Lion and Tiger Fighting
by James Ward, 1797
Historically, the
comparative merits of
the tiger versus the lion
have been a popular
topic of discussion by
hunters, naturalists,
artists, and poets, and
continue to inspire the
popular imagination in
the present day.
Lions and tigers
have competed in the
wild where their ranges
have overlapped. They
have also interbred,
producing tigons or
ligers as offspring. The
most common reported
circumstance of their
meeting is in captivity,
either deliberately or
accidentally.
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History:
In the circuses of
Ancient Rome, exotic
beasts were commonly
pitted against each
other. The contest of
the lion against the
tiger was a classic
pairing and the betting
usually favoured the
tiger.A mosaic in
the House of the Faun
in Pompeii shows a
fight between a lion and a tiger. Titus, the
Roman Emperor, had
Bengal tigers compelled
to fight the African
lions, and the tigers
always beat the lions.
A tiger that belonged to the King of Oude killed thirty lions,
and destroyed another
after being transferred
to the zoological garden
in London. A British
officer who resided
many years at Sierra
Leone saw many lion
and tiger fights, and the tiger usually won. At the end of the 19th
century, the Gaekwad
of Baroda arranged a
fight between a
Barbary lion and a
Bengal tiger before an
audience of thousands.
The Gaekwad favoured
the lion, and as a result
had to pay 37,000
rupees as the lion was
mauled by the tiger.
Competition in the
wild Lions and tigers
coexisted in central
India until the late 19th
century.
The possibility of conflicts between the two has been raised in relation to the Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project, which would introduce Gir Lions ( Asiatic lions) from Gir Forest National Park to another preserve, the Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, that contains tigers.Concerns were raised that the co-presence of lions and tigers would "trigger frequent clashes". The University of Minnesota 's Lion Research Project
describes one reason to
delay the introduction
of Gir lions to Kuno
Palpur is the fears that
tigers living in Kuno
would kill the incoming
lions.
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Physical comparison:
Comparative size
Comparative profiles of
the lion and tiger.
The Siberian tiger and
Bengal tiger represent
the largest subspecies
of the Panthera genus,
with reliably measured specimens weighed up to 465 kg (1,025 lb) and 388.7kg (857 lb)
respectively. The
largest African lion on
record weighted 313 kg
(690 lb).The average weight of males is 175 kilograms (390 lb) for the Asiatic lion, 186 kilograms (410lb) for the African lion,
221.2 kilograms (488 lb) for the Bengal tiger and 230 kilograms (510 lb) for the Siberian tiger. Note the average weight 221.2 kilograms
(488 lb) measured for
the Bengal tiger
excluded any stomach
content while the
average weight 186
kilograms (410 lb)
measured for the
African lion included
stomach contents,and a lion may eat up to 30 kg (66 lb) in one sitting.
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Temperament:
The lion is a highly social
animal and the tiger is a
solitary animal, and
they have marked
differences in
personality. It is
generally agreed that
the tiger is the faster,
smarter, and more
ferocious of the two so
keepers of captive
tigers must take care
to avoid a sudden
attack.
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Brain Size and Bite
Force:
A study by Oxford
University scientists
has shown that tigers
have much bigger
brains, relative to body
size, than lions and
other big cats. Although
comparisons showed
that lion skulls were
larger overall, the tiger's
cranial volume is the
largest - even the tiny
female Balinese tiger
skulls have cranial
volumes as large as
those of huge male
southern African lion
skulls. Note Balinese tigresses weight between 65–80
kg (143–176 lb) while the southern African male lions have an average weight of
189.6 kilograms (418 lb),
representing the largest living lions.Tigers also have been shown to have higher average bite forces (such as at
the canine tips) than
lions. The bite force
adjusted for body mass
allometry (BFQ) for tiger
is 127 while that for lion
is 112.
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Accidental fights in
captivity:
Although lions and
tigers can be kept
together in harmony in
captivity, conflicts
between the two
species in captivity
ending up in fatalities
have also been
recorded. The most
recent account of a
fight in captivity
happened on March
2011, where a tiger at
the Ankara Zoo
attacked a lion through
its enclosure and killed
the lion with a single

