lions vs tigers

[silver_shadow]

did you ever wonder about how these 2 ferocious cats would stack up against each other?

http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/conflict8.html

side note: hippos are the number one human killers in africa ahead of lions, elephants and crocs!

 

[samoth]

I was wondering why someone posted a bookie thread in the science forum until I opened it, lol!

Actually, a good question. I think the main thing would be inhabited territories and would/how often do the two species come into contact with each other. What about a Jaguar?

The hippo thing I had no idea (learn something new ever day!). That's surprising.

I think one of the only animals I couldn't bowhunt would be a hippo, lol. I've read about the hunting of different species of North American bears before, up to 500+ pounds with a 65-70lb bow and bait, but dropping a hippo with a 55lb recurve... man, think of the broadhead that you'd need to penetrate their tough exterior hide...

 

[H_T_]

Tigers win, everytime. regardless of who the QB is....

 

[samoth]

Tigers win, everytime. regardless of who the QB is....

Wait... I thought the Tigers were baseball? Quit confusing me! I don't know a thing about football, lol.

 

[H_T_]

actually, they had this fascinating show on Animal Planet where they would take all of the hard data on these animals and build replicas in mechanical form. one time they made an salt water croc head and figured in the psi, etc. watching these man made machines wreck other non biological stuff was impressive. i particularly liked the demonstration of what a rhino could do to a car.

 

[samoth]

actually, they had this fascinating show on Animal Planet where they would take all of the hard data on these animals and build replicas in mechanical form.

Holy crap, I would not want to work on that team. That's be a trememdous amount of work and variables to keep track of. (That's why we leave this tedious and mundane work for the engineers, hehehehehe.)

 

[H_T_]

Holy crap, I would not want to work on that team. That's be a trememdous amount of work and variables to keep track of. (That's why we leave this tedious and mundane work for the engineers, hehehehehe.)

it was most impressive. figuring out the actually amount of force of jaw pressure. and factoring in the hardness of the teeth and talons. one of their biggest challenges was trying to find something equal to the strength of an elephant. something that could topple a tree. it gave me a new found respect for these creatures.

 

[silver_shadow]

I was wondering why someone posted a bookie thread in the science forum until I opened it, lol!

Actually, a good question. I think the main thing would be inhabited territories and would/how often do the two species come into contact with each other. What about a Jaguar?

The hippo thing I had no idea (learn something new ever day!). That's surprising.

I think one of the only animals I couldn't bowhunt would be a hippo, lol. I've read about the hunting of different species of North American bears before, up to 500+ pounds with a 65-70lb bow and bait, but dropping a hippo with a 55lb recurve... man, think of the broadhead that you'd need to penetrate their tough exterior hide...

well, actually, as far as i know they really don't come into contact at all in the wild - given that lions are found only in africa and tigers in asia. there is a little forest called gir in the western part of india, which to my knowledge has the only lion population outside of africa. furthermore, as far as i know, the tiger population is probably non existent in that jungle... i'm guessing more due to poaching than natural coincidence (tiger poaching is a huge problem in india because of the market for tiger parts in china - they use them in traditional medicine there).

i've heard that they reckon the lion is a more skillful fighter, because they are known to fight each other over territory - that's something that tigers tend not to do.

 

[silver_shadow]

about the jaguar vs the other 2 cats... well, here's something to consider. being from india, i can tell you that there are lots of places even today (despite declining forest cover and declining animal numbers) where tigers, leopards and panthers all live together in the same jungles, although i'm not aware of any conflicts amongst each other. conflicts between tigers and elephants are almost legendary, though they each tend to be wary of the other.

 

[fortunatesun]

about the jaguar vs the other 2 cats... well, here's something to consider. being from india, i can tell you that there are lots of places even today (despite declining forest cover and declining animal numbers) where tigers, leopards and panthers all live together in the same jungles, although i'm not aware of any conflicts amongst each other. conflicts between tigers and elephants are almost legendary, though they each tend to be wary of the other.

These animals tend not to fight each other without provocation because they share the same carnivore instincts- they are focused on the pack and/or potential prey rather than their neighbors. Elephants, of course, have a strong sense of territory and are large enough to not be much afraid.

 

[needtogetaas]

I was wondering why someone posted a bookie thread in the science forum until I opened it, lol!

Actually, a good question. I think the main thing would be inhabited territories and would/how often do the two species come into contact with each other. What about a Jaguar?

The hippo thing I had no idea (learn something new ever day!). That's surprising.

I think one of the only animals I couldn't bowhunt would be a hippo, lol. I've read about the hunting of different species of North American bears before, up to 500+ pounds with a 65-70lb bow and bait, but dropping a hippo with a 55lb recurve... man, think of the broadhead that you'd need to penetrate their tough exterior hide...

lol me to


what about pumas there pritty tuff.