The two most powerful cats recognized in the world are lions and tigers. But which one is better than them? Everyone is interested in this issue and has different opinions. Let's talk about it in detail today.
There are many tiger subspecies in the world, such as South China Tiger, Northeast Tiger, Bengal Tiger, Sumatra Tiger and Indian zhina Tiger. Among them, the Siberian tiger is the largest, and the adult male tiger can reach 3.3 meters in length and weigh more than 300 kilograms. I remember reading a piece of information that the largest tiger was captured in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia, with a body length of 4 meters and a weight of 780 kilograms, twice that of ordinary liger! So in terms of size, tigers are the biggest cats.
At present, there are only two main subspecies of lions: African lions and Indian lions. Pumas are often blamed on bobcats. Pumas are the biggest cats. They belong to the same genus and are more closely related to our domestic cats. Among them, Indian lions are small in size and almost extinct in number. We often see African lions. Adult African lions are generally 2.3-2.7 meters long and weigh about 250 kilograms.
Because the size of animals usually determines their strength, the absolute strength of adult Siberian tigers is stronger than that of most African lions. In appearance, they all have terrible fangs and sharp teeth. They are characterized by strong jaws, cracked teeth and great strength when biting, which can be used to kill large animals. On the other hand, lions, especially lions, have exaggerated heads and faces because of their manes, but their bodies are thinner; Tigers are vigorous, but their heads are a little delicate. African lions look fierce, because they have a mane, so their vision is particularly large, but their hunting skills are poor and their endurance and speed are also lacking. The mighty tiger has similar long hair as an adult, with long hair on his face and neck, and his appearance is not inferior to that of a lion. Moreover, from the perspective of individual hunting skills, tigers have both strength and speed, can swim in trees, and have a high success rate in hunting alone. Lions fight in groups, and the efficiency of female lions is much higher than that of male lions. Bodybuilders' muscles are very, very strong, but when China scientists dissected the Northeast Tiger, they found that when its muscles were opened, they were even more beautiful and strong than the muscles of the best bodybuilders. Muscle fibers are unusually thick, and little excess fat is found, and almost no fat is seen. Strong bones accompanied by strong muscles prove that this animal is extremely explosive. The explosive power of the tiger has been shown. There is a crack on the concrete floor of the Lion Tiger Mountain Animal Hall in Beijing Zoo that was scratched by the Northeast Tiger. Peeling liger is strikingly similar, but it is found from anatomy that the heart capacity of a tiger is larger than that of an African lion.
The different geographical environment determines the different fighting methods and strategies of lions and tigers. On the vast plain, it is suitable to exert the strength of the group, lock the target and wait for the opportunity. In the jungle, prey is easy to dodge, hide and escape, which requires high individual combat skills. Lions are strategists and tigers are tacticians.
Because lions and tigers don't live in the same geographical environment, it seems difficult to compete, just like Guan Gong and Qin Qiong in cross talk. In the west, the lion has always been called the king of beasts; In China, the king of animals is the tiger. It is said that in ancient Rome, people used to let lions and tigers perform fighting performances in the arena. As a result, the tiger beats the lion every time. Scientists in the former Soviet Union once tried to make two hungry same-sex adults compete with each other, and the tiger won. Some geographers and zoologists believe that there were lions in ancient Yunnan. But why is it gone now? The tiger drove the lion out of the mountain forest with comfortable and convenient living conditions, and drove it to the deserts and grasslands in northwest India, Arabia and Africa and suffered from displacement. Geographically speaking, tigers are based in Siberia and spread all over Eurasia until the South Asian subcontinent, developing into Bengal tiger subspecies, Caucasian tiger subspecies and South China tiger subspecies, and only the sea prevents them from entering America. Some individuals crossed the South China Sea, entered the Indonesian archipelago, and developed into a subspecies of Sumatra Lahu. From extreme cold to extreme heat, tigers show tenacious adaptability. Tigers act alone, and only in the breeding season do males and females get together for a few days, and females raise their cubs independently. It shows that the tiger's survival ability is stronger than that of the lion. African lions entered the Arabian Peninsula from the northern part of the African continent, the second largest in South Asia. There was a game between liger in Indian history. Although there is no written record, the lion finally retreated to the northwest corner of India (known as the Asian lion), and the Bengal tiger spread all over South Asia and Southeast Asia is the final result.
Although both lions and tigers belong to cats, they have different habits. In the natural state, the Siberian tiger is the absolute exclusive beastmaster, while the lion is a "gregarious" animal. In the natural state, it is gregarious, generally more than 20 in each group.
