tiger vs. lion

[hitmanhatton]

ivan drago lol

[Taeth]

WTF siberian tigers aren't clearly bigger... Their average weight is 100-150 pounds more than an african male lion, and they are evidently taller with a 3-4 foot length advantage. That being said lion males are made for fighting, and hunting so they are generally expected to be a siberian tiger more often than not. It's cousin the now extinct Caspian Tiger is considered the reason there are no tigers in Asia because they wiped out the lions.

[ricsan]

ivan drago lol

and Andre the Giant

[Taeth]

i think it depends if its a male or female lion a male lion would lose to a tiger cus apparently there lazy and dont fight much but lionesses are meant to be stronger and could beat a lion

Um female lions would get killed in seconds against a male lion hence why there is the male lion is dominant... In nature they don't go by the same laws as humans if the female is stronger they lead, if the male is stronger he leads, and in this case a male lion might not be able to hunt, but its born to fight.

[Bomp]

There's an excellent website on this subject where some zoologist or something has done some research into it. I can't remember what it is, google it.

Anyway, the guy had seen some footage and read a lot of historical reports on fights between the two (occuring in thailand and some other places for entertaining princes or something, as well as accidently at circuses.

Summarising the website, it would seem that on average the male lion had the advantage due its mane, as a tiger would insinctively go for the throat, having nit many encounters with lions in the wild, it wouldn't know how to adjust. Another factor in the lion's favour was that it was built for fighting other male lions in fights for conrol of a pride, whereas Tigers are solitary and depend on their own hunting to survive, hence they would prefer to avoid confrontations with other tigers in case of injury.

Tiger's are slightly bigger than the lion due to a longer body and powerful hind limbs, however a lot of a lion's weight is in its front half, where it can produce considerable power with its paws as well as it's mouth. The siberian tiger is the largest tiger, but it would seem not the toughest, they are heavy due to a layer of fat to keep them warm and are less aggressive then some of their foreign relatives.

I haven't read this website for while and can't remember exactly where geographically, but it did mention that there was a region somewhere which contained a small group of particularly aggressive tigers which showed (in his words) disturbing ferocity, and these usually had the better of the lions where this prince fella was conducting his fights. Obviously each fight depends on the individual.

I suggest you try and track down this fight website as it also gives good ideas on other large animals, you'd be impressed by the grisly bear

[Bomp]

sorry for the poor spelling above

I've just found the link:
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/conflict2.html

[X]

I think it would depend who the WBC had rated higher.


But what would happen if a Jellyfish fought a golden eagle?

I can't believe this thread!

[El Gamo]

I looove animal programmes. I think the lion would win,they just seem more ferocius and wise to me. Tiger's seem to be more wild and reckless.

[Wacko3205]

It's a very tuff decision who to back.

If you look at things from Dorothy's prospective...you rated the Lion before the Tiger...only to have the Bear trailing shortly behind.

I'd have to go with the Lion...just based on Dorothy's opinion. She knew her Lions & Tigers & Bears...oh my.

[p4pking]

they take genes from both and mix em they are big becus when they mix em the growth gene goes in to overdrive its a malfuction tht happens when ppl play god

No they don't.. Its a freaking natural animal, very rare but Lions and Tigers will occasionaly mate in the wild.. Im amazed you would even think it possible to create one like that. Its the same thing as a mule, a Liger will be sterile(cannot produce offspring of it's own).

[hitmanhatton]

dont be stupid its done in a lab thts why they are very recent and havent be around for yrs and yrs

[p4pking]

[babyboNe]

their is two types of hybrid tiger and lion...the liger which is twice as big as a siberian tiger...is combine with a male lion and a female tiger...and the tigon is a male tiger with a female lion which is much smaller...

[p4pking]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

There you are.. Or just keep believing your little science project version.


http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/12/06/liger.shtml

Still think so huh.

[skel1983]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

There you are.. Or just keep believing your little science project version.


http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/12/06/liger.shtml

Still think so huh.

P4PKING your the man!!!