Which are stronger pound for pound Herbivores or Carnivores?

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(01-26-2017, 06:10 PM)parvez Wrote: @brotherbear and @Jimmy thanks for your opinions. It means a lot. I too assumed at equal weights tiger should be stronger. But had some doubts regarding rhinos. I have read somewhere rhinos should be the strongest pound for pound but cannot recollect the source. Elephants and water buffalo too are not far away. Tigers should be effective in protein  synthesis and also the wear and shear they undergo during their hunting, movement through vegetation and various factors. Where as protein synthesis through grasses in herbivores should be a prolonged process and should not be as effective as in tigers'.

I agree with your protein synthesis theory, since it is proven that amino acids from meat (of any kind) are more transferable to ribosomes of cells than amino acids from vegetation are. Rhino might be the strongest herbivore pound-for-pound due to its extremely robust structure, thick neck (neck strength), thick and short limbs (arm leverage and strength), high muscle mass for its body mass (info from Carnivora), and higher limb flexibility than bovines or cervids: much like bears in these regards. The picture below shows the rhino's muscular robusticity and overall bulky design:

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