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Lion Predation

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(01-20-2015, 12:10 AM)'TheLioness' Wrote: I appolgoize for how I talked to you pkcts, I've been rather sick for couple months, getting over flu right now, and some of the things you say and ho you respond to lion predation makes me irritated by how it seems you dislike giving them any credit.

A male lion killing a bull is able to be done, I've seen it, read it, ect. Throughout the years of debating, things get lost.

If a single smaller lioness can kill an adult cow, simply said a heavier stronger male can kill a heavier bull. Its simple logic.

 

I appreciate the apology, no hard feelings. We all get worked up on here from time to time.

"If a single smaller lioness can kill an adult cow, simply said a heavier stronger male can kill a heavier bull. Its simple logic."

Maybe, maybe not. A lone male lion can take on 4 plus females at once and can dominate a kill over a entire pride so if the same logic is used for a Bull buffalo, than there is a huge differnce between a cow and Bull buffalo.

"A male lion killing a bull is able to be done, I've seen it, read it, ect."
Aside from Varty, can you post where you have read it or seen it?
 
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I'll get back to you when i can. [img]images/smilies/smile.gif[/img]

4 females would kill a male, its all about intimidation really.
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Fact being there is eyewitness account of single lion taking bull buffalo (Varty), along with video of the same.
You choose to discredit them. The simple facts.

This has been an interesting go-round. Aside from some small arms fire, no harm done. Collectively, let this be
a lesson in congeniality.
 
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(01-20-2015, 12:17 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 12:15 AM)'chaos' Wrote:
(01-19-2015, 11:59 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: All I know is that komodo dragon nip at buffalo, the wounds never coagulate and they became weak from infection over time. Usually days, while the komodo take follow and bite them until they finally give in. While a lone wolf taking down a bison is extremely impressive, we still need to know many factors. Was the bison, old, young, wounded, sick etc.
I think we all know that a lone wolf is not taking down a full grown healthy bison. Just watch the predation of the wolf pack on the smaller bison, the entire pack is chasing the bison then all of a sudden a massive full grown bison comes and flips the smaller bison over and thats when you get a idea of what a full grown bison looks like.

"But to stay on topic Packer mentions that a  single lion taking down a male buffalo is unlikely "

And I would agree with Packer and considering he knows Lion better than anyone in the world, I think his word is pretty solid.

 



 

I'd like see proof of that.


 
Of what?
What packer said, I don't know, it wasn't me who posted it.
If you are talking about the bison predation by the wolf pack, its easily found on youtube and same with Komodo dragon predation on Buffalo. I will not post them here since they are not related to Lion predation but i will search for the packer statement.


 

 

~~What packer said, I don't know, it wasn't me who posted it.

Ok. Until verified, nobody knows if its true.
 
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(01-20-2015, 12:23 AM)'chaos' Wrote: Fact being there is eyewitness account of single lion taking bull buffalo (Varty), along with video of the same.
You choose to discredit them. The simple facts.

This has been an interesting go-round. Aside from some small arms fire, no harm done. Collectively, let this be
a lesson in congeniality.
 

 


Fact remains, that there is no video of it occurring, anywhere. And Varty is the only "eye witness'' to claim it. So if you want to use Varty, than that means you must agree that Tigers have a much stronger bite force, they jump higher and are more powerful.
My goal is not to start a L vs T debate, just to show you that if you want to use Varty for one statement than you should use him for all statements he has made. I on the other hand prefer to use unbiased people with no alterior motive who use actual proof and research no the financial gain to dictate what they do or say.
 
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(01-20-2015, 12:27 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 12:02 AM)'chaos' Wrote: I would appreciate your take on the single lion with the bull buffalo. Where are the other lions? Do you think they
would just leave a kill in the making? Also, if more than one lion was present on the attack, do you think it would
necessitate 22+ hours? Lions kill with a throat bite. That bull would logically have succumbed to just that fate if
multiple lions were present. Isn't it possible the narrator made a very simple mistake in pronunciation, which was    
reflected in the abstract of the description you quoted? It was one "s". Based on the video shown, there's a high
probability of that scenario. Thats what I mean by common sense and logic.   


