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12-01-2015, 10:05 PM( This post was last modified: 12-01-2015, 10:05 PM by Pckts )
(12-01-2015, 06:29 PM)brotherbear Wrote: There is one recorded event in the ancient Roman arena where beast vs beast events took place, where a big European brown bear was pitted against a rhinoceros ( species not identified ). There was no fight to it. The rhino easily killed the bear. For pachyderms, only the big cats are armed well enough to challenge them.
I guess it would depend on the size of the bear and species of Rhino. I think an arena would probably favor the "charging animal" since the predator could be forced against a wall and only able to avoid moving side to side in stead of moving forward and backward as well. The equivalent of putting an opponent against the ropes (boxing) or cage (mma)
But a big cat would probably carry the same odds as a bear in this case, predation on Rhino by Tiger, lion or any other animal would be extremely rare and have to be accomplished by a massive animal with experience with large, dangerous herbivores. It would take a specialist I think, no matter the predator.
Lion predation on the African Black Rhinoceros
