If not, Fights move to the next, highest level of intensity, a move almost always leading to a decision. Moving with great speed now, animals advance on eachother with claws wide open. Their giant claws snap shut on whatever they can reach, then tail flips, contractions of the large abdominal flexor muscles, move animals back and upwards in attempts to tear their catch from the opponent. The danger of damage is high now, but we seldom see animals losing appendages. Those that do, however, usually will not survive the continued presence of the winner.
Losers stop urinating, continually retreat, and tail flip to escape the advance of the winner.
In the wild, fights tend to be short in duration, with decisions made early. Mostly these are decided by the size difference that exists when two random animals meet.