What is the apex land predator/animal? Who'd come out on top

[Julius Skrrvin]

ayo this bear got hands and feints for days fam

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Polar bears would give lions that work. They can take the punches that lions might administer but once they're up close and the bears can flex their muscles it's over. Also don't underestimate their speed/instincs, a lion's best chance would be to jump on the back of a bear but that's not only damn near impossible, but the bears can shake them off either by dropping down or rolling around.

Ironically the lion's strength is also what gives the tiger an edge. Tigers are just way more vicious and cutthroat than lions are, lions are basically cocky as hell and fight knowing they'll win (result of thousands of years of ownage). I would give the edge to a tiger any day because they'll bring that Ether knowing everything's on the line.

Not sure if we should count crocodiles, 9 times out of 10 they use water to their advantage. I think on land panthers and tigers have been known to feast on them, once they hit that water though it's over.

 

[TruStyle]

Id hate to be stalked and killed by a big cat. Id be scared as shyt to go out to africa or someshyt at night when you know they be lurking. Imagine those claws just shredding your soft fleshy body into ribbons.

Cavemen musta been when walking around knowing these dudes was just out

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6iDtvGbIOU

i had no idea that walruses were that big.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

The problem with this argument is that tigers hunt everything. A tiger will sometimes attack a bull elephant, dolo. They're not really scared of anything, and the only real threats they suffer are from elephants and other tigers, which are two of the biggest, strongest land animals, and yet they willingly attack them anyway.

Crocodiles have taken out tigers before when they catch them sleeping while drinking water and lock on then pull them underwater.

 

[The Real]

Crocodiles have taken out tigers before when they catch them sleeping while drinking water and lock on then pull them underwater.

True, but tigers have taken out crocs, too. I saw one case where a female tiger took out the biggest croc in the wildlife park... literally left it's head hanging hanging from its body by a string. The rest of the neck was just gone.

 

[Type Username Here]

I think we have to understand that certain animals have certain advantages in certain environments.

An Orca might be the most intelligent non-human hunter out there.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I think we have to understand that certain animals have certain advantages in certain environments.

An Orca might be the most intelligent non-human hunter out there.

Orcas are the all around GOAT. Nothing fukking with them. They turn great white sharks into cans of Starkist.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

when you think about how powerful some of these animals are, its kind of amazing that humans have managed to become the world's apex predator. It makes me think that our ancestors must have really been something. Who was the first man to hunt a whale? To dare to wrestle with a croc in single combat? To beat a tiger or a big cat in single combat? How did he pull it off, with a spear?

to the early man

 

[Type Username Here]

when you think about how powerful some of these animals are, its kind of amazing that humans have managed to become the world's apex predator. It makes me think that our ancestors must have really been something. Who was the first man to hunt a whale? To dare to wrestle with a croc in single combat? To beat a tiger or a big cat in single combat? How did he pull it off, with a spear?

to the early man

Not just weapons though:

Twenty thousand years ago six male Australian Aborigines chasing prey left footprints in a muddy lake shore that became fossilized. Analysis of the footprints shows one of them was running at 37 kph (23 mph), only 5 kph slower than Usain Bolt was traveling at when he ran the 100 meters in world record time of 9.69 seconds in Beijing last year. But Bolt had been the recipient of modern training, and had the benefits of spiked running shoes and a rubberized track, whereas the Aboriginal man was running barefoot in soft mud. Given the modern conditions, the man, dubbed T8, could have reached speeds of 45 kph, according to McAllister.

McAllister also presents as evidence of his thesis photographs taken by a German anthropologist early in the twentieth century. The photographs showed Tutsi initiation ceremonies in which young men had to jump their own height in order to be accepted as men. Some of them jumped as high as 2.52 meters, which is higher than the current world record of 2.45 meters.

 

[Juven]

Bears dont want it with the goat predator

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

when you think about how powerful some of these animals are, its kind of amazing that humans have managed to become the world's apex predator. It makes me think that our ancestors must have really been something. Who was the first man to hunt a whale? To dare to wrestle with a croc in single combat? To beat a tiger or a big cat in single combat? How did he pull it off, with a spear?

to the early man

No doubt. It's hard to fathom living as a momadic hunter-gatherer constantly 24/7 exposed to animals that could tear you apart if you get caught sleeping, not to mention the elements, diseases, etc.

I mean you can kill a sabretooth tiger with a spear, but to be ready in the moment when it happens, look it in the eye show no fear and do it is

 

[Brown_Pride]

No doubt. It's hard to fathom living as a momadic hunter-gatherer constantly 24/7 exposed to animals that could tear you apart if you get caught sleeping, not to mention the elements, diseases, etc.

I mean you can kill a sabretooth tiger with a spear, but to be ready in the moment when it happens, look it in the eye show no fear and do it is

Hunger is a mother fuker.

I had the honor of shaking the hand of a tribesmen from some head hunter tribe from the amazon. Dude was all sinew and muscle. His hand felt like a got damn vice, no joke it was like touching a chimp hand. You ever shake hands with a brick layer? Or Mason who swings a 15 pound hammer all day long? Humans, when put together correctly are pretty bad ass. Couple that with not having eaten in 3 days and dudes will take on anything remotely edible.

 

[daze23]

I don't think many ancient peoples spent much time hunting tigers and other top-predators. although I'm sure there was plenty occasion to defend yourself from such a beast

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Hunger is a mother fuker.

I had the honor of shaking the hand of a tribesmen from some head hunter tribe from the amazon. Dude was all sinew and muscle. His hand felt like a got damn vice, no joke it was like touching a chimp hand. You ever shake hands with a brick layer? Or Mason who swings a 15 pound hammer all day long? Humans, when put together correctly are pretty bad ass. Couple that with not having eaten in 3 days and dudes will take on anything remotely edible.

It's not just the necessity of hunger though. If you're living the hunter-gatherer life in the wilderness, you gotta be ready for whatever, whenever. You might be asleep and leopard jumps out of a tree on you or some shyt. You go to bathe or collect water and a hippo might chomp you in half. I'd imagine you never really get what we consider a full good night's sleep.