what is the deadliest man eater alive, having a debate with a friend between tiger and grizzly bear?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There are 2 ways to look at this question. First, the grizzly, by far, has killed more people. Second, I would think that you would stand a better chance of living if up against a grizzy rather than a tiger. More often than not the grizzly would turn and run, even if it charged you can most of the time be turned away, unless it is really hungry or a mother with cubs. Rarely a grizzly would be hunting for a human, unless really hungry, attacks are usually mother with cubs or just getting to close to their area. On the other hand, tigers are natural predators, they would stalk you, then attack you, no fake charges to scare you away, then they will kill you and eat you, no mauling (which can be escaped with major injuries) because you were to close. Look at it this way, What percentage of people lived after a grizzly attack compared to tiger attacks, I'm not sure on the numbers, but I bet more lived from grizzly attacks.

Answer 3

Tigers, hands down... Grizzlies attack humans in situations where they are habituated, startled, provoked etc but they dont usually hunt humans with the purposeful intent to kill and eat. They may snack on a human they maul or they may not. With tigers they purposely hunt humans as food to kill and eat, and the more they do it the more they rely exclusively on humans as food. In most documented cases of maneating tigers, they were old, injured and forced to hunt easy prey, or they are perfectly healthy and are taught by their mothers that humans are prey. Like the maneating tigers of the Sundarban, who regularly attempt to prey on humans and will even swim out to attack them in their boats. In India accounts of maneating tigers are frequent and well known in history and still today. In fact comparing big cats with bears throughout history it becomes clear that big cats see us as lunch and bears are just aggressive when accidentally encountered or attracted to human foods which then leads to attack. Individual Tigers, Lions, Jaguars, Mountain Lions and Leopards have all been know to sometimes prefer humans as prey and actually hunt us regularly. If you have ever seen "The Ghost and the Darkness" movie.. that was based on fact, the 2 lions known as the Tsavo maneaters killed 140 people, they werent injured or old but had acquired a taste for humans from scavenging the graves of slaves. It is interesting to note that they were both maneless lions and in fact it has been proven that maneless lions are more prone to man eating.
In conclusion I would rather run into a bear any day over running into a big cat like a tiger or lion because all evidence shows that to some big cats we are easy and desirable food items. While bears merely attack when circumstances provoke them and do not actively hunt people like cats do. No grizzly in history has killed and eaten more than 1-2 people or made a point of hunting humans but throughout history big cats have killed lots of people and once they kill they always come back for more.

PS the Tsavo maneaters alone will a death toll of 140 people have killed far more humans than all the grizzlies in the world for the past 20 years.

Answer 4

Of those two, the tiger is more deadlier to man. Do you know the three most vicious animals on the planet? The great white shark, a wolverine, a polar bear. Also the Hippo is way up there.

Answer 5

Would have to say the Grizzly bear since it is much larger and more powerful. It tends to have a more aggressive approach to going after something or someone than a tiger does. It will turn and stand on hind legs and then lower itself and charge,where a tiger is more likly to size up the situation and move with more caution to attack.

Answer 6

Of the two you listed, the tiger is much deadlier- stalking man as food. The grizzly will kill, but generally only when someone comes between them and their food or their cubs or they are otherwise sick. However, as someone else mentioned, the polar bear has no equal.

Answer 7

All in all, I think tigers far outstrip grizzlies as killers of humans. India still has a large death rate from tigers every year.

Answer 8

a grizzly can't really sneak up on you, where as a tiger can. Tigers run faster, climb faster, and never resort to eating berries or stealing picanic baskets. Bears wrestle drunk rednecks at bars. i rest my pancakes.

Answer 9

A leopard is the surprising but true answer.

They often hunt monkeys and even chimpanzees - so you might say they have a taste for ape meat like ours. It goes for a quick kill, cracking the skull with its teeth, not asphyxiating like other big cats.

They also sometimes hunt for sport - one leopard in Tanzania killed 29 people and didnt eat any of them.

Answer 10

The Grizzly of course

Answer 11

Grizzlies can kill people (easily) but do not usually eat them; whereas rogue tigers DO eat humans