Tiger Lion Historical Encounters.

Tiger Lion Historical Events.

• This observation was confirmed more recently in the 1950’s by a keeper in the Bronx Zoo, where a lion cub named Zambezi and a young tiger named Ranee were raised together. There occasional fights always resulted in a victory for the tiger. Alfred Martini, the keeper, described the tiger as being the better fighter, “like a clever boxer against a heavy hitter, shrewder and trickier.” (Mel and Fiona Sunquist, 2002 page 287)
• “When the ancient Romans set tiger against lion in the Coliseum, the tiger invariably won…”
• “ The lion is a less active animal than the tiger, and apparently not so powerful; in every case of a fight between the two in a menagerie the tiger has invariably killed his opponent.” (Referring to the Asiatic lion) (pg. 212)
• “In fights between a tiger and a lion in the wild, the tiger is usually the winner.
• They have accidentally gotten into each other’s cages, and the tiger has killed the lion. As regard to their comparative courage in the presence of man, all evidence is in favor of the tiger. Yet the poets nearly always insist on having it the other way.
• “ George Stubbs, the most famous and original animal painter of his time who was just reaching his peak in 1759, liked to display combats of lion versus tiger, though he did not commit the egregious mistake made in James Ward’s animal pictures painted later in the century where the lion symbolizes Britain and the tiger India; in reality, as we know very clearly from the obscene animal fights staged by the Ancient Romans in the arena, the tiger would win in such a sight every time.” (pg. 163)
• “In the Middle Ages a few lions were kept in European menageries in Germany, England France and Italy. The best known of these early zoological collections was one belonging to Henry I of England that was eventually moved to the Tower of London, where it remained until 1840. Occasionally lions where forced to fight tigers, but apparently the tigers always won.”
• The tiger is a rare jewel in a treasure The tiger is a rare jewel in a treasure chest of truly spectacular Indian wildlife. When the ancient Romans set tiger against lion in the coliseum, the tiger invariably won. In some ways, the tiger is the ultimate predator..

Tiger Lion Body Structure of the lion and tiger comparison. Based on the Skeletons the Tiger is the stronger animal. Upon the bones of the leg, there are rugosities, or impressions, which indicate the attachment of muscles still stronger than those of the lion. --Tigris vocabulum est linguae Armeniae; nam ibi et fagitta et quod vehementissimum slumen, dicitur Tigris; Varro de lingua Latina�Persae et Medi sagittam Tigrim nuncupant; Gesn. hist. quad. Tigers are actually closer in built to jaguars and smilodon then they are to lions. Even at equal weights, tigers may be substantially stronger and more powerful. Amur tigers in particular, outweigh lions by approximately 20% on average. While Bengal tigers maybe equally matched with lions(maybe 50/50 or in favor of the slightly larger Bengal), Amurs are a whole different story. It's fair to say that the Amur tiger is truly the king of the cats - no question about it. --Sunquist The male Siberian or Amur Tiger, with a total body length in excess of 10 ft and weighing up to 300 kg is by far the largest and most powerful member of the cat family. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/bco/tiger.htm “The tiger is a beautiful animal but he is very fierce. He is the largest and strongest of the cat family. - The Keystone View Co