Who will win in a fight?!?

Question

A Male Siberian Tiger..or a Male Lion. (and yes i know that they would never encounter each other because they live in different continents.)

Male Siberian Tiger or a Male Lion. (Please explain why). My answer is a Lion because of its Maime it protects its neck from violent attacks!

Answer 1

the Lion

Answer 2

"Lions regularly exceed 400 pounds in the wild, and measure up to 10 feet in length, from the tip of the tail to the nose. The lionesses usually hunt for the entire pride. While the male lion plays little or no part in the hunt, he always takes precedence at the kill, dragging the prey to a chosen spot, then gorging himself before the female and cubs can eat. Hunting is an organized event."

"Siberian Tigers are the largest of the living cats. Their average weight is 500-700 pounds and the length of the body is 8-10 feet. Tigers are solitary hunters. They kill by a lethal bite to the back of the throat, which often dislocates the backbone and severs the spinal cord. Often, a lethal bite is applied to the throat, which cuts off air supply and asphyxiates (suffocates) the animal."

Based on the above information (gathered from the links below) I would wager the tiger would probably win the outcome. However there are many factors to a fight like this which may skew the outcome slightly:

Environment/surroundings (such as whose territory the cats may be battling in, and what type of groundcover there is - ie swampy, rivers, snow, mud, sand, etc).

The age of the cats (are they young, inexperienced in the hunt, are they old and less mobile, or ar they in the prime of life and healthy).

How hungry they are (if they are starving they will fight with more incentive. If they are not, they may give up more quickly - this is true moreso with lions than with tigers however)

Are there are females/young of their own kind nearby (although Tigers tend to hunt solo they are a very social animal and protect their "family", and lions are somewhat the same).

Answer 3

My money's on the Tiger. Siberian Tigers are the strongest of the wild cats. And although the mane might protect the neck, it does not protect the face or the legs. And I have faith in the Tiger's ability to claw through extra furry fur. The mane doesn't really do anything but make the lion look bigger.

Answer 4

A little hard to say. Their habitats don't cross ("Siberian" is to say Asian and the common "lion" that we picture is African). There have been times when both were pitted together and some stories say one and other stories say the other. Both have tremendous advantages and both have similar weaknesses (like bellies being slashed by hind claws while jaws are trying to find their latching points. In ancient Roman stories of the arena, they were usually occupied with other prey, like humans that were at some degree of disrepute, including but not limited to Christians.

We probably wouldn't want to put them together today, the Siberian tigers are perhaps too scarse for such. That and we are just about to put an end to dog and cock fights, so it would be a bad precedent now wouldn't it?

Answer 5

Siberian tigers are generally larger than lions. So I would say the tiger would win.

Answer 6

I say we just put a request in at the next open mic night at The Forum! Cesear loves this kinda stuff!!!

Answer 7

the tiger because it's the largest living feline, and also because of its lethal bites! good luck lil' lion!!!!

Answer 8

the lion

Answer 9

The tiger, it sounds scarier.

Answer 10

They're cousins!
They wouldn't fight!
Probably they would hug each other because they haven't seen each other in a long, long time.