Lion and Tiger Fight Interaction in Zoo, Circus or Any Other Captive Places

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(02-23-2019, 02:09 AM)Spalea Wrote: @Shadow @paul cooper ...

In short, I believe that animals never stop to measure each other. When I say it's blatant that a tiger has bigger front limbs, any lion confronted by a tiger must think "this guy has really very powerful paws !". And thus, it will not seriously get involved in a fight agains a tiger. But it is going to bluff it by intimidating it. And if the tiger chooses to retreat, the lion starts to eat immediately.

The balance of power between lions and tigers is very thin. Instinctively, the lions knows how far to push it without starting a real fight. And perhaps the tiger in front of its determination drops it, gives up, IMO.

Paul Cooper: the video you posted has been posted in the " Zoos, Circuses, Safaris; A Gallery of Captivity " thread at the #1445

Yes, of course when in same cage these animals tend to look who is in charge. And in this zoo there are fights too, tigers front paws etc. aren´t stopping that to happen. When I found more material from this zoo, as I mentioned, I dislike that place a lot. It really is almost like they would hope something serious to happen as we know, that time to time has happened in other places. Of course it is difficult to know too much, when seeing 4-5 videos and all cut in different ways showing parts from here and there. Hopefully that zoo gets a lot of complaints for it how they treat these animals. Reply