Bears as Predators ~

[brotherbear]

(01-18-2016, 05:09 AM)Polar Wrote: I think 50/50 for bear vs bull at equal weights is a fair assessment.

I disagree. In the arena fights, the bull usually if not always outweighed the bear yet the grizzly was the usual winner. This held true in both the Mexican and ancient Roman arena battles. For grizzly vs domestic bull, the grizzly defeated the bull better than 50%. 
Wild bovine is a different matter. A bull bison is a massive and powerful fighter. I believe that only a very large bear 600+ pounds might subdue and kill such a brute. And in this fight maybe the bear stands a 50% chance of a victory. I believe that this would hold true with the yak in the Himalayas as well; and for that matter any other wild bovine. On the Canadian tundra, the barren ground grizzly has been known to kill musk ox three times their own weight.   Reply