behind the big cat's and bear's, who is the top predator?

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(06-06-2015, 09:33 PM)'Pantherinae' Wrote: Yeah I'm not surprised that cougars does kill wolves. Because they are extrodanary killers, in the leopards case leopards imo has tougher opponents, it is extreamly rare they kill hyenas, but hyenas are in a different leauge and much harder to kill than a wolf, and often there are more than one they usually move in group's of 2-8 animals, I don't think they would feel very threatened by cougars neither, but leopards does avoid conflicts with wild dog packs, hyenas and lions all which could also pose a danger to a cougar aswell, I've seen a leopard also defend her kill against a slothbear and cougars against black bears. I've seen cougars chased by coyotes and wolves.. But to be honest ofcourse a cougar would defeat coyotes and also a single wolf if the cougar is big, but so could a leopard. Leopards are sometimes getting chased by wild dogs, but I've seen pictures if wild dogs hanging dead in trees. 

I would defenatly without a shadow of a doubt put the leopard as the number 4 cat, ahead of the cougar, but it's my own honest opinion 

 

Now now pantherinae, you know there is absolutely no way to determine who is "tougher to kill" between a wolf or hyenna. I already showed how durable Wolves are, they are equal in size and both equipped to kill. 

That being said, a cougars get ran off by wolves and they kill wolves it actually depends on the location. Areas with many trees are where wolves fall victime and areas with more open terrain are where wolves kill Cougars.

Hyennas are far less successful when it comes to killing Leopards, it almost never happens, especially with a full grown leopard and a full grown male leopard is not something that has ever happened to my knowledge.

Lets just use common sense,
just say leopards and cougar are the same skilled climbers, look at facts
Leopards are larger in all areas that matter, size of chest, limb girth, neck, jaws, canines, claws and they carry animals larger than themselves up trees, cougars do not. 

Leopards and Cougars are both skilled predators but advantages are on the side of the leopard. But cougars are absolutely deserving of being put in the same category of killer but if you continued to put different animals in front of both, I think the cougar would be slightly less successful than the Leopard. Meaning as you put a Gazelle, then Wildabeast then Kudu, then Elk, Then Moose, Then Buffalo Cow etc.. all the way up the list, I think the Leopard would have the better kill %. I just go off of weapons and power. Usually the determining factor when making a kill. Assume both are equal stalkers.


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