Who is the tiger or the lion?
In my childhood, I was always plagued by this problem. Tigers and lions, two big cats, have a fascinating magic. One known as the King of the Forest, the other known as the King of the Prairie, and the big cat at the top of the food chain, do you have a chance to fight? Who is more powerful?
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Felines seem to have a natural charm, pride and elegance are synonymous with them, and their own kingly attributes have also attracted a large number of fans. Tiger and lion fans are divided into two factions, namely the tiger blowing faction that believes that the tiger is more powerful than the lion and is the king of all beasts, and the lion fan faction that believes that the lion can easily defeat the tiger, the two groups of people have a deep love for their own "love beans", arguing endlessly under various posts, so in order to persuade each other, they will always come up with various lion and tiger fighting stories to prove their point.
I'm not a tiger blower or a lion fan, but I'm an animal fan and want to talk about these two fascinating big cats.
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There are 9 subspecies of tigers, namely Siberian tiger, South China tiger, Bali tiger, Indochina tiger, Malaysian tiger, Java tiger, Sumatran tiger, Caspian tiger, Bengal tiger, but among them, Bari tiger, Caspian tiger, Java tiger have become extinct, there are only 6 species of tigers in the world, and the number is not much.
There are also 8 subspecies of lions, namely Congolese lion, Angolan lion, South African lion, Barbary lion, Cape lion, Marseille lion, Asiatic lion and West African lion.
From the names of these tiger lions, we can roughly judge their distribution range, and the only one that may coincide with the tiger's living area is the Asiatic lion. People often think that there are no lions in Asia, but in fact Asia Lions live in our neighboring country India.
Asiatic lion
The Asiatic lion is relatively small, its body length is only 1.2-1.7 meters, the male lion weighs 150-200 kg, and the female lion weighs 90-150 kg, which is the smallest of all lion subspecies. In this magical country of India, there are also tigers, that is, Bengal tigers.
In theory, in India, Bengal tigers and Asiatic lions have the opportunity to meet each other, but on the one hand, the number of Bengal tigers in India is only a few thousand, and the Number of Asian Lions is only 2-3 hundred, and the number is rare, making it difficult for them to meet. On the other hand, the Bengal tiger is second only to the Siberian tiger in size, and can grow to 270 kilograms, which is not in the same heavyweight as the Asiatic lion, so even if they meet, the tiger wins the battle.
Therefore, in the wild conditions, it is impossible to say whether the lion is strong or the tiger is strong, because there is no fair duel.
What about artificial environments?
The easiest place to see lions and tigers at the same time is the zoo.
Years ago, a tragedy occurred at the Ankara Zoo in Turkey. In that zoo, an albino Bengal tiger and African lion as neighbors, one day this Bengal tiger broke through the middle fence and rushed to the territory of african lions, the poor lion in the zoo for a long time, before he could react, he was chased and bitten by the tiger.
After several consecutive bites, the Bengal tiger performed its signature tiger claw feat, and at the same time bit the neck of the African lion, cutting off the neck vein of the lion, and completed the new achievement of killing the lion alone before the zoo staff arrived.
As you can see from the photos on the scene, they are similar in size, but the lion seems to have no power to fight back, so this news is blown by many tigers as a tool to persuade others, tigers are more powerful than lions, aren't they? Don't believe I have a picture and there is truth.
But this argument is clearly not convincing, because it is still not a fair duel. The tiger ran to the lion cage belongs to the sneak attack, the lion is not mentally prepared, just happened to be hit, so the death is also very depressed, can not cover the conclusive conclusion, the same situation of the lion sneak attack on the tiger in the South Korean zoo also happened, this can not be used as the basis for who is powerful.
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Talking about toxicity aside from the dose is hooliganism, and talking about combat effectiveness aside from heavyweight is also hooliganism. So what is the difference in size between tigers and lions?
A detailed comparison of lions and tigers has been done on an authoritative animal website called prehistoric fauna abroad.
Lions have skull heights of 240-280 and skull lengths of 300-432
The skull height of the tiger is 225-280 and the length of the skull is 295-378
Lions are 200–360 in length, 95–123 in shoulder height and 150–272 in weight
Tigers are 230-330 in length, 90-115 in shoulder height and 100-261 in weight
Notice this set of data, it's sampling, not an extreme individual of a Siberian tiger or Asiatic lion. Many people say that tigers are the largest cat family, but although tigers have large men such as the Siberian tiger, and of course, there are small people like the Sumatran tiger, and in the same way, the various subspecies of lions are also very different.
From the comprehensive indicator of this sample, most of the indicators, combined upper, lower, and middle values, the lions have won the tiger.
But there is still an unfairness in this comparison, that is, the number of existing quantities. For example, although the size of the Siberian tiger is large, but their number is really not much, the number of lions is several times theirs, so if you take the average of individuals, lions are indeed more advantageous.
Another way to compare is to look at weight.
From the perspective of weight, the differences between the various subspecies of tigers are more obvious, and the weight is from 221kg to 100kg, and the gap in the middle is very large. But lions are more stable, the difference between each subspecies is only tens of kilograms, the lightest West African lion also has an average of 143kg, the largest Barbary lion average weight of 243kg, from this point of view, it is true that in most cases, lions are indeed a little larger than tigers.
Does this mean that lions are more powerful than tigers?
The truth is not so simple.
Saying that lions and tigers are more powerful is itself a false proposition, and without too many restrictions, there are infinite possibilities, which is why there is no conclusion after so many years of debate.
In terms of personality, lions are social animals, hunting and fighting are also together, and they have few opportunities to go head-to-head with people. As for tigers, after adulthood, a tiger goes out to roam, in addition to the breeding period, the rest of the time is alone, from an individual point of view, the tiger's single killing ability is stronger.
In terms of living environment, tigers live in forests, and there are few other large animals in the living area, and there are few natural enemies that can compete with them, so their predation success rate is much higher than that of lions. Lions mostly live on the African continent, where African elephants, rhinos, bison, giraffes, zebras, hippos are large and powerful, lions are really difficult to deal with, and if they are not careful, they will be plucked by the african second brother. So lions are better at teamwork.
Combining the above, in general:
First, from the perspective of big data, the size or weight of lions is larger than that of tigers.
Second, from the perspective of the success rate of hunting, the success rate of tigers is greater than that of lions.
Third, the same size of tigers and lions duel, both sides have the possibility of being killed, if it is a single challenge, the tiger has more advantages, if it is a group fight, the lion is better at it, the key to the decisive victory lies in who hits the other side first.
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