heayey:
Still not convinced....
Lion is the king of the jungle

torkaka:


. . . . . . . .for starters, you have to dwell in the kingdom for you to be king . . . . . . . . .lions don't dwell in the jungle

heayey:


These aren't facts.

tpiander:
i guess being from different continents is not enough incentive for the op to not open the thread.

I guess you have never heard of Asiatic lions of Gujarat India

tpiander:
so, is anything wrong with you indicating your point of reference is Asiatic?

. . . . .but you still chose to act funny

tpiander:
your oversabi is what's making your thread pointless.

You are asking if no one has heard of Asiatic lions.


then you referred to lions living in the savannah.

Do Asiatic lions live on savannahs?

torkaka:


Firstly, the debate on Tigers and Lions wouldn't be a debate if they were found in the same circles

if they were, we will easily decipher which one comes tops wouldn't we? come on, be smart!!!

secondly, I made mention of Asiatic Lions to cut my ignorance . . . . . . . . . .

tpiander:


and your reason for the pointless thread is?





you need a job.









oversabi.

maybe you should think before you attack your keyboard.

torkaka:


I am the last person you should try to joust with!!!

prof800:
What was supposed to be an intelligent discuss among NatGeoWild and Animal fanatics has turned into shamefulness.

so where did the misconception about which of the big cats is the "king" of the jungle come from?

The Tiger is by far the superior hunter of the two.

Tigers 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. Tigers have a well-developed sagittal crest and coronoid processes, providing muscle attachment for their strong bite.Tigers also have exceptionally stout teeth, and the canines are the longest and biggest among all living felids

The average weight of the Tiger is 220kg while the average Lion weight is 190kg

Tigers are generally larger, heavier, have a stronger bite and win almost every conflict against lions(usually quite quickly) that have been witnessed by humans, according to William Bridges, the curator of publications at the Bronx Zoo “back in the day of the Roman Coliseum, the smart money usually backed the tiger.” While we don’t have any great descriptions of the outcomes, ancient paintings of the event usually showed the tiger winning. And in the late 1800′s, the Gaekwad of Baroda, an Indian ruler, arranged a fight between the two beasts. Before the fight began, those running the bettor set the odds at 1 to 37,000 that the tiger would win. It did, and the Gaekwad lost 37,000 rupees.

Also in 2011 at the Ankara zoo, a tiger killed a lion with a single paw swipe!! http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-12669308

Bengal Tigers are known to kill Bull elephants single handedly, but you never hear of a Lion taking down an elephant on its own.

A tiger can stand tall on hind limbs and deliver swipes with its bigger paws

Lions are relaxed (sociable) and confident around their harem of females, they live in groups. Tigers on the other hand are highly aggressive, solitary animals. Tigers live alone and lions live in packs. Tigers are known to solo while lions depend on pride cooperation.

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 small female Balinese tiger skulls have cranial volumes as large as those of huge male southern African lion skulls.

lastly, Lions dwell in the savannah or grasslands (and not the jungle), Tigers are the jungle dwellers!!!



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