"The tiger severed the lion's jugular vein in a single stroke with its paw, leaving the animal dying in a pool of blood,"
officials said. At the
Coney Island animal
show in 1909, a male
tiger killed a male lion.
During the performance, a performing lion suddenly attacked a
chained tiger by leaping
through the air, landing
on the tiger's back.
Though hampered by
the heavy neck chain
fastened to the iron
bars of the arena, the
tiger was more than a
match for the lion and
mangled the lion to
death. In 1857, a
tiger at the Bromwich
Zoo broke into the cage
of a lion and a fearful
scene ensued: the lion's
mane saved his head
and neck from being
injured, but the tiger
succeeded in ripping up
his stomach, and within
a few minutes he was
dead.
Although the tiger
usually came out the
victor of a fight in
captivity against the
lion, accounts that lions killing smaller tigers in captivity with an early advantage (e.g. by sudden attack without warning) have been occasionally recorded. For example in December 2008, a 110
kg male lion killed a 90
kg tigress in a Korean
zoo by suddenly biting it
in the neck when the
tigress jumped down to
the trench. In 1951
a large male African lion
killed a much smaller
tigress at a circus. The
lion suddenly leaped
from a high perch and
sank its jaws into the
tigress's back without
warning during the
circus performance. The
tigress died an hour
after the attack
because of the injuries
sustained.
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Expert opinions:
John Varty, owner of
the Londolozi Reserve in
South Africa, said,
"People always ask me
which one is bigger? If a
tiger and a lion had a
fight, which one would
win? Well, I've seen
tigers crunch up a full-
grown leopard tortoise
like it was nothing. And
lions try, but they just
don't get it right. If
there's a fight, the tiger
will win, every time."
The animal rescue
organisation Big Cat
Rescue of Tampa,
Florida answered, "While
we would much prefer
that people focus their
thoughts on saving
these magnificent
animals than on who
would win if a lion and
tiger fight, the power
of these two largest
cats seems to raise
this question in people's
minds. While it would
depend on the size, age, and aggressiveness of
the specific animals
involved, generally
tigers have a significant
advantage.
The conservation
charity Save China's
Tigers stated, "Recent
research indicates that
the tiger is indeed
stronger than the lion in
terms of physical
strength. Lions hunt in
prides, so it would be in
a group and the tigers
as a solitary creature so it would be on its own.
A tiger is generally
physically larger than a
lion. Most experts would favor a Siberian and Bengal tiger over an
African lion.
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National Geographic
Channel's documentary The Last Lions of Asia
mentioned that a
Bengal tiger has a
weight advantage of 50
kilograms (110 lb) over
an Asiatic lion, and can
kill the lion in a fight.
John Smith Clarke, a
British lion tamer, said in a lecture on the fight
between a tiger and a
lion given to the Glasgow Zoological
Society while showing
the actual fight on the
screen, "in 100 cases
out of 100 the tiger
would always beat the
lion. It was far more
agile, it was not so
clumsy in its
movements, it was
equally strong, it was
equally armed, but it
fought in a different
way. The tiger very
often fought rolling on
its back and held the
lion in its grip until it
defeated him.
LINK: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_versus_lion

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Tiger rules the jungle, the true beast.

Too long. Op summarize.

Kirinwa: Too long. Op summarize.

Summary:A Tiger would most likely kill a Lion in a Fight.

100ksalescom:

Summary:A Tiger would most likely kill a Lion in a Fight.

ATiger killed 39 Lions in a single day.

well,i actualy think the write up is aimed at favouring the tiger.
i've also done some research and found out that the lion also came out victorious in more cases than cited above.
it's a pity i don't have the time to post links right now.
i luv both animals equally tho...d tiger seems to be kinda gentle while the lion gat swags.

kullozone:
well,i actualy think the write up is aimed at favouring the tiger.
i've also done some research and found out that the lion also came out victorious in more cases than cited above.
it's a pity i don't have the time to post links right now.
i luv both animals equally tho...d tiger seems to be kinda gentle while the lion gat swags.

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