how powerful is the tiger paws swipe?

Question

how powerful is the lion paw swipe

Answer 1

very powerful
Tigers often ambush their prey as other cats do, overpowering their prey from any angle, using their body size and strength to knock prey off balance. Once prone, the tiger bites the back of the neck, often breaking the prey's spinal cord, piercing the windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or carotid artery. For large prey, a bite to the throat is preferred. After biting, the tiger then uses its muscled forelimbs to hold onto the prey, bringing it to the ground. The tiger remains latched onto the neck until its prey dies.

lions
While a hungry lion may occasionally attack a human that passes near, some (usually male) lions seem to seek out human prey. Some of the more publicized cases include the Tsavo maneaters and the Mfuwe man-eater. In both cases the hunters who killed the lions wrote books detailing the lions' "careers" as man-eaters. In folklore, man-eating lions are sometimes considered demons.
The Mfuwe and Tsavo incidents did bear some similarities. The lions in both the incidents were all larger than normal, lacked manes and seemed to suffer from tooth decay. Some have speculated that they might belong to an unclassified species of lion, or that they may have been sick and could not have easily caught prey.
There have also been recorded attacks on humans by lions in captivity; tigers are statistically much more likely to attack humans in captivity. Wild lions are also much less likely to attack humans than wild tigers are.

Answer 2

I read an account that involved this. Apparently there was a circus with a big cat act. A tiger would come in first and jump up on a low stand of some kind. Then a couple of lions would come in, walk in front of the tiger and take their places on similar stands. One lion had a habit of taking a little swipe at the tiger's paws as it went by, scratching him. One day the tiger anticipated the lion's move and took one swipe at the lion, ripping its neck open. The lion died within minutes.

Answer 3

A playful swipe is roughly the power and speed of a heavyweight boxer's hook if it fully connects (around 1000-1800lbs). A full-on swipe from a 450-700lb animal could be in the region of 7000-9000lbs, probably enough to sever the head from the spine, rip the spine in two if placed behind or snap a limb. They are natural wrestlers, wrestling prey approximately their size and occasionally bigger (Gaur, Brown Bear, Sloth Bear and Mugger Crocodile have all fallen prey) so they require a lot of power to compete in this department.

Answer 4

Probably about the same as a heavyweight boxers punch. However the real damage is not the power, but the razor sharp claws sheathed inside its paw. Scarey.

Answer 5

Tigers do not swipe things. They are very honest.

Answer 6

tiger-very powerful, the muscle in the center of his arm is created for a quick and deadly whack
lion-not as much, lions have powerful hind legs to jump at its prey.

both of them have EXTREMELY powerful jaws to rip open their food............ewww!

Answer 7

strong enough to put any human in the hospital

Answer 8

http://www.answers.com/topic/lion

Answer 9

both are enough to RIPE your arm clean off

Answer 10

quite powerful :)