Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

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(08-31-2020, 04:08 AM)parduscat Wrote: Hmmm, based on the photos on this thread, it seems that Bengal tigers have much more muscled forearms compared to that of their lion counterparts, as well as slightly more developed hind legs as well.  Makes sense I suppose, the lion is far more cursorial than a tiger and so is going to be more adapted for a leaner taller build that allows for endurance chasing on the savanna while a tiger is a jungle cat and going to be more inclined towards explosive power that makes ambushes more likely to succeed.  Imo, the tiger on average is going to be a slightly more powerful cat than the lion when it comes to fighting.

This is the question with so many opinions. Overall strength, who knows. Both are big game hunters able to take down big animals alone. Then again taking down biggest prey animals is a lot of skills too. When looking at some dragging videos for instance, there are some very impressive ones what comes to lions indicating that in it they are second to none, when looking at big cats. This doesn´t mean that tigers would do worse, but I have never seen anything making it look like, that they could do any better. In some fights it can be seen how both can give and receive with quite similar results. Time to time I have thought this question but since there is no good real information it´s quite impossible to be sure. When looking at overall appearance of these two cats, I don´t see there anything dramatic giving to one some big advantage over another. This is how I see it, my opinion. Is it any better guess than yours, I don´t know. Reply