Do you guys believe this?

[Infinity Blade]

Supposedly, a tiger was able to kill a lion with a single swipe at the jugular vein, severing it (link). But I've heard of no extra details and no similar events like this alleged incident. Likewise, given how it's said to have "severed" the jugular, that implies a cut, yet cat claws don't seem well-adapted to do that.

[Venomous Dragon]

Stranger things have happened and I don't particularly see why the zoo would lie about the animals death but not their own incompetence.

[Infinity Blade]

I don't particularly see why the zoo would lie

Well, neither do I; I thought maybe they misrepresented what they saw (then again, I don't know how)? Would you just see this as a freak incident or something?

[full]

I've always been skeptical of this particular event. If it did indeed occur as the zooworkers describe it was absolutely a freak incident, my reasoning for this is that claws almost always leave superficial wounds in interspecific conflict, certainly deep gouges and skin flaps hanging off can lead to infection and perhaps even in severe cases blood loss, but I've yet to come across an account where a predator dispatched a conspecific or a large prey item with it's claws or fore paws alone, despite such feats being attributed to bears and big cats documented scientific literature shows clearly that the jaws are the real killing apparatus.

[Venomous Dragon]

Feb 22, 2016 0:36:59 GMT 5 Infinity Blade said:

I don't particularly see why the zoo would lie

Well, neither do I; I thought maybe they misrepresented what they saw (then again, I don't know how)? Would you just see this as a freak incident or something?

It most certainly would have been a freak occurrence.

[An Goldish Jade]

The detail of the link is not enough, for deeper investigation, but I do think, if the claw manage to strike into the exactly vital area, it could have severe result, and death is possible.