Australia, with unstable biochemistry that gives him a need to kill.

The Mess- part jaguar, part macaw, and part anaconda, this monstrousity was put together by the desperate shamans of the Amazon basin, to protect their tribes from the march of colonisation.

BISONTRAIN- America's champion hails from the hills of North Dakota. An adimantium-reinforced bison mounted to the front of a train. Capable of unimaginable power, even if only in a straight line.

The Martian- the beast in Vault 12 actually locked itself in for some time, and was only retrieved after the persistent knocking of Bisontrain. Little is known about this monster, other than its psychokinetic prowess.