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(04-13-2020, 09:45 PM)johnny rex Wrote: To quickly summarize, there are no male lions or male tigers that can easily kill a healthy big bull buffalo or gaur alone.
That is not correct. Read what I post from Dr Karanth and Dr Sunquist, all the information, tables and screenshots and not just the speculation of one person. Tigers can and do kill healthy big bull gaur up to 1000 kg alone, but is not a common feat, that is for sure. Must of the time (almoust 60% of the hunts) they will target the young specimens.
I don't know about lions as I don't have the information, but I can speculate that a male lion can kill a 900 kg male African buffalo too.
Maximum size of prey that a single male lion or tiger can kill
