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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 30, 2020 17:44:47 GMT -5
Great info at reply #36 Tom. What we all agree is that a large male Alaskan grizzly of 800 + lbs would be the hardest possible prey for a lion, the lion prides would soon realize this and thus more lions would come into play. Single lions would die in this encounters but soon enough the lions will adapt and start killing those bears.
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Post by brobear on Mar 30, 2020 19:38:51 GMT -5
A pride of lions could kill a full-grown bull rhinoceros. But they don't because in most battles at least one lion will die. This is the same reason ( IMHO ) that a pack of wolves will not fight a mature grizzly. Pack-hunters are not accepting of the idea of sacrificing a pack member for a meal. Once the lions learn how dangerous a mature coastal grizzly boar is ( IMHO ) they will seek other prey such as elk, bison, and moose... sometimes a smaller bear.
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 30, 2020 19:51:34 GMT -5
A pride of lions could kill a full-grown bull rhinoceros. But they don't because in most battles at least one lion will die. This is the same reason ( IMHO ) that a pack of wolves will not fight a mature grizzly. Pack-hunters are not accepting of the idea of sacrificing a pack member for a meal. Once the lions learn how dangerous a mature coastal grizzly boar is ( IMHO ) they will seek other prey such as elk, bison, and moose... sometimes a smaller bear. This is a great point brobear. But only if our speculation is true and a large male bear would be able to kill or injure one lion in a pride attack.
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Post by tom on Mar 30, 2020 19:59:23 GMT -5
The two would tend to avoid each other as long as there was plenty of other less dangerous game to feed on. The exception IMO may be sub adults or cubs. A sow would be hard pressed to protect her cubs from a hungry Lion hunting party.
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Post by brobear on Mar 31, 2020 2:11:32 GMT -5
The two would tend to avoid each other as long as there was plenty of other less dangerous game to feed on. The exception IMO may be sub adults or cubs. A sow would be hard pressed to protect her cubs from a hungry Lion hunting party. True. I have often wondered how a sow grizzly managed guarding not only herself but her cubs during the Pleistocene. But somehow she managed.
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Post by tom on Mar 31, 2020 8:47:03 GMT -5
One of the most effective weapons a Bear has is often overlooked, their nose. She winds danger and she gets herself and her cubs out of there. The same could be said of keeping her cubs from marauding male Bears.
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