 

Its a 22+ hour event, the park closes so visitors must leave, camera batteries run out etc. Park officials relay events occuring to other officials then they must drive to the event. So lots of things can happen in that time, etc.
I have heard of a few events taking 20 + hours, there is a tiger vs sambar predation that took 20 plus hours, predation on elephant that have taken all night and day etc, lots of predation occur over a couple of days.  The odin Bull gaur vs Male tiger event took all night and they believed the tiger was going to begin the attack again. Thats why they found the tigers pug marks following the bloody hoof marks of odin after the attack happened all night. They wound a animal, wait for night fall and attack again or just regain their strength, etc.
I will never try to claim something happened or did not happen when I was not there and they were.
 

 


You didn't directly address my questions. Also, the incidents you referenced were single tiger attacks. Large male lions
are of similar size and weaponry. Based on that premise, its logical to assume one lion was involved. A lions hunting 
technique is much different than the tigers.

 There is a video on youtube of two male lions taking a bull buffalo with amazing ease, immediately upon attack. Once 
down, its over for the buffalo. One invariably goes for the throat bite. This is what I base my claim upon. It certainly
wouldn't take multiple lions that much time. See post # 113 in this very thread. More like 22 seconds, not 22 hours.
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(01-20-2015, 12:30 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 12:23 AM)'chaos' Wrote: Fact being there is eyewitness account of single lion taking bull buffalo (Varty), along with video of the same.
You choose to discredit them. The simple facts.

This has been an interesting go-round. Aside from some small arms fire, no harm done. Collectively, let this be
a lesson in congeniality.
 


 


Fact remains, that there is no video of it occurring, anywhere. And Varty is the only "eye witness'' to claim it. So if you want to use Varty, than that means you must agree that Tigers have a much stronger bite force, they jump higher and are more powerful.
My goal is not to start a L vs T debate, just to show you that if you want to use Varty for one statement than you should use him for all statements he has made. I on the other hand prefer to use unbiased people with no alterior motive who use actual proof and research no the financial gain to dictate what they do or say.
 

 

He witnessed firsthand a lion taking a bull buffalo. Has nothing to do with his opinion on lions and tigers.
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I'm netural on this but you really can't compare lions with tigers when it comes to predation. Tigers are more suitable to taking down  bigger prey since they are more agile than lions. 1v1 is different but Tigers are superior hunters
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(01-20-2015, 12:54 AM)'chaos' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 12:30 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 12:23 AM)'chaos' Wrote: Fact being there is eyewitness account of single lion taking bull buffalo (Varty), along with video of the same.
You choose to discredit them. The simple facts.

This has been an interesting go-round. Aside from some small arms fire, no harm done. Collectively, let this be
a lesson in congeniality.
 



 


Fact remains, that there is no video of it occurring, anywhere. And Varty is the only "eye witness'' to claim it. So if you want to use Varty, than that means you must agree that Tigers have a much stronger bite force, they jump higher and are more powerful.
My goal is not to start a L vs T debate, just to show you that if you want to use Varty for one statement than you should use him for all statements he has made. I on the other hand prefer to use unbiased people with no alterior motive who use actual proof and research no the financial gain to dictate what they do or say.
 


 

He witnessed firsthand a lion taking a bull buffalo. Has nothing to do with his opinion on lions and tigers.

 


He witnessed first hand tigers crushing shells and lions being unable to crush the same shells. He witnessed male lions fighting and male tigers fighting and said nothing is as powerful as a male tiger fighting, he witnessed lions jumping and tigers jumping and said tigers are the superior leaper.
Or so he claimed, so if you wanted to use his eye witness account, then you should use all of them, should you not?

