# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/121 "2012-09-09T04:07:31Z")
Excuse me, is this the thread where we discuss Star Wars Star Destroyers vs a Star Trek Galaxy class Starship? Or perhaps this is the one where we discuss Mary Ann vs. Ginger? Oh, wait. My mistake. Wrong door. Ah, yes, two doors down and to the left right past the redundant Department of Redundancies. Thank you. Sorry for interrupting. ---
**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, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/122 "2012-09-09T04:19:32Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Excuse me, is this the thread where we discuss Star Wars Star Destroyers vs a Star Trek Galaxy class Starship? > > Or perhaps this is the one where we discuss Mary Ann vs. Ginger? > > Oh, wait. My mistake. Wrong door. Ah, yes, two doors down and to the left right past the redundant Department of Redundancies. Thank you. Sorry for interrupting. No problaymo bud, you seem a little lost, but a post is a post I guess, thanks for bumpin up the post into almost the 6,000 mark. lol ---
**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, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/123 "2012-09-09T05:22:55Z")
> [@My\_Lord](#): > > - > > 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 Nevertheless, we wouldn’t want to rush to judgement on a matter like this, would we? What if you were to publish your conclusions only to have them called into question by the revelation of some heretofore unknown .jpg or blog entry that had been hiding somewhere on some obscure server that no one had ever thought to index? Only dogged, long-term pursuit of all the evidence will ever lead to the peace of mind that we all long for regarding this issue. ---
**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, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/124 "2012-09-09T05:31:06Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Nevertheless, we wouldn’t want to rush to judgement on a matter like this, would we? What if you were to publish your conclusions only to have them called into question by the revelation of some heretofore unknown .jpg or blog entry that had been hiding somewhere on some obscure server that no one had ever thought to index? Only dogged, long-term pursuit of all the evidence will ever lead to the peace of mind that we all long for regarding this issue. - Hmmm? well, I’d be no different then any of the millions who gave there own opinion on the matter, from things like Youtube, to Forums, to Blogs, to sceintist, archeologist, biologist an zoologits giving there study an opinion, I merely am just presenting a small gathering of what I feel to be creditable…I’m sure I’m not the first an wont be the last. Its just a topic I shared my opinion on nothing more. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/125 "2012-09-09T07:24:30Z")
Trust me. You’re different. ---
**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, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/126 "2012-09-09T07:38:09Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Trust me. You’re different. I dont know if I should take that as a compliment or an insult…so thanks, I guess… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/127 "2012-09-10T12:44:02Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Excuse me, is this the thread where we discuss Star Wars Star Destroyers vs a Star Trek Galaxy class Starship? > > Or perhaps this is the one where we discuss Mary Ann vs. Ginger? I believe the debate will eventually settle on whether the OP is a 6th grader with Aspergers and a penchant for lions or a prison inmate with too much internet privileges and a tattoo dilemma. ---
**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 10, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/128 "2012-09-10T21:27:48Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > I believe the debate will eventually settle on whether the OP is a 6th grader with Aspergers and a penchant for lions or a prison inmate with too much internet privileges and a tattoo dilemma. - I’d settle for just enthusiest, or do you live in a community where theres only 6th graders an people in jail? Hmm, some town…wouldent mind visiting some day…XD ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/129 "2012-09-10T23:07:12Z")
But what I’d like to know is: If a lion and a tiger fight: a) Who would probably win, and b) Are there any citations to back that up? ---
**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 10, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/130 "2012-09-10T23:35:21Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > But what I’d like to know is: > If a lion and a tiger fight: > a) Who would probably win, and > b) Are there any citations to back that up? - Uhhh? Its not who’d probably win…they both can an have killed the other many times, finding out the percentages on who’d win more, can be as easly as ummm? well Finding out who won more…as I have showed on the first page, the tiger won around 30 incounters (only in captivity) while the lion has won around 120 times in (Captivity an the wild) an I mean death accounts not minor scruffles…so in mathematics, its at 8/10 the lion won on paper. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/131 "2012-09-10T23:51:34Z")
**My Lord** , you need to look up “sarcasm” and understand that people are pretending to take a deep interest in this topic and whether you have sufficiently researched it because they are using sarcasm to mock you. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/132 "2012-09-11T00:21:36Z")
Oh **My Lord** , I just figured it out, you’re [Ricky!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq3c4Cf1Fs&feature=related) ---
**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 11, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/133 "2012-09-11T00:25:23Z")
5{hester;15477782] **My Lord** , you need to look up “sarcasm” and understand that people are pretending to take a deep interest in this topic and whether you have sufficiently researched it because they are using sarcasm to mock you. [/QUOTE] - ## lol I know, I like to have fun too mocking them back, though I dont think I even did that yet? But being it is my thread I really dont care to much really, just amazed how fast the views are pumpimg up recently…I mean almost at 7,000 for a forum thats not bad an being that its a not so much common topic…I mean not like a thread that can be made a hundred times over an get 1,000,000 views easy like example =what are you listing to? That kind. But all in all, I just wanted to see if anyone could share there cultural experince an past preservings on subject…no big deal. ---
**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 11, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/134 "2012-09-11T10:03:08Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Oh **My Lord** , I just figured it out, you’re [Ricky!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq3c4Cf1Fs&feature=related) - An whos Ricky? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/135 "2012-09-11T12:55:27Z")
> [@My\_Lord](#): > > ## lol I know, I like to have fun too mocking them back, though I dont think I even did that yet? But being it is my thread I really dont care to much really, just amazed how fast the views are pumpimg up recently…I mean almost at 7,000 for a forum thats not bad an being that its a not so much common topic…I mean not like a thread that can be made a hundred times over an get 1,000,000 views easy like example =what are you listing to? That kind. > > But all in all, I just wanted to see if anyone could share there cultural experince an past preservings on subject…no big deal. Which is more important to you-getting your idea across, or pumping up the number of views in any way possible? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/136 "2012-09-11T14:35:39Z")
I think the tiger would win. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/137 "2012-09-11T20:50:23Z")
Would a lion or tiger get more views on an online message board? On the internet, no one knows if you’re a large predatory cat. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/138 "2012-09-11T21:59:37Z")
Anybody else having flashbacks from 3rd grade? Remember when you’d ask the teacher how to spell words and she would repeatedly instruct you to spell it just like it sounds? I think I finally figured out what that kid that always sat in the corner kept mumbling… “lions and tigers and bears…oh my!” ---
**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 12, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/139 "2012-09-12T00:19:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Which is more important to you-getting your idea across, or pumping up the number of views in any way possible? - Isint that the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011/140 "2012-09-12T00:28:22Z")
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