2006-09-23 04:57:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
does the lion use its weight and strength to knock down its prey
2006-09-23 04:59:02 · update #1
does the lion use its weight and strength to knock down its prey too
2006-09-23 05:00:06 · update #2
Yes,it uses its weight,strength and also angle of strike to bring down its prey so as not to get caught under their prey and also avoid injury from the horns(some species) of the prey. The cats normally avoid frontal attacks..
They usually kill their prey by breaking the neck or suffocating by holding the neck.
Lions are bolder and hunt in groups;so do not do stalking as much as tigers or leopards do. Tigers are the best and neat killers.
2006-10-01 03:45:05 · answer #1 · answered by balaGraju 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big cats use a combination of cunning, intelligence and patience in stalking prey (they must stalk and do sneak-attacks since they can run fast for only short bursts at a time); razor-sharp teeth and claws to administer fatal blows, and of course weight and strength to get the prey killed. Big cats are also known to use their strength to carry carcasses up into high trees to eat in peace. There is a show about big cats right now running on the Discovery Channel that explains all this.
2006-09-23 05:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by nido_tr3s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strength and weight helps to build momentum, then, WHAM! But often they're turning and twisting to chase their prey so there's not so much momentum.
2006-09-23 05:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by Phantom Ice-Cream 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All big cats do - then they go directly for the throat and disembowel with the hind claws
2006-09-23 05:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by risa131313 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the tiger uses his strancth to jump and the wight of it nokes down its pray
2006-09-30 07:51:26 · answer #5 · answered by spongebobfan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they use baseball bats. I don't know what they did before baseball was invented though. Maybe big sticks.
2006-09-23 05:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it uses its speed and powerful bite more than weight or strength.
2006-09-23 05:05:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-09-30 16:36:17 · answer #8 · answered by BO420 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, they often do, both of them.
2006-09-23 05:05:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, its what they have.
2006-09-30 14:35:46 · answer #10 · answered by jen jo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