Girth Comparaison of Animals

[Pckts]

(04-19-2018, 09:21 PM)Polar Wrote:

(04-19-2018, 08:54 PM)Pckts Wrote: I've said it before, but once again, there is no cut and dry lift to declare strength, feats of strength are many and some of the strongest men on the planet still have weak spots, it's never a black and white issue.

bears have a general pound-for-pound advantage over big cats in strength (but cats still pull stronger, I think) 

The bear GM09 certainly has a lb for lb advantage, and whether he is an outlier or a standard amongst certain sub species of Brown bear is still unknown to me, but other sub species of bears aren't as impressive in their measurements and are beaten out by big cats, so it may come down to certain individual bears or sub species. At maximums though, the bear certainly gets the nod in the chest and neck region, no cat outlier can match GM09s measurements at equal weights.
But that being said, the weight distribution has to go somewhere, so even saying a bear and cat both at 200kg and a bear with a larger chest, neck and most likely midsection girth will then have a smaller forelimb section which as we know will mean the bear has a more sturdy base while the cat should have a stronger grappling advantage, bears also have flat feet which allow them to be balanced in 4 or 2 leg standing position where cats do not so that may also play into the factor in their muscle distribution.
In human terms, I'd put cats in the Jiu Jitsu area and Bears in the Greco Roman Wrestling area.

But other bears shown from different locations, where their weight and girth measurements were equal/close to big cats, I'd have to say the advantage would be with big cats.
I was also thinking about something else, what does a cats Tail weigh? 
Because even though its statistically minimal, it still is weight distribution that isn't going towards a specific muscle grouping. Reply