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00:00 Remember, in the 90s there were such eternal questions.
00:03 Who is stronger, Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris?
00:06 Stallone or Schwarzenegger?
00:08 And so on.
00:09 It was impossible to check, but now the question is closer to reality and which, in principle,
00:15 has been repeatedly checked.
00:17 Who will be the winner of the fight?
00:19 A tiger or a lion?
00:21 This has long plagued the minds of hunters and naturalists.
00:25 The African lion, of course, can be considered the king of beasts and one of the most powerful
00:30 wild cats on the planet.
00:32 However, it cannot be denied that the tiger is also worthy of this title.
00:38 You know how they say, "Leo is of course the king, but tiger is the emperor".
00:43 Both cats are the largest members of their family.
00:46 They are fearless and very strong.
00:49 But which of them is the strongest?
00:51 Let's find out right now.
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01:13 In the wild, lions and tigers don't meet each other.
01:17 However, humans have found a way to bring these predators together.
01:21 In ancient Rome, African lions and Asiatic tigers fought in the arena of the Colosseum.
01:28 Later they found each other in zoos.
01:31 In confined spaces, these wild cats often have to sort things out.
01:35 The lion is naturally more aggressive than the tiger and is much more accustomed to fighting.
01:41 In fact, the lion is the initiator of all conflicts.
01:45 Either hormones are playing or the lion is worried that the tiger will steal its females.
01:51 However, the striped emperor has no interest in lionesses.
01:56 One way or another, the lion is almost always the instigator of fights.
02:01 The tiger can retreat if it feels that it is necessary, while the lions have difficulty
02:07 letting go of their victims.
02:08 Yes, the tiger behaves more nobly and tactfully in such conflicts.
02:13 This doesn't mean that he is afraid of the lion.
02:16 He just doesn't get into a fight when there is no need.
02:20 Nature taught him to conserve strength.
02:22 But if he encounters a very stubborn lion, then the tiger will obviously not run away.
02:27 It will enter into a fight with him and punish him.
02:31 Let's first see what kind of arsenal the lion's body has.
02:35 The maximum weight of a lion is 270 kg.
02:39 The length of its body without a tail reaches 2.5 meters and the height at the withers is
02:45 1.20 m.
02:48 The flexible, mobile body of the lion has well-developed muscles of the neck and forepaws.
02:54 The hind legs of a lion are weaker, so it cannot stand on its hind legs for a long time.
03:00 The massive head of a lion with an elongated muzzle is endowed with strong jaws.
03:06 The lion's bite force is 45.7 kg of force per square centimeter.
03:13 The lion has 30 teeth.
03:15 His up to 8 cm incisors allow him to successfully hunt large animals - roe deer, wild boars,
03:23 zebras, antelopes and buffaloes.
03:25 The lion's claws reach 7 cm in length.
03:29 Lions are fighters from birth.
03:31 Frequent fights with other lions and combat experience make the male lion an experienced
03:36 and very dangerous fighter.
03:38 The male lion spends most of the time in battles, defending the pride and pride territory.
03:44 But nature helps him in this.
03:46 For additional protection and intimidation of enemies, the lion has a mane.
03:51 It is so thick that it's good enough, like chain mail, to protect the lion's neck from
03:56 the fangs of enemies.
03:58 This too is a reminder that male lions are made for combat.
04:02 This is the entire arsenal that Leo possesses.
04:05 Now let's take a look at what arsenal the tiger has in order to understand why it is
04:11 he who defeats the lion in 99.9% of cases.
04:24 The maximum weight of a tiger is 380 kg.
04:29 The length of its body without a tail reaches 3 meters, and the height at the withers is
04:34 1 meter 20 centimeters.
04:37 This powerful strong cat jumps over a 3 meter high fence with a cow in its teeth.
04:43 The tiger has long and sharp fangs, 10 cm long, long and razor sharp claws, 10 cm long.
04:52 And the tiger bite force is 73.8 kg of force per square centimeter.
04:59 The tiger is by nature a loner.
05:02 He never hopes for the help of anyone else and always strives to end the fight with a
05:07 quick victory.
05:09 Such cruelty often gives tigers an advantage.
05:13 In addition, tigers are more agile and faster than lions.
05:17 They can jump up to 10 meters in length.
05:21 Unlike other cats, tigers swim very well, which helps them to fight and hunt even in
05:27 the water.
05:28 The tiger hunts deer, musk deer, gorilla, wild pigs and bulls.
05:33 But a very hungry tiger can even attack and kill a black bear.
05:40 This makes the tiger the most violent land animal on earth.
