Can a tiger kill a lion?

Answer 1

The Lion is the winner (answer 1)

A tiger might win, but a lion will win most of the time because:

An African lion is larger cat than a Bengal tiger,with average length of 3.5m with the tail and 227-270kg (500-600Ib) while tigers 3.1m, and 227-300kg(500-660Ib) Finally a lion is a better fighter. The world isn't all perfect. A male spends 4 years learning to fight. Then, it fight for food with females. and last, but not so important, a fight for a pride. Tigers only complete for territory and for a female. A lion will be the victorious about nine out of ten times because is is more aggressive, more swift, more intelligent, and dodges his opponent without a problem. There he uses his agility, ballance, eye-coordination & condition which are higher developed than tigers. And there is a myth, that tigers limbs are noticeably larger. Yes you can see it harder on stripes but if a mane covers 60-80% of them, what are the chances that they will appear larger. A lion's job is to be a good fighter and the mane offers protection when a big chunch goes too far in the throat. They have much stronger paw swipe and slightly stronger bite force & ferocity. Lion claws are actually larger and used for pulling the prey to itself while eating prey. Their canines were compared on pictures : the skulls and the fangs are the same size. But that isn't the only reason why will the lion win. In Rome and Greece you can find statues of a lion on gates. They just knew that lions wins over tigers.

A tiger was known to be the largest cat, but it's a myth. They do say that a tiger is larger, but their information says different. A tiger is just slightly more cunning and if not heavier. It does seem to have at least some chances to a lion but the decision fight is very often won by a lion e.g. animal face off. That was one example. Within those cats, their list of attributes is endless, but ,most of them are higher developed in a lion.

The two cats are very powerful, fiece and dangerous cats. But the advantages of a lion throws the tiger's to the shade. There is a little chance that a tiger will win, unlike the victorious lion.

The tiger is the winner(answer 2)

Tigers and lions are both fierce, powerful, and intelligent cats, each being the apex predator of it's habitat. But to find out which animal would win in a fight, they would have to be compared in many different ways. in this case, we are going to compare the African lion and Bengal tiger. (The most common and well-known lion and tiger.) I will discuss everything that is important in a fight: their size, strength, jaw force, pawswipe, agility, intelligence, strengths and weaknesses, and of coarse, fighting skill.

First of all, the tiger is heavier and overall larger, so it has the size advantage. Though this is certainly not the most important thing in a fight, it is still important. You do not see a house cat beating a German shepherd, because even though cats move faster and more fiercely, the dog is simply much, much bigger. Basicly, size DOES matter. But a Bengal tiger isn't THAT much bigger than a lion, so in this case, power and skill are the most important things. Many people think that the lion is stronger than the tiger because they appear to be more muscular. But the fact is, tigers are actually more muscular, their muscles are sometimes harder to see because of longer fur and vertical stripes. The tiger is more similar in build to the jaguar than the lion, and the jaguar is the world's strongest cat (compared to its own size.) A very important feature of strength is the animal's jaw force. The tiger has a wider skull, and the lion's is longer. Animals with wider skulls have a stronger bite, because the force of the bite is concentrated more on one area, instead of being spread out over a length. The tiger's canines are also a bit longer than the lion's, which is very easy to see in photos.

As for the animal's paw swipe, this is the major part of the animal's overall strength, and it includes a lot of debate. The tiger certainly has stronger hind legs. They use them to leap great distances and kill prey. But many people say that the tiger has stronger hind legs, but the lion has stronger front paws, which is more important in a fight. Well, actually, the tiger's stronger back legs allow it to balance on them, and use both of its forepaws to fight. The lion usually uses just one paw at a time, not because its arms are stronger, but because it can not balance on two legs as well as the tiger. And if you have seen tigers fight before, you will have noticed the amazing speed they swipe with. It is also thought by some people that the tiger's punches are faster, but the lion's are harder and stronger. The fact is this: the more muscled the animal's limbs are, the faster the animal can move them. So, it is pretty clear that the tiger is stronger.

And now, we are going to discuss the most important part of a fight; the animals' fighting skill. A big myth surrounds this field. Many people think that, because a male lion fights for his pride against other males, the lion has more fighting skill. It is also thought that "A lion fights and doesn't hunt, and a tiger hunt's and doesn't fight." This is a ridiculous theory. The world is not all perfect and orderly like that; just because a male lion fights a lot and doesn't hunt much, does not mean that a tiger hunts and doesn't fight much. In fact, male lions DO hunt, and they do so very efficiently. And as for tigers, the truth is this: The average male tiger fights more over the coarse of his life than the average male lion. Tigers fight with other tigers, sometimes to the death, to win the heart of a female. And female tigers fight off hungry males to defend their cubs. The shrinking habitat of the tiger is causing even more battles over territory, battles that both tigers AND tigresses fight in. And there are many other animals that these cats fight with. Lion prides have wars against packs of hyenas, and tigers deal with wild dogs and crocs. But perhaps the most impressive thing is that tigers have been known to attack and kill adult brown bears, animals that lions would not stand a chance against. Tigers and lions fight a bit differently, as well. Tigers seem to use a bit more 'skill' in fighting, for example, keeping their heads back while battling. Lions have been known to blindly charge into battle; it's just the way they fight each other. Unfortunately, this would be a weakness when fighting a tiger, because experts have noticed that tigers think things through a bit more when they fight.

