# Lion vs Tiger **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 9, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011 "2012-08-09T22:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [September 6, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/101 "2012-09-06T19:26:30Z")
Lion Kills Tiger [![](https://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k625/Leofwin/lionvstigeraccount2.jpg) ](https://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k625/Leofwin/lionvstigeraccount2.jpg) [http://rsjohnsonfineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Fragonard-to-Feininger-Exhibition-Theodore-Gericault-Combat-of-a-Lion-and-a-Tiger-213x213.jpg](http://rsjohnsonfineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Fragonard-to-Feininger-Exhibition-Theodore-Gericault-Combat-of-a-Lion-and-a-Tiger-213x213.jpg) I’ll try an find out more if I can get some photos on these exact lion an tiger…apperantly this happened in Peru, france maybe, so I’ll see if in 1934 had any circuses in Peru at the time to see if I can oull up some pics. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/102 "2012-09-06T19:37:47Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I couldn’t quite tell from this thread but have you seen the North Korean Lion V Tiger fights? They make them fight at the zoo, because North Koreans are strange. > > See for example [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bif9t2pvk74](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bif9t2pvk74) > > It’s not obvious to me which one really counts as winning but I would say the tiger. > > The lion totally pwns the bear too. So assuming well ordering, a tiger would rip a bear to shreds. - Well I’m so sure about that, the reasons why the lion had so many acounts pulling off the victory an klling Grizzley an Polar bears was because he has a durability factor that the tiger dosent have, all the accounts I presented had the lion with a huge mane so it probably confuses the bear an tiger when they get nothing but hair, while if the bear or lion gets one good hold on the tiger an its over…an I know of only 3 accounts of a bear killing a lion, but theres a bit more of bears killing tigersm, like here… [![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-M4jceURi4nk/T6ZzgQZG_BI/AAAAAAAAAOM/nZqPREShwAg/TIGER%2520KILLS%2520BEAR%2520-%2520URSO%252%20520MATA%2520TIGRE.jpg) ](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-M4jceURi4nk/T6ZzgQZG_BI/AAAAAAAAAOM/nZqPREShwAg/TIGER%2520KILLS%2520BEAR%2520-%2520URSO%252%20520MATA%2520TIGRE.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/103 "2012-09-06T19:44:01Z")
Whoops double post…My bad ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/104 "2012-09-06T20:54:55Z")
Ha ha, yes, that’s embarrassing. When you accidentally post redundant and unnecessary words. Whoops! ---
**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:** [September 6, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/105 "2012-09-06T21:06:39Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Ha ha, yes, that’s embarrassing. When you accidentally post redundant and unnecessary words. Whoops! - ## They really are strict with the edit button, its like _What happens in Straight dope… Stays in straight dope_ 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:** [September 6, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/106 "2012-09-06T22:48:03Z")
Does this forum allow spoilers? lets try… Hey ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/107 "2012-09-07T03:52:30Z")
Is the spoiler that most of your cites show the lion winning? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/108 "2012-09-07T03:56:29Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Is the spoiler that most of your cites show the lion winning? lol No, I tried putting them in, they wont fit. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/109 "2012-09-07T04:38:35Z")
Wow, trying to read this thread is like trying to get a drink of water from a fire hose. I’ll just walk away, but before I do… In the lion vs tiger debate, my vote goes to the tiger because the Cincinnati Bengals have been to two Super Bowls while the Detroit Lions haven’t been to any. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/110 "2012-09-07T05:12:45Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Wow, trying to read this thread is like trying to get a drink of water from a fire hose. I’ll just walk away, but before I do… > > In the lion vs tiger debate, my vote goes to the tiger because the Cincinnati Bengals have been to two Super Bowls while the Detroit Lions haven’t been to any. - How da Bengals doing this year?..Kansas city baby… all da way. 🙂 But Whoa! this thread is creeping into the 5,000’s trippy, so if I was to figure what was the average threads post on here…I think I would come up with around 3,600…looks like this thread is attracting around more than 68% of the average…hmmm? Not bad, not bad at all…to bad no one shared a mind blowing account yet, I’m sure there might be a native or local that live in an indigedous area like Iran, Velar, goona, basically India to Rome, Britain to China from any cultures preserves of there past conflicts…oh wells, paitence is a virtue I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/111 "2012-09-07T23:15:52Z")