05:44 And now, using the knowledge gained about the lion and the tiger, let's try to compare
05:49 them together and evaluate which of them is stronger.
06:04 When comparing, it is immediately clear that the tiger is 100 kg heavier than the lion.
06:09 And this is very important.
06:11 This means that the tiger has more muscles, more strength.
06:14 The tiger is half a meter longer than the lion.
06:18 The tiger's fangs are 2 cm longer than the lion's.
06:21 The bite force is greater by 23 kg of force per square centimeter.
06:27 The claws of a tiger are longer and sharper than those of a lion by 2 cm.
06:33 The tiger is faster and more agile than a lion.
06:39 The tiger moves faster and strikes with its front paws much faster.
06:44 On average, one blow of a lion accounts for about 5-6 powerful blows of a tiger.
06:50 It is difficult to resist such a hail of blows.
06:53 But that is not all.
06:57 The tiger has stronger hind legs, thanks to which it can stand and strike with both paws
07:02 at the same time, while the African lion needs one paw and both hind legs to resist.
07:08 Leos can also stand on their hind legs, but for a few seconds only, because they have
07:14 weaker hind legs.
07:15 The lion tries to bite its victims, instinctively looking for the jugular fossa.
07:21 However, in this case, the king of beasts often turns out to be unbalanced and opens
07:26 his neck.
07:28 However, his mane often saves him.
07:30 The tiger is smarter.
07:32 He never exposes his weak points to the enemy.
07:35 Standing on two hind legs, he strikes with both front legs.
07:39 The tiger takes care of delivering the decisive blow.
07:43 It tries to reflect and deal damage at the same time.
07:46 He also has a stronger killing instinct.
07:50 He knows that 100 small wounds will eventually do their job.
07:55 The tiger has much more stamina than the lion, which is not used to prolong physical exertion.
08:02 There is a known case in India during a tiger hunt.
08:06 A hunter with a gun was sitting in a turret on the back of a tall elephant.
08:11 He saw a tiger in the thickets and fired a gun at him.
08:15 The bullet hit exactly the heart of the tiger.
08:19 An ordinary beast would collapse to the ground dead, but the fierce tiger rushed at the hunter
08:24 in a rage.
08:27 With a bullet in his heart, the tiger ran 20 meters to the elephant, jumped on his back
08:32 and hit the hunter with a blow of his paw.
08:35 And only after that, the tiger collapsed dead to the ground.
08:39 No, of course, both animals are strong and dangerous enough, but even in terms of fighting
08:45 technique, the tiger is decisively superior to the lion.
08:50 The lion's main advantage is brute strength, while the tiger has the principle of dealing
08:55 damage, defending and retreating to try a different attack.
08:59 Of course, if the lion manages to bite the tiger by the neck, this will most likely be
09:04 the end, but the chances of this are 1 in a 100,000.
09:09 Rather on the contrary, when the lion uses up his energy and gets tired, the tiger will
09:14 definitely take advantage of this.
09:17 In history, both animals have participated in battles many times, and each time the tiger
09:22 defeated the lion.
09:24 In 2011, at a zoo in Turkey, a tiger knocked down a lion with just one blow.
09:30 According to zoo staff, the striped predator clawed at the jugular vein in the neck of
09:35 the lion, which fell dead into a pool of blood.
09:39 Even BBC News wrote about this incident.
09:51 It turns out, whatever one may say, despite some of the advantages of a lion, the tiger
09:57 is physically larger and stronger than the lion.
10:00 However, the tiger, although he is stronger than all beasts, was not called the king of
10:05 beasts.
10:06 And rightly so.
10:07 The tiger acts more like a bully.
10:09 He doesn't lead a royal way of life.
10:12 He rushes through the forest after deer, and he has no subjects.
10:17 But the lion leads a truly royal lifestyle.
10:20 A whole tribe is subordinate to him, a pride of lions.
10:24 The male lion is a true king.
10:26 He provides protection for the territory and members of the pride.
10:30 He doesn't rush after antelopes, but fights with the enemies of the pride.
10:35 He keeps order in the pride with truly royal equanimity.
10:39 Yes, and he has a royal appearance.
10:42 And the roar of a lion is truly royal.
10:45 The roar of a lion can be heard at a distance of up to 8 kilometers.
10:50 Therefore the lion is deservedly and justly called the king of beasts, although he is
10:56 not the strongest of them.
10:58 Well, in general, of course, it would be better if they never fought for the title of king
11:03 of beasts, but would coexist peacefully, as once upon a time, at the beginning of our
11:08 history, all animals together peacefully lived in the Garden of Eden.
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