8 Tricky "Would You Rathers...?" Answered By Science

6. Face One Horse-Sized Duck Or 100 Duck-Sized Horses In Combat

This one comes up a lot in games of "Would You Rather..." and everyone has their own reasoning.

There are lots of discussions about the relative size of each adversary and it has been calculated that, due to the nature of 3D scaling, an army of duck-sized horses would actually weigh more (403 kgs) that one duck sized horse (308 kgs). This leads some people to plump for the horse-sized-duck option.

However, you have to take into account the fact that the mass of the duck-sized-horse army would constantly decrease as you took each tiny horse out, which you could do relatively easily with a kick (you monster), given a horse's delicate physiology. Although, given their numbers, you might become overwhelmed if you didn't keep on top of things.

Another factor that needs to be borne in mind is the temperament of each animal. Horses, in the real world, are dangerous because they are skittish and easily spooked.If you frighten a horse in the real world, then you're likely to get hurt or even killed. However, very tiny horses lack the only quality that makes them so dangerous, which is their size. Take that away and they're pretty harmless.

Ducks, on the other hand, are more aggressive and less timid. They have been known to chase and bite humans when they are at their normal size, so a horse-sized-duck is certainly less likely to be phased by little old you. The nearest real-world equivalent of the horse-sized duck would probably be the ostrich or cassowary which, by all accounts, are pretty formidable. The nearest real-world equivalent of a duck-sized horse that we have is, well, a tiny horse.

If either of those decided to give you a kicking, it would probably hurt, but it would take the tiny horses much longer to inflict the same damage as the big duck, giving you more time to neutralise the threat. Plus, with duck-sized-horses, you could capture them and sell them as adorable pets, demonstrating your business acumen as well as fighting prowess.

Verdict: 100 Duck-Sized Horses.