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Dorcus titanus palawanicus (Palawan stag beetle)
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Size: 3.0—4.4 inches long
General info: This thing is BUILT for combat. Every muscle, every fiber, is designed for one thing: fighting. Its nearly perfect record is testimony of this.
Damage type: Crush (jaws), Shove (body)
Damage level: High Beetle-class (jaws), high Beetle-class (body)
Armor durability level: High Strong-class to high Tank-class
Immune system durability level: Unknown; likely Widow-class
Speed level: Beetle-class
Eyesight level: Carabid-class
Intelligence level: Beetle-class
Tactic: Attack head-on, grabbing them, then lift them into the air and throw them off the log.
Fighting behavior: They'll fight with nearly anything their size or larger. Place them on a log with their opponent, and the fight will begin!
Fights:
Vs Giraffe stag beetle (Prosopocoilus giraffa) [1]
Vs Red Swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkii)
Vs Alcides stag beetle (Dorcus alcides) [2]
Vs Indonesian stag beetle (Odontolabis ludekingi)
Vs Emperour scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) [3]
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) [4]
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (rematch) [4]
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (second rematch) [4]
Vs Sumatra stag beetle (Dorcus titanus titanus) [5]
Vs Giraffe stag beetle (Prosopocoilus giraffa) (rematch) [6]
Vs Emperour scorpion (Pandinus imperator) (rematch)
Vs Giraffe stag beetle (Prosopocoilus giraffa) (second rematch) [7]
Vs Mesotopus tarandus
Vs Dorcus titanus yasuokai
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (third rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (rematch)
Vs Japanese stag beetle (Dorcus curvidens)
Vs Dorcus titanus typhon
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (fourth rematch) [8]
Vs Actaeon beetle (Megasoma actaeon)
Vs Sumatra stag beetle (Dorcus titanus titanus) (rematch)
Vs Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas)
Vs Hope stag beetle (Dorcus Hopei)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (fifth rematch)
Vs Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas) (rematch)
Vs Japanese Giant stag beetle (Dorcus bucephalus)
Vs Dorcus titanus typhon (rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (second rematch)
Vs Giraffe stag beetle (Prosopocoilus giraffa) (third rematch)
Vs unknown crab
Vs Giant Fork-horned stag beetle (Hexarthrius mandibularis)
Vs Giant Fork-horned stag beetle (Hexarthrius mandibularis) (rematch)
Vs Giant Fork-horned stag beetle (Hexarthrius mandibularis) (second rematch)
Vs Giant Fork-horned stag beetle (Hexarthrius mandibularis) (third rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (sixth rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (third rematch)
Vs Dorcus titanus yasuokai (rematch)
Vs Dorcus titanus yasuokai (second rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (seventh rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (eighth rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (fourth rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (fifth rematch)
Vs Dorcus antaeus
Vs Dorcus titanus yasuokai (third rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (sixth rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (ninth rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (seventh rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (tenth rematch)
Vs Giraffe stag beetle (Prosopocoilus giraffa) (third rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (eighth rematch)
Vs Odontolabis dalmanni intermedia
Vs Actaeon beetle (Megasoma actaeon) (rematch)
Vs Hope stag beetle (Dorcus Hopei) (rematch)
Vs Hope stag beetle (Dorcus Hopei) (second rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (eleventh rematch) [9]
Fighting average: 0.70
How to get: Look for them in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea. Adults can be seen from May to August. They feed on tree juice. Females lay eggs on the underground part of fallen oaks. The larvae feed on rotten wood.
Care: Keep them like other stag beetles. Feed the adults sap, and the larvae rotten wood. More:
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[3]: https://vimeo.com/258095142#t=1m13s
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[8]: https://japanesebugfightstv.fandom.com/wiki/Japanese_Bug_Fights_TV_Wiki?file=%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%9C%80%E5%BC%BA%E8%99%AB%E7%8E%8B%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A%E6%88%98+DHH%E9%95%BF%E6%88%9FVS%E5%B7%B4%E6%8B%89%E6%9C%9B%E5%B7%A8%E6%89%81
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Vs Caucasus beetle
https://vimeo.com/258095142#t=1m17s

Vs Giraffe stag beetle (rematch)


Vs Giraffe stag beetle (second rematch)


Vs Hercules beetle


Vs Hercules beetle (fourth rematch)
https://japanesebugfightstv.fandom.com/wiki/Japanese_Bug_Fights_TV_Wiki?file=%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%9C%80%E5%BC%BA%E8%99%AB%E7%8E%8B%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A%E6%88%98+DHH%E9%95%BF%E6%88%9FVS%E5%B7%B4%E6%8B%89%E6%9C%9B%E5%B7%A8%E6%89%81