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Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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Tongue  02-02-2017, 10:32 AM ( This post was last modified: 02-15-2018, 09:12 PM by Rishi )

(02-02-2017, 08:30 AM)Ba Ba Lou Wrote: pckts.

kesri singh give an account of Bengal tigers defeating Asiatic lions 3 times, but in  conjunction with kesri's account another guy In India boldchamp mentions Asiatic lions beating Bengal tigers 4 straight. I guess it's safe to say in 7 fights IN THE WILD, the Asiatic lion wins 4 and the Bengal tiger wins 3, pretty much even with a SLIGHT edge going to the lion.

All others that CLAIM Bengal tigers drove Asiatic lions out of Kuno only give THEIR opinion with no EYEWITNESS accounts. The Asiatic lion is no longer in Kuno is because the lions where hunted to extinction in Kuno.

When asked who would win Amur tiger vs. African lion,  lion expert Craig Packer says a Amur tiger would PROBABLY be too much for a African lion, again  a mere OPINION, not an EYEWITNESS account.

But here's an eyewitness account from a tiger EXPERT Dr. Kallash Sankhala, NOT an opinion.


"Story Of The Indian Tiger" 1977 By Kalash Sankhala.
Pages 119-120, why the  lion left game rich areas of India for the Gir forest, I do not know, all I can say is the tiger IS NOT responsible. In my opinion a tiger is no match even for a single lion of equal strength. Sankhala bases his opinion on seeing a film of a male lion vs. male tiger fight, the lion killed the tiger. ( This fight IS NOT the Gir lion tiger fight, but ANOTHER fight ) An eyewitness account,  NOT an opinion.

Dude itz not Dragonball-Z with power-levels to indicate who will kick whose @$$.
Far too many factors are at play:
  • Initiative
  • SIZE
  • Age
  • Health
  • Experience
  • Individual temperament
  • Mood
  • Motivation
  • Element of surprise
  • How well have its hunts been going lately, even
  • Stomach content...
I've seen (almost) all videos of lion VS tiger fights available on internet; old, new, real, staged.
A single pattern emerges, & ONLY 2 points can be statedfrom those:
1. The larger specimen tends to dominate (i have seen only one exception, I think).
2. Lion tends to have the initiative... Tiger holds his own & beats it back, but doesn't follow up.

Truth is, NOONE has seen such a fight in nature (they differ from arranged pit fight matches) for maybe 500 years now!!!
How could anyone possibly ever presume to know what to expect..?!
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