Kodiak bear vs African lion

[Robbie3000]

Most bears are omnivores and because of that they can never truly match the killing skills of pure predators like Lions. The fact that most bears can eat berries while big cats rely exclusively on hunting means that lions will have the advantage in a battle to the death. A bear has the strength and size advantage, but the lion is too swift and skillful to lose.

 

[Sword]

Most bears are omnivores and because of that they can never truly match the killing skills of pure predators like Lions. The fact that most bears can eat berries while big cats rely exclusively on hunting means that lions will have the advantage in a battle to the death. A bear has the strength and size advantage, but the lion is too swift and skillful to lose.

Then the lion abandoned his long- range style and adopted instead an effective method of in-fighting. The two clinched, the little bear making a game fight of it, but the lion caught him by the back of the neck and shook him as a cat does a mouse. Meanwhile over one thousand people had gathered in front of the building and were eagerly watching the novel battle. Col. boone had been found, and arrived with his boots, an iron prod and a piece of beef about the size of a water pail. The lion had about shaken the life out of his little adversary, and was slamming the nearly dead little bear up and down the cage as a terrier would a rat.
Lebanon Daily News from Lebanon, Pennsylvania · Page 3

 

[Sword]

THREE BEARS AND FOUR LIONS IN MORTAL COMBAT PARIS, March. A battle royal between four lions and three polar bears Caused great excitement In the village of Cauderan, near Bordeaux. A traveling circus, with a menagerie, had come to the village, and during the night four lions, which were penned in a cage alongside , three white bears, broke through the partition and attacked the tears. There was a furious struggle between the seven wild beasts, and the whole village was awakened by their roars. The servants of the menagerie succeeded at last In separating the combatants, but when the victorious lions retired one of the bears was dead. The other two bruins were badly bitten and wounded. The lions were uninjured.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri · Page 2

LARGE MALE LION KILLS A HYENA...A lion name Prince...This lion killed a polar bear two months ago.
The Marion Star from Marion, Ohio · Page 1

So you have a lion name brutus who killed a large polar bear, Prince who killed a polar bear, 4 lions who attacked 3 polar bears killing one and injuring the other two, Leo who mauled a polar bear named Peary, two lionesses who mauled a bear 4x bigger than them, a lion named Nero who killed a polar bear, and several other accounts of lions mauling polar bears.

How many times can any one name of a polar bear killing a lion?

 

[Sword]

Polar bear...The bear died, however. It Is explained that his end was not from the operation, but from other wounds received In a fight with a lion. A large lion attacked the bear when the animals were being driven to their dens after performing. They fought all over the arena and ten minute elapsed before the trainers could separate them. The lion had several bites on Its body and scratches on Its face, but the bear was bitten In numerous parts of Its body. Including a bad laceration of the throat
Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California · Page 5

 

[Sword]

Found a better version:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...,3649454&hl=en

 

[Sword]

Queenie killed a bear named bruno, this one said the lionesses also fought another bear named Old paul:

The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio · Page 7

 

[Sword]

noted that a grizzly bear previously had escaped its enclosure and killed a tiger.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#s...newspapers.com

 

[Sword]

Harrisburg Daily Independent from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · Page 4

 

[Sword]

 

[notPsychosiz]

@Sword

If I ever get a Lion, I'm gonna let you run his twitter account.
You are on fire.

 

[Sword]

@Sword

If I ever get a Lion, I'm gonna let you run his twitter account.
You are on fire.

http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/s...ed-1/seq-1.pdf

 

[Sword]

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...619C946797D6CF

 

[Sword]

dogs killed a bear. First, one dog would bite a hind leg, and when th« bear turned to
Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois · Page 4

eleven dogs, killed a bear tha^ had been devouring sheep.;and calves.
The hear weighed 500 pounds and measured eight feet from tip to tip.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph from Bluefield, West Virginia · Page 14

DOG KILLS BEAR MISSOULA
The Daily Mail from Hagerstown, Maryland · Page 1

dogs, killed a bear and two cnbs in the woods
Richmond Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia · Page 2

 

[Sword]

In many parts of that continent his dimensions considerably exceed those which have been mentioned as the average in the preceding part of this notice, the length being sometimes more than nine feet, and the height nearly five.The mane of the lion is not confined to the upper part of the neck, but surrounds it on the sides, and even on the chest below. It is very closely set; and the hair of which it is composed is, in the largest specimens, more than two feet in length.
https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA...AJ&output=html

Gheer " Forest, Kattywar, had mane eighteen inches long
https://books.google.com/books?id=26...inches&f=false

 

[Sword]

Bear aint got no mane:

After watching this huge old grizzly on trail cam, he showed up again this time with a very serious fighting wound.

~canadianguideoutfitters.com

The lion is protected in all of these areas:

Lion gotta mane protecting him