The Siberian tiger has the highest predation skill among all cats, because its habitat is cold and harsh, and there are few wild animals, so it can't bear the failure of predation. At the undisputed top of the food chain, its prey includes all large violent herbivores such as red deer and Asian wild boar. There are Asian brown bears, leopards, black bears, wolves, raccoons, badgers, foxes and other carnivores. There are many rumors that the wild boar defeated the Northeast Tiger, but the wild boar was the defensive side. If you are not killed, it is a victory. There are too few records that can kill the Siberian tiger. Moreover, tigers killed by injuries are generally old, disabled (lacking canine teeth) or young tigers. As for the Bengal tiger, it is reported that the record holder for the most killing is the Bengal tiger, which is related to the environment in India. Among the carnivores in zhina, jackals pose a threat to Bengal tigers and South China tigers. Jackals are not as aggressive as wolves, but the group is more tenacious than wolves, and there is no racial distinction. Different jackals will cooperate to attack tigers and leopards. In India, 20 jackals attacked a female Bengal tiger. In the first confrontation, the tiger killed seven jackals and injured six, destroying the attack power of jackals. However, the remnant jackals immediately summoned another jackal group in the neighboring territory-26 jackals to join the attack on the tiger. In the second resistance, the tiger killed four and wounded two, and began to run away. The jackals chased for 40 kilometers, and the third small jackal group joined the interception. Finally, nearly 40 jackals killed the Bengal tiger. The tiger ate half of it and finally killed seven jackals in the battlefield. There is another legend in China that the jackal is the bane of the tiger. But Asian elephants, Asian rhinoceroses and bison are no match for Bengal tigers. Adult male Asian elephants can protect themselves, but they will never attack tigers. Contrary to African elephants, female Asian elephants can't resist Bengal tigers. The South China Tiger has the most experience against human beings. South China Tiger is a unique tiger in China. It has struggled with China people for 2000 years, and has the richest experience and skills in how to attack and evade, and its situation is also the most dangerous.
African lions, on the other hand, have relatively poor predation ability, so they can only ambush their prey in groups, and only attack African elephants, rhinoceroses, bison and other large animals when there is no escape in dry season. In the process of hunting, the main force is the smaller female lion, and the male lion has almost no frontal attack and one-on-one fight. Individual African lions can't even survive, and older lions expelled by lions may generally be killed. Dogs are hunted and even killed by jackals.
If you really force the lion and the tiger to fight to the death, then in the team battle, the tiger may not be able to beat the lion, but it is absolutely impossible for the lion to beat the tiger one-on-one, because the tiger is better than the lion in agility, endurance, skill and weight. If the tiger wins, it should be a certain result.
1995 10, in an open zoo in a coastal city of China, there was an incident in which a Siberian tiger killed an African lion. One night, the door separating liger's cage was broken. Due to the principle of competition among large carnivores, carnivores with equal strength either give in to each other after meeting, and if there is no retreat, they have to make the last stop. As a result, when the staff arrived at the scene, the African lion had fallen dead in the middle of the tiger area! After investigation, the African lion invaded the tiger area after full preparation, but the result was that the Northeast tiger was fatal. The Siberian tiger hit the African lion in the throat for the first time, and did not give the opponent a chance to fight back! After killing his opponent, the Northeast Tiger dragged a lion twice as heavy for more than 30 meters.
Siberian tiger (Siberian tiger) is the biggest cat. First of all, it is physically stronger than lion. In hunting skills, tigers have always been solitary, solitary, and the ability to fight alone is naturally strong; Lions live in groups (lions are the only truly gregarious animals among cats), and pay attention to the ability to cooperate in combat. So lions are no match for tigers when they fight one by one.
Historically, tigers were once distributed as far away as Turkey, including Siberian tiger, South China tiger, Indian tiger, Bengal tiger, Black Sea tiger, Xinjiang tiger, Sumatra tiger, Java tiger and Bali tiger, but today only the first four subspecies are left. Lions were once widely distributed. In addition to Africa and India, there are two subspecies of Greek lion and Iranian lion, among which Iranian lion and Black Sea tiger also have fierce competition for survival.
Generally speaking, carnivores only prey on smaller or equivalent animals. For carnivores with similar strength, the principle of avoidance is generally adopted. For example, when tigers meet bears, especially brown bears, the largest carnivore, they usually avoid each other, but in India, tigers sometimes kill crocodiles, and Indian tigers can even snatch food from crocodiles.
Some people say that tigers and bears are powerful, but they are not. Tigers and bears generally don't fight recklessly. They usually cheat and hide each other first. After the bear wins, he will pull up the tree and shake it desperately (the bear is stupid), and then when the bear is exhausted, he will pounce on it and cut its throat to eat its meat.