Thats cool, yeah the bear has good size and strength in wrestling down things with its bulk, but since that link showed over a 100 cases of grizzly bears being killed by pumas, goats, boars, moose, bulls and other animals...I mean a 100 times...then I dont think the bear is that durable, maybe like you said, more endurance, but not more durable, afterall lions dominate hyena:
So the lion will be bringing the pain and the aggression, the intensity and agility times in with stronger strikes. While bears dont seem to handle wolves all that much:
11 wolves kill two grizzly bears.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bk....0.OkvnBeqmA9M
wolves kill 3 grizzly bears
:
https://www.google.com/search?biw=13....0.Yrwe94SzqKE
The bear tried in vain to shake them off, and the Italian prodded the dogs with a pole, but they held. It wasn't long until Bruin sank down exhausted.
Daily Arizona Silver Belt from Globe, Arizona · Page 5
12 grizzly bears killed by dogs
:
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi...T18880616.2.44
biologist state wolves kill 3 grizzly bears
:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Qj...20bear&f=false
2 bears killed by wolves
:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....0.MH7WBNGTPRQ
Wolves occasionally kill grizzly bears and vice versa.
https://books.google.com/books?id=wc...wolves&f=false
by wolves, and the majority of the 1,000 animals reported killed by wolves and bears were probably killed by wolves.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bk...+by+wolves.%22
wolves kill denning black bears:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile...52ee7c18a1.pdf
wolves dominate grizzly bear
:
https://books.google.com/books?id=-I...wolves&f=false
wolves dominate bear
:
https://books.google.com/books?id=WM...wolves&f=false
wolves dominate bear
:
https://books.google.com/books?id=81...wolves&f=false
dog kills bear
:
https://books.google.com/books?id=F5...0bear&f=falsea
small "bulldog owned by 'William Bennett rushed at. them and caught one' of the "bears by' the leg. A fierce battle ensued and the dog got a fatal grip on the throat of the bear. No one dared go to the rescue of poor bruin. The showmen, even with their poles, were unable to shake the dog's grip, and the bear was dead ; within thirty minutes.
www.newspapers.com/newspage/76834232
I give wolves more
credit than I do bears
:
wolves kill young grizzly bear:
http://www.wideopenspaces.com/wolves...sly-discovery/
Wolf vs Bear Showdown – Planet Jackson Hole
STAHLER: Yeah, once the bear leaves and goes into willows the wolves’ postures change and they seem content that the bear is out of the way and the threat is removed. We have had wolves kill bears in Yellowstone. It is extremely rare and it’s usually cubs-of-the-year, but they don’t
target bears as food.
Wolf vs Bear Showdown – Planet Jackson Hole
Wolves are thought to have killed two grizzly bear cubs in 2001, and they have probably killed other bear cubs without anyone noticing. Wolves have also been able to kill at least one adult male black bear that appeared to be healthy.
https://www.google.com/#tbm=bks&hl=e...be+healthy.%22
Observations recorded during this study substantiate that wolves do occasionally kill bears.
https://www.google.com/#tbm=bks&hl=e...kill+bears.%22