# Lion vs Bear who has won more in the past? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810 "2012-08-08T00:53:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![My\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@My\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/21 "2012-08-08T06:48:04Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Ye’s, I think people don’t u’se nearly enough apostrophe’s before 's’s. What do you guy’s think? - Perhap’s. XD ---
**Author:** ![My\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@My\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/22 "2012-08-14T20:23:45Z")
## Hoh? I posted this thread before the lion vs tiger thread an the L vs T got double the views in half the time…Hmm, looks like a lion an tiger match up is more intresting Kinda like Bruce lee vs Chuck norris or Sly vs Schwarzternieger, Godzilla vs King kong type, alot of hype. Or maybe Mike tyson vs Muhamid ali or Goku vs Superman XD XD So many good catagories an good match ups come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@My\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/23 "2013-01-07T05:45:06Z")
lion vs tiger got shut down…oh well’s no biggie, well guess you all can erase this one too then…say la vi ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/24 "2013-01-07T07:45:54Z")
The lion with a tiger as his second. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/25 "2013-01-07T08:01:11Z")
Yogi would soooo kick Snaglepuss’’ ass… ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/26 "2013-01-07T08:44:28Z")
Is the bear armed? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/27 "2013-01-07T17:35:15Z")
Just to inject some seriousness into this (yeah, I know, too late)- According to QI, bears win. The reasoning is that bears are, in general, just tougher. They used, as evidence, records of this fight being done in bear-bating pits, and that bears tended to crush the skulls of lions. The bears would often die later from wounds sustained, but they tended to survive the initial onslaught well enough to make the kill, whereas the predatory lion tends not to have much in the line of defense. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/28 "2013-01-07T20:09:03Z")
Maybe you should take up Pokemon. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/29 "2013-01-07T21:56:39Z")
> [@My\_Lord](#): > > lion vs tiger got shut down…oh well’s no biggie, well guess you all can erase this one too then…say la vi La vi. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/30 "2013-01-07T22:01:34Z")
What about if there were TWO lions against ONE bear? What then? ---
**Author:** ![My\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@My\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/31 "2013-01-08T05:44:59Z")
Quite dissapointed really…the mod told me I was a bump junky, I was merely appreciating the fact that I could learn more…I figure the more people view the better the chances of running into someone that can contribute there knowledge. I mean Fighting ignorance is this sites main theme right? An I dont think that thread was all that crucial in terms a bad subject…I did make it clear that I wanted it mainly for educational purposes…not really complaining its no biggie…just saying theres like 50 threads about rapes…molesting…killing, an all other types of weird crap I yet my thread gets shut down? Oh well’s say la vi…thats life, I gues its just a matter of time beofre this thread says adios mucha-cho’s. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/32 "2013-01-08T15:11:33Z")
Not to speak for the mods but it seems like you’re only interested in fighting ignorance specifically for 1-vs-1 large mammal fighting and participate in threads as such. I do see that you’ve branched out to police dogs recently, which is growth. I do find your research fascinating though and have often told people that I know the world’s foremost chronicler of lion/tiger fights. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/33 "2013-01-08T17:14:52Z")
A modified [Tu-95 Bear](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95) was used to drop the 50 megaton [Tsar Bomba](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_bomba), the world’s largest nuclear weapon. Foolishly, the Soviets neglected to test this weapon’s effectiveness against lions. However, given that the radius of total destruction was larger than the [city of Paris](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tsar_Bomba_Paris.png), it’s probably fair to say it would give the lion a serious limp, at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/34 "2013-01-08T18:00:23Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > La vi. “Lavi” is Hebrew for lion. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/35 "2013-01-08T18:50:01Z")
Better fight… both the Lion and Bear in a cage against 5 million fire ants! ---
**Author:** ![My\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@My\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/36 "2013-01-09T00:19:50Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > “Lavi” is Hebrew for lion. > > Seriously. Oh? I dident know that, I know say la vi in france means “Thats life” as in oh wells. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/37 "2013-01-09T02:32:09Z")
> [@My\_Lord](#): > > Oh? I dident know that, I know say la vi in france means “Thats life” as in oh wells. It’s **c’est la vie**. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@My\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/38 "2013-01-09T05:42:11Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > It’s **c’est la vie**. Well then…c’est la vie…lol It still sounds like… say…la…vi Well I guess this forum will have to pounder around threads like.. do you piss in the shower. lol Oh wells…Au-revoir an Aloha! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/39 "2013-01-09T14:51:13Z")
> [@AndrewL](#): > > Machetes don’t make fire. Machetes cut. Mine does. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810/40 "2013-01-09T14:55:29Z")
> [@My\_Lord](#): > > Well I guess this forum will have to pounder around threads like.. do you piss in the shower. > > lol > > Oh wells…Au-revoir an Aloha! It sounds like you’re taking your ball and going home? Feel free to do what you want, but let’s not pretend threads about animal fighting are on some elevated moral plane above threads about peeing. Although I do agree with you about Michael Vick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-bear-who-has-won-more-in-the-past/630810.md?page=3)