Now, let's refer to the lion and tiger's strengths and weaknesses. A key feature in a fight is speed. Being cats, both tigers and lions use amazing speed when fighting. But when it comes down to it, the tiger is clearly faster. Like I said before, if you have seen a tiger fight before, you probably noticed the rapid speed they swipe and throw punches with. This is one of the tiger's strengths. It also has another advantage: accuracy and evasiveness. Tigers are more accurate when they strike, and they are also better at dodging opponent's blows. Note that a lion's mane slows it down during a fight, which is why the agility and evasiveness are the tiger's advantages. And of coarse, there is the case of the lion's mane. The lion's mane protects it's neck from fatal throat bites. This is the lion's advantage. But the thing is, in fights, tigers do not attack with a bite to the throat. In a television show called "Animal Face-Off", the lion won because his mane protected him when the tiger attempted a throat-bite. The problem with this show is that the "experts" think that a cat is going to bring predatory/hunting skills into a fight. They were wrong. In a fight, both tigers and lions will attack each other's head, face, spine, and legs. And then, there is another thing that can prove to be an advantage: Stamina. This goes to....... The tiger. Reason? Because, as I pointed out before, the tiger fights with bears, and bears have a longer stamina than cats. But as if this were not enough information about lions and tigers, there's more! The fight isn't decided yet!

This is probably a very important part in a fight: Which animal is smarter? To decide this, experts would have to consider the habitat and behaviors of these two carnivores. The lion lives out on the open savanna, which is an overall simple biome. Tigers, on the other hand, live in the dense jungle. This is a complex biome, even to look at, not to mention navigate through. The tiger spots prey with his keen eyes in this habitat. The jungle also includes some grassland and open fields, so the tiger has experience chasing prey and fighting to take it down, as well as being an ambush killer. The lion, on the other hand, hunts in a pride. Hunting in packs has been proven to require a lot of strategy and concentration. (Take wolves, for example.) Lions chase down their prey, directing it from one lion to the other, and forming a formation of a half moon, or semi-circle, around it. They have many other strategies to take down their prey that a tiger would never use. However, studies on the big cats' brains have shown that the tiger's mind is a more developed then the lion's. This probably has something to do with their evolution. And one more thing about the topic of habitat and lifestyle: What kind of prey the tiger and lion hunt. We already established that these animals do not bring hunting skills into a fight. But some people speculate that lions are stronger because they hunt huge buffalo, and tigers only hunt deer. Actually, tigers hunt the largest cattle in the world: the guar, and they have even been known to take down small Asian elephants. It takes a whole pride of lions to take down a large African elephant. This is looking pretty one-sided, isn't it?

But, there is still one very, very important topic to consider. The animals' courage and ferocity. Courage is the lion's major advantage. It is true that, when lions and tigers meet in reserves, tigers sometimes submit to lions. Male lions can seem more aggressive, and naturally take control over the situation, like a true king. And when they fight, they don't easily back down, they fight with a stubborn desire to win. (This is another advantage) But the reason for this is NOT that tigers are cowards, they are simply trying to avoid an unnecessary fight. When a lion insists on a battle, and the tiger is pressed to fight, the tables are turned. Within the Bengal tiger scientists found a most disturbing ferocity, and when it comes to the decision to fight, this cat attacks bravely and violently, most often winning any fight against a lion.

In the end, the tiger's agility, stamina, ferocity, and power comes out on top. The majority of experts agree that the tiger would be victorious about 90% of the time. (9 out of 10 fights) So now, it is clear that the tiger is the true king of beasts.

90% of tiger bunts are unsuccessful. a successful hunt for a cheetah is only 1 out of 5. A lion is 2 out of 5.

Lion advantages; A lion is smarter, because lionesses chases a prey to the other lionesses and often do an important trick that a tiger will never do. A lion must be clever and smart to conquer other members for food. One lioness chases his prey to other lions, which had formed a shape of half of a moon, like a semi circle and that way the lion is more successful hunter(45% chance for successful hunt while tigers 10-15%)He is also more skilled because a male spends first 4 years preparing for a fight for a pride. On that time he also become more patience and more aggressive because he got to survive 2 years(2 years as a member of the pride) on his own. He is faster, because a lighter animal. He has much more stronger paw swipe and the same bite force. He has more courage and the important piece is, that a lion is the second biggest cat, after the Siberian tiger. But some lions are larger than tigers

tiger advantages ;A Bengal tiger sometimes kills people's cattle and then, they start to have body fat. A tiger is then a heavier cat. Also living in the jungle the tiger got ore flair and more agile. But this is the end of tiger's strengths.

Tiger is no the top cat, actually smaller than a lion. Total length of a lion 3.30m and 2.9 m for a Bengal tiger. Another thing about them is, A lion got almost all the advantages in a fight.

Answer 2

Lions are more powerful and larger than tigers, but a group of attacking tigers would easily kill one lion.