Which are stronger pound for pound Herbivores or Carnivores?

[Apollo]

Stronger pound for pound well thats a tough question to answer.
Incase of large mammals we need to study the muscle composition and bone composition of each of the animals to come to a conclusion.
But still it will be a tough one to answer like for example an elephant doesnt need fast twitch muscles like a cheetah, coz their lifestyle and body structure are completely different.
Another example is a whale can have higher muscle mass than any land mammal for its size, but it doesnt mean they are stronger.
One more example is insects can be very strong for its size compared to mammals, reptiles etc, but an elephant sized insect cannot even move or even exist.


A generalised comparison among all animals will never work.
I would say it will be better to stick to group or genus when comparing for strength like bovids, canids, ursids etc (like which is the strongest of all bovids etc) Reply