I on the other hand dont care what he claims, he is a proven liar who uses exaggerated stories to try and bring attention to his financial endevour. At least that is what I have taken from the stories I have read and the accounts of his claims and the gov't denials. I have no idea what he has or hasn't seen but for somebody to claim that they have seen a event that nobody else has ever seen and to then claim that not only did they see it but it was also the largest animal ever recorded, etc. Is to much to believe in my opinion, that is all.
 
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(01-20-2015, 12:40 AM)'faess' Wrote: I'm trying to find the site where I read the source from but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8XIRo8b-s

He more or less says the same around 9:00 but wasn't as specific.

 

TFS, intersting listen.

 
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~~He witnessed male lions fighting and male tigers fighting and said nothing is as powerful as a male tiger fighting,

This is an opinion. Crushing shells? Probably a technique involved. Of no significance. Most in the know are aware tigers
are better jumpers. No revelations in any of this. This isnt about LvT. The man witnessed an attack, you claim hes lying.
  
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(01-20-2015, 01:23 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 12:40 AM)'faess' Wrote: I'm trying to find the site where I read the source from but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8XIRo8b-s

He more or less says the same around 9:00 but wasn't as specific.


 

TFS, intersting listen.

 

 

I do believe he was talking about lionesses. No mention of males. We've already seen it happen before with adult cows.
Even Packer can proven wrong. 

 
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(01-20-2015, 01:26 AM)'chaos' Wrote: ~~He witnessed male lions fighting and male tigers fighting and said nothing is as powerful as a male tiger fighting,

This is an opinion. Crushing shells? Probably a technique involved. Of no significance. Most in the know are aware tigers
are better jumpers. No revelations in any of this. This isnt about LvT. The man witnessed an account, you claim hes lying.
  

 



Technique involved? Where would a tiger have picked up a shell crushing technique over a lion?
You choose to accept one and not the other to back your point. I choose to use actual proof and evidence. So If I am not mistaken then, the only actual account that you can provide of any eye witness is the Varty claim?
Ok, well that is far from proof IMO, especially with all the other non sense that comes along with it, I.E. "800kg bull Buffalo"



 
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(01-20-2015, 01:30 AM)'chaos' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 01:23 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 12:40 AM)'faess' Wrote: I'm trying to find the site where I read the source from but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8XIRo8b-s

He more or less says the same around 9:00 but wasn't as specific.



 

TFS, intersting listen.

 


 

I do believe he was talking about lionesses. No mention of males. We've already seen it happen before with adult cows.
Even Packer can proven wrong. 

 

 
He specifically states males lions and their hunting of larger prey, together. Packer can be proven wrong, but it just hasn't happened yet and he has decades of expierence with these aniimals in their wild settings. So his word is gold compared to any of ours.


  'chaos' Wrote: Not sure if this has already been posted. This lion single handedly takes this bull buffalo down. No assist to
his partners on this. Not the largest, but nonetheless, male.
http://youtu.be/L3aAGPa3Ifk
Seems more videos are surfacing.




Already posted here, its a cow. No Testicles, and there are 3 lions on it.
Seems that the same videos are posted because none are able find any with a single lion taking down a adult bull buffalo.
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(01-20-2015, 01:37 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:
(01-20-2015, 01:26 AM)'chaos' Wrote: ~~He witnessed male lions fighting and male tigers fighting and said nothing is as powerful as a male tiger fighting,

This is an opinion. Crushing shells? Probably a technique involved. Of no significance. Most in the know are aware tigers
are better jumpers. No revelations in any of this. This isnt about LvT. The man witnessed an account, you claim hes lying.
  


 



Technique involved? Where would a tiger have picked up a shell crushing technique over a lion?
You choose to accept one and not the other to back your point. I choose to use actual proof and evidence. So If I am not mistaken then, the only actual account that you can provide of any eye witness is the Varty claim?
Ok, well that is far from proof IMO, especially with all the other non sense that comes along with it, I.E. "800kg bull Buffalo"



 

 


~~So If I am not mistaken then, the only actual account that you can provide of any eye witness is the Varty claim?

You made the claim there are none, correct? Also, no video proof. There seems to be some of that surfacing. 
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