Which is stronger among Lion and Tiger ? Why?

Answer 1

Well in my eyes they can both rip your head off in one strike. but i think the lion is stronger i cant tell you why.

Answer 2

tiger is stronger than the lion. both belong to the cat family.. the tiger is the biggest of the cat family in size. a tiger can kill a full grown wild buffalo single handedly. but a lion can't do so. and there is a very less probability of a lion encountering a tiger because both live in different habitats. moreover, tigers can climb trees.siberian tigers are the largest of the cat family. these conclusions i think are sufficient to say that tigers are stronger than lion

Answer 3

Tigers are stronger because they are both cats but tigers are much larger cats. An adult lion may be 6 feet long and weight 400 pounds. An adult tiger may be close to 10 feet long and over 600 pounds.

Answer 4

The tiger is the largest among the cat family and a tiger hunts alone,whereas a lion mostly depends on the pride,due to a tigers capibality to hunt alone and its size it is a more stronger creature.

Answer 5

In response to what someone wrote, though tiger and lions can reporuce (ligers and tigons), those offpsring are INFERTILE.

Tiger Lion Fight Videos:
http://english.people.com.cn/200407/20/eng20040720_150169.html
http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_sports&Number=294963371


It is true that the Lion has an advantage in its mane but the tiger (Bengal and Siberian) have a slight size advantage - so you could say that these factors cancel each other out. The reason, I think the lion appears to be notching up more victories against the tiger is for the other important factors of ferocity and fighting experience. As pointed out several times, the main job of a male lion is to defend his pride from other male lions - this gives him plenty of battle experience.

However, it should be noted that a male tiger also has the job of defending a territory (containing food as well as a number of females) from other male tigers. It is true that he has to hunt too, but nevertheless, fighting other males (also to the death, in some cases) is part of his "job-description". The reason why lions are doing it better these days could be due to the fact that there are so few tigers left in the wild (approximately 5000). This is mainly because of poaching. As a result of poaching, male tigers no longer fight so much because there is always a vacancy for a new male in an area to replace the previous one (killed by a hunter rather than a tiger).

I think I can draw on some of the evidence on your web site to back me up here - the case of the particularly ferocious Bengal tigers found in the Nepal Valley. Here were tigers that did have to fight each other for territory and they became extremely good at it, so much so that they almost always defeated lions in combat. The theory of tigers backing off because they are solitary hunters and don't want to risk injuries from fighting (as it would result in the inability to hunt and hence, starvation) does not hold true in this case. In places where there is a high-density tiger population, if a male tiger backs off, he will never win a territory of his own and hence, would also starve - so backing off is no longer the best option. A ruling male tiger would not tolerate a rival on his turf and would try to kill or drive him away (there are no places to hide either, a territorial male would soon know if there was any other tiger about, as he spends a lot of time patrolling and looking for signs).

I should also add that Male lions can and do hunt by themselves (or in groups) when they have not taken over another pride yet. So my conclusion is that if decent sized tiger populations were allowed to thrive in the wild - they too would produce individual males with a ferocity and battle experience equal to that of the lion (thankfully still very numerous in the wild).

Read a lot of interesting info in a heated debate on this topic at http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-133063-p-3.html

Tigers have my respect because they are KNOWN man killers and eaters. Whereas lions tend to let their females do the actual work for them.

Answer 6

Absolutely Tiger
Some facts favouring my answer
1. Tigers are better in both strength and speed.
2. lions generally hunts in group while tiger hunts alone
3. Tiger male weight 200-350 kg length 2.6-3.5 meters
Lion male weight 150-230 kg length 170-250 cm
4. During roman time lion & tiger is artificially fought by kings result is tiger win.
You can find this fact by some your search.

Answer 7

I like this question, irrelavent but interesting

A tiger is stronger than a lion on average, simply because tigers are bigger than lions, an adult male lion masses about 250kg while an adult male tiger masses around 300kg.

A tiger's body is also longer in proportion to a lion's body which is more compact. Lions hang around in groups however and tigers are usually solitary, so a pack of lions could easily kill a single tiger.

As a final confusing note, lions and tigers can be considered the same species in one sense, they can breed and produce fertile offspring.

Lions and tigers never meet in the wild however as lions are from africa and middle east and tigers are from asia.

//The lion is the SECOND largest cat, AFTER the tiger. The male lion, easily recognized by his mane, weighs between 150-225 kg (330-500 lb) and females range 120-150 kg

//Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus. They are superpredators and the LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL living cat species in the world
//Tigers are the largest and heaviest cats in the world[4]. Although different subspecies of tiger have different characteristics, in general male tigers weigh between 200 and 320 kg (440 lb and 700 lb)

I read this in encyclopedias before the wikipedia, wikipedia only serves as a reference

The only living preditors in the world bigger than tigers are bears, but bears are not cats

anyone who thinks a lion is bigger than a tiger needs to swim with stingrays some more

Answer 8

Lion is the biggest wild cat in jungle,,,,,,,,, hence lion is much stronger than tiger,,
by comparing weight and size lion is larger than tiger

Answer 9

In comparison to Lion and Tiger about the matter of powerful, Lion is more more powerful than Tiger.


Same jaws, same paws, same claws will make for a close fight. but lions usually hunt in packs, and tigers hunt alone....the tiger is more aggressive. many videos with different outcomes...but it really depends on that cat.

Maybe look at it this way. Although Lions are big and powerful, their strength comes from the numbers. They hunt in packs, they rely on the strength of their packs in order to catch prey. They have a powerful blow but may not be all that fast in general. They rely on outsmarting their pray and out numbering them. Lions are also likely to give up the remainder of their prey to scavengers like hyenas and so on. Whereas a tiger for the most part hunts alone and hide their prey from other predator's. I'd never really thought about it, but I think I'd rather not run into either one of them in the wild.

Lion mane and protection in fights
I removed this claim from the article. As I have pointed out in past edits, it has actually been disproven by researchers that the lion mane protects males in fights, not proven. Darwin was the first person to propose that the mane provided protection in fights, but he has since been proven wrong. The mane is actually related to sexual selection. Female lions prefer male lions with darker and larger manes. See August (2002 I think it was) issue of Science for vertification.

June 20, 2006: Removed this bogus claim yet again. (Third time I think?)

Once again, research has shown that the mane DOES NOT provide protection in fights. See August 2002 issue of Science for the real purpose of the mane.

You know, the mane may not be there as a designed tool for fighting, but you can't despute the fact that it does offer protection, intentional or not. A puffy mane most certainly lessens the force of a blow or a scratch, or even a bite.

Thanks for the reference on manes not being protective in fights. I have yet to look it up but I do think one can also use reason here, if only for a starter. When you see clips of lions fighting other lions or tigers (i.e. on youtube.com) it certainly does seem an advantage to have a mane. To me it looks like a tiger has, on several different shots, bitten, only to get a mouthful of hair. That this is not an advantage to the manes owner is like asking if you would rather have a dog bite your hair or your shoulder (or even throat). Finally, that a mane would also cushion seems very likely.

I agree with the mane used for protection unintentionally. Dora Nichov 08:10, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Answer 10

Lion is stronger and tiger is faster

Answer 11

A lion is stronger. A tiger is quicker. Each animal has its own defense and survival mechanisms.