I have also seen a male lion pull a 1000kg giraffe bull over the slippery rocks and across the river.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the Best Fighter of them All?
a 600 lb zebra is difficult for even 6 men to drag:
Lions in Our Lives
If the experiment could be tried, I imagine that the strength of the lion and of the horse would be found related in this way ;—that, for impulse or instantaneous effect, a lion is three times as strong as a horse; but that, in a day, the total extreme development of strength in a lion would only be twice as great as that of a horse; and that, in two days, the superiority would be less than in one day. The best indication of strength consists, I believe, in the density and compactness of the structure of bones and muscles.
The cause of this superiority remains to be considered. I believe the lion to be stronger than the horse, because the former is exposed to greater alternations of privation and saturation. The food of the horse is distributed in small parcels, which may be collected by very easy exertion, continued for a short time in a rich pasture, and for a long time in a scanty pasture. The food of the lion is distributed in large masses, not to be obtained except at the expense of the most violent effort.
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The strength of the lion is very great. We are informed by Dr. Sparrman, that' this animal was once seen at the Cape to take a heifer in "is mouth, and though the legs of the latter dragged on the ground, yet seemed to carry her off with the same ease as a cat does a rat. It likewise leaped over a broad dike with her without the least difficulty. A buffalo perhaps would h* too cumbersome for this beast of prey, not
withstanding his strength, to seize and carry off with him in this manner. Two yeomen, upon whose veracity I can place some confidence, gave me the following account. Being a hunting near Boshies-man River with several Hottentots, they perceived a lion dragging a buffalo from the plain to a neighbouring woody hill.
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis].
There are some other advantages; the bone is of more solid substance than any other bone in the mammalia ; and the system of muscles is remarkably strong all the way to the shoulder, at which place the mane of the lion preserves them from changes of temperature, and thus the first motion of the limb is, in proportion to its extent, remarkably free; and thus great velocity, as well as great weight and strength of matter, are given to this general motion of the limb.
The British Cyclopædia of Natural History
The weight of the lion’s body, as compared with his size, is very remarkable; and this is produced by the extraordinary density of his muscles, and the compactness of his principal bones.
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One cant really see the muscles on a male lion, because his mane blocks the view of it, but we can see it on the females quite clear that these older records hold up true that the lions have the most dense's muscles out of any apex animal:
You can see it on juvenile lions who have small developing manes, there is a huge hump of muscle at the shoulder area:
Which explains how the lion has killed so many animals with a blow from his paw, as shown a few pages ago.
Which is interesting, as @5n0wman has stated through out the thread, that gorillas have this super strength going for them, he cites that the gorilla could max out at 6,300 lbs...thats like the weight of 5 average cars, I dought a gorilla could flip even 1 car...could a gorilla even lift a harley davidson bike over his head? I dought it, just because he has hands like a human, doesnt mean its stronger than a lion, most likely the gorilla can only left something in the 300 lb range over his head...it would be interesting to see what strength feats he can actually provide, instead of just throwing out random numbers.
No dought gorillas are strong, but how strong? Has yet to be proven.
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