# What animals could kill a grizzly bear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622 "2015-06-04T12:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [June 8, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/81 "2015-06-08T18:41:58Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > People overrate size. The seal has much fewer weapons, and - even more important - much less flexibility. > > I would think the seal’s best chance is the bear gets tired and gives up (it would take a lot of effort for the bear to get through the skin) or it escapes to the water. Otherwise the seal has no chance. I’m still putting my money on the Elephant Seal. The bulls engage in dominance battles, they can charge over land with remarkable speed. They are incredibly strong and even though not as mobile as a bear they could toss off an 800 pound grizzly without trouble. If they hit one head on or get on top it the Grizzly is dead. I seriously doubt a Grizzly would attack something that large if he saw it move. Thinking it perhaps an oversized Walrus a Grizzly might attack but when the bull seal moves forward instead of backing off the bear will change his mind. I can’t possibly prove this right now, but if someone can take care of the paperwork I will contribute what I can to staging the fight and resolving this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/82 "2015-06-08T18:53:35Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > I have read long ago that G bears will not even try to run a full grown Wolverine off it’s kill. > > Conversely I have read/heard that a Wolverine can & will run a bear off. > > Also, a cabin can be made pretty bear proof but it happens seldom enough that it is not worth the $ & effort to try to make on Wolverine proof… > > I think a sea type shipping container would hold up against both unless there was meat laying unwrapped near the door. Wolverines _think_ they can take on bears and run them off their kills. But that doesn’t always work out well for them. > **[When Predators Attack (Each Other): Researchers Document First-known Killing...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030506073236.htm)** > > Lesson one: don't steal a bear's dinner. Last week, a wolverine - a ferocious member of the weasel family able to kill a caribou - learned this the hard way, according to a team of researchers from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society... > [@](#): > > Lesson one: don’t steal a bear’s dinner. Last week, a wolverine - a ferocious member of the weasel family able to kill a caribou - learned this the hard way, according to a team of researchers from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). > > Scientists Kristine and Bob Inman, while tracking the wolverine as part of a WCS study of these rare carnivores, discovered that the animal’s radio collar began emitting a “mortality signal,” indicating it hadn’t moved in several hours. They later found the wolverine’s carcass, showing clear evidence that it had been killed by a bear. Nearby, they discovered the carcass of an elk, along with additional evidence that the wolverine had attempted to drag it away from the bear, thus instigating the fatal encounter. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/83 "2015-06-08T19:11:59Z")
I’ve not been able to find a Wolverine vs Grizzly Bear video, but here’s one [Wolverine vs. Godzilla](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcZf_V4QYI). At the end you’ll see what Godzilla finally had to do, so there’s a question if a grizzly could do the same. > [@Dibbs](#): > > THAT was most impressive because cougars ARE strong and tough in their own right! True, but deep down inside, they’re still just pussycats … and like all pussycats, they’re not especially smart. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/84 "2015-06-08T19:13:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’m still putting my money on the Elephant Seal. The bulls engage in dominance battles, they can charge over land with remarkable speed. They are incredibly strong and even though not as mobile as a bear they could toss off an 800 pound grizzly without trouble. If they hit one head on or get on top it the Grizzly is dead. I seriously doubt a Grizzly would attack something that large if he saw it move. Thinking it perhaps an oversized Walrus a Grizzly might attack but when the bull seal moves forward instead of backing off the bear will change his mind. > > I can’t possibly prove this right now, but if someone can take care of the paperwork I will contribute what I can to staging the fight and resolving this issue. I can state with 100% confidence that a charging male elephant seal will cause more than 800lbs (combined weight) of 5th graders, park rangers and parental chaperones to run like hell 😃 It’s like being chased by an angry, blubber-coated van with the horn blaring. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/85 "2015-06-08T19:18:09Z")
I don’t want to be around trying to video that fight while it is going on. A full grown male? And there is always the exception. Also I never claimed that as a always every time I know cite So please note in your post that it was not aimed as a ‘gotcha’ about what I did say because as can be seen in your quote, I said no such thing. Why bring this up at all? It sounds like you are doing this. Those that skim or do not read the whole thread just remember, “somebody else slapped down gusnspot…” On a Monday you do this??? ( crankest day of the week ) Get off my lawn !!! :rolleyes: Bawahahaha ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/86 "2015-06-08T19:19:30Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > I can state with 100% confidence that a charging male elephant seal will cause more than 800lbs (combined weight) of 5th graders, park rangers and parental chaperones to run like hell 😃 It’s like being chased by an angry, blubber-coated van with the horn blaring. ↑ ↑ ↑ This for the win !!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/87 "2015-06-08T20:14:24Z")
[Fluttershy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_characters#Fluttershy) could take out Godzilla. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622/88 "2015-06-09T06:04:44Z")
Fluttershy could take out God. Let’s keep this below the cosmic level and concentrate on the bears. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-could-kill-a-grizzly-bear/721622.md?page=4)