Sloth Bear

[parvez]

(11-22-2016, 06:55 PM)brotherbear Wrote:

(11-22-2016, 06:32 PM)parvez Wrote:

(11-22-2016, 06:27 PM)brotherbear Wrote:

(11-22-2016, 06:10 PM)parvez Wrote: Sloth bears are said to be the strongest bears pound for pound. At equal weights, i really do not see any animal challenging it. It has an unmatchable brutal strength IMO.

Said by whom? The grizzly is built for brute-strength, having developed his unique shoulder hump from ages of digging in hard ground. IMO - a 300 pound sloth bear would lose-out against a 300 pound barren ground grizzly in terms of both strength and ferocity.

The biggest animals of one species are seldom stronger pound for pound. I know about the pure brutality of sloth bear being in country it resides. If you consider tigers, sumatran is considered the strongest pound for pound with some exceptions. Similarly, sloth bear must be stronger i assumed. I also read it somewhere. But i cannot recollect the website where i read about it.

However, looking at other species of big cats, how many are pound-for-pound stronger than a tiger?

You have a point(jaguar is the only one stronger than tiger pound for pound), but trust me sloth bears are much more nastier than other bear species. They have evolved over time to be stronger as they cannot escape from bigger predators like leopard, lion, tiger. They only have one option, to fight them. They cannot escape as they are poor runners. There are instances where bigger tigers are forced to change their way if they come to know there is sloth bear. They are even responsible for many human deaths in India. They simply are vicious fighters. Reply