> [@My\_Lord](#): > > …I’m sure the average person just wanted to know who had killed the other… You know, I’m not 100% sure you have a lion-like grip on the nature and extent of the average person’s views on this topic. I think you might find that approximately 99.99% of people don’t think that a lion would win and don’t think a tiger would win but rather think something else altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/112 "2012-09-07T23:51:39Z")
How does the OP feel about leopards and cheetahs? ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/113 "2012-09-08T17:38:20Z")
A badger, by god, a badger could kill a lion and a tiger simultaneously. Single handed. No cites, yet… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/114 "2012-09-08T17:54:55Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > A badger, by god, a badger could kill a lion and a tiger simultaneously. Single handed. No cites, yet… A honey badger maybe, or a wolverine, not a regular badger, certainly not a european badger. As a matter of fact, a honey badger could kill a lion and a tiger and a wolverine and an american badger simultaneously, then pick up a european badger and beat Chuck Norris to a pulp with it. [cite.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661555) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/115 "2012-09-08T19:58:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > A honey badger maybe, or a wolverine, not a regular badger, certainly not a european badger. As a matter of fact, a honey badger could kill a lion and a tiger and a wolverine and an american badger simultaneously, then pick up a european badger and beat Chuck Norris to a pulp with it. [cite.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661555) - lol ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/116 "2012-09-09T02:28:09Z")
Lions are the baddest-ass land dwelling creatures on the planet. If they ever found themselves deep in the ocean, against the most giant of Earth’s Creatures, they’d be in big trouble. But absent of that, who wants to mess with a lion? Lions are like Albert King. Simply the baddest. Albert King might say:" I don’t care if you’re B.B. KING, I’m ALBERT KING and that’s all there is to it." ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/117 "2012-09-09T02:47:18Z")
It would appear the lithium is kicking in… Or else there just aren’t any more “lion kicks tiger’s ass” links to be had. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/118 "2012-09-09T02:55:59Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > It would appear the lithium is kicking in… > Or else there just aren’t any more “lion kicks tiger’s ass” links to be had. - ## Oh theres hundreds more of both I’m sure…you just have to look in the right places, as of right now I am limited because this 2003 Pc is too outdated an I’m not capable of using news paper archives, if I did, there would be no problem intrilpicating how much data I have. ## I just found this one about a few hours ago, not to sure if its an account but I’ll run it by some of my bros. to see if it can have more cultivations on its back story, which it could be a poets implimation but then again (some) poets have been proven to have mentioned an actual account, all I have to do is dig more in the era, where-abouts, an backstory of its source to see which of either or it could be… The Anvár-i Suhailí; or, The lights of Canopus lion kills several tigers When the tiger was seized by the lions claw, Death\<---- > **[The Anvár-i Suhailí, Or The Lights of Canopus](https://books.google.com/books?id=QBi2OLju39gC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=lion%2Btiger%2Bfight%2Bsuited%2Bregion&source=bl&ots=gzgy8hlxIc&sig=V2CHvhgzn4klwtkTgh1S2TNkzkg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vzNIUJL_CpDtiQLn_YDIBg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ)** ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/119 "2012-09-09T03:33:51Z")
**My Lord** , it’s clear that the jury is still out on this one. I have no doubt, however, that in five or ten more years you’ll have enough evidence to come to a real conclusion. At that time, I’m sure we’ll all be curious to see what else you’ve found. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/120 "2012-09-09T03:56:22Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > **My Lord** , it’s clear that the jury is still out on this one. I have no doubt, however, that in five or ten more years you’ll have enough evidence to come to a real conclusion. At that time, I’m sure we’ll all be curious to see what else you’ve found. - ## 5 or 10 years? XD XD I’d be able to triple the amount in mere [weekends] if I had a more up to date Pc. An of course the jury is still out on this one, because a factual impliment is that both can an has killed the other [already] so its just who can find more accounts of the past that had won more…but as of right now the lion looks to be in the lead of… Tiger= 30’s Lion= 120’s ## Of killing the other more…so thats around 8/10 the lion should win, not going to win (because I dont want them to fight anymore) but thats what it looks like, the lion should have the 8/10 benifactual outcome upoun [Data], if you were to ask my personal opinion then of course I’d still like to think of it 50/50. But as of how much I accumilated so far, it actually wasent a long process at all, merely just me looking in the right places an documenting them, nothing more than that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011.md?page=7)