I'm not reading all that, took you all day to gather your sources. There's no changing your mind and I ain't buying your old ass stories either. I will say it's not a garenteed W for the tiger because lions are beast as well still give the tiger the advantage.
Read all what? You made the claims, so back them up, you haven't posted any tiger killing male lion accounts yet. And old accounts? Hmmm, isnt that what you used as well? Sounds a bit hypocritical.
What do you mean change my mind? Where in any of my post did I say I favor either or? Just bringing forth data that most people hide or dont know about. You are the one toting out the tiger dominates, wins everytime, and is some type of un-killable god, even though small little 20 kilo wild dogs shred them apart, wild himalayin bears have there way with them, 150 lb leopards rip out their throats...yet again your arguments are weak, your material is lacking and nothing you said was backed up by credible information.
Boss Tweed," Clyde said, "was one of the greatest fighters I've ever seen, in addition to his noble looks. He did some of his cleverest fighting in the Rochester Massacre. That was this spring. When Iwo score of lions and tigers were in the arena for a dress rehearsal. One, on a high seat, reached down to take a cuff at the cat below. They frequently do that without much happening. But in this case the caton the- high scat fell off and landed on the one below. The one below, thinking he was attacked, started to fight. In a second it was a free-for-all. In such a fight the lions have two distinct advantages. Their first is their thick mane which prevents the tigers from getting to their throats. Their second is their clannish way of ganging up on a tiger. A tiger will justwatch another tiger being attacked. The lions join each other. An animal attendant excitedly raised a gate into the shoot so the beasts could return to their cages. Into the shoot ran three Bengal tigers with Boss Tweed in pursuit. "For twenty minutes they battled. Boss Tweed killed the three tigers, but himself was almost torn to ribbons. He recovered but somehow he never seemed to be the same. His spirit or his fighting nerve was gone. The other morning I opened his cage door and he was dead, for seven years I trained him, the longest of any of my cats. I was greatly attached to him.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/195707/
I dont see why that would be improbable...lions fight nomadic lions all the time, they have to take on multiple males at a time, the lion has by far the most savage and grualing straight up fights:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW-_KC5wtXU
This repetitive process of fighting multiple lions at a time hones there fighting skill, by the time its time for their first rival fight they will already have some 20+ battles under their belt, via experience, a tiger fighting for the first time will be going off of no fighting back ground and more on instincts, thats like pitting two different occupations against the other, one a hunter survivalist, the other a seasoned pro mma fighter. As shown already tigers fight only once or twice in their lives, and usually in their case that once or twice means death because they are un-protected unlike the lion who has his mane which isnt easy to by-pass. If it was, you would be able to find thousands of dead male lions with their necks torn out, like the verified scientific statements of the wild life officials stating the dead tigers they found had puncture wounds in their necks.
I should think there should have more male dead lions with their necks torn out, since on base, the male lion has to contend with more than 10 lionesses at a time when raiding other prides, mating season, or fighting for prowess and food. But no accounts of them mentioning males with their necks torn out, thats like over a 100 accounts of tigers cases of such, from bears, lions, leopards ect, yet where is just ten cases for the lion? No where, hence these animals are nearly identical in almost every way, yet the lion has the anatomical advantage of his mane, and more fighting skill from being social.
