Which are stronger pound for pound Herbivores or Carnivores?

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(11-17-2017, 01:01 PM)parvez Wrote: Can I say the gaur was no way 2000 pounds it was almost 2000 kgs. An average jungle man can pull around 150 kgs of carcass in woods with not much of difficulty. 13 jungle men could not move the carcass AT ALL. So the tiger was exceptionally large not an average one. It had easily the power of more than 13 men. The gaur was easily 13*150= 1950 kgs. U are clearly underestimating the strength of tiger as heck. Those are clearly measured quantities.

I could be wrong, but I don't think there was ever a gaur that weighed near 2000-kg. I think the highest was just over 1500-kg maximum. So, either that account is somehow falsified or the gaur is normal-sized. I don't think any average jungle man can pull 150-kg (that's kind of exceptional), maybe more like 100-kg maximum just like a stronger human male in an urban setting.

It didn't mention what type of ground the gaur was being dragged upon: uphill, downhill, or perfectly flat? It should take about 11-12 strong-enough men to begin to budge it. The tigress portrayed from @peter's post dragged the buffalo through flat ground.

When did I underestimate the strength of the tiger? A tiger as strong as the "traction power" of 30 men should be able to keep 30 men from dragging the tiger with them, for a certain period of time. I don't agree with that statement Just the basic laws of physics. With just jaws, I think both the tiger and bear (400-500 pounds) are about 12-15 men strong. With arms, maybe it is much more. But for the sake of how carnivores naturally use their bodies, we can just assume that they are dragging with just their jaws. Reply