Lion (coalition of 3/4) vs. White Rhinoceros

[dinosauria101]

Lion (coalition of 3/4) - Panthera leo

www.wildcatfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Two-African-lions1.jpg

Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Length: 2.5 meters
Mass: 190 kg
Diet: Large mammals
Killing apparatus: Precision oriented jaws, manual claws
The only social big cat. Females do most of the hunting, while males rule the pride.

White Rhinoceros - Ceratotherium simum

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Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Length: 4.2 meters
Mass: 2.3 tonnes
Killing apparatus: Horns
The largest of the rhinos today. Can be distinguished from the black rhino with its larger size and square lip.

[6f5e4d]

The rhinoceros is a much heavier animal than all of the lions together, and with thicker skin and a dangerous horn, there's a good reason lions don't hunt rhinoceros, so the rhino wins.

[TheLionBoy]

Huh you bloody smug
Here you go

Rhinos can be killed by lions EVEN WHEN ADULTS
www.thefreelibrary.com/Lion+predation+on+the+African+Black+Rhinoceros+and+its+potential...-a0268790518

2 male lions kill adult female white rhino

razaman.blogspot.com/2009/08/south-africa-2009-part-4.html

And this is not all. Lions in Etosha National Park in Namibia have been observed hunting black rhinos.
www.ofcats.com/2008/08/macropredation-in-lions.html

adult elephants rhinos hippos all fall prey to lions

[dinosauria101]

I'd go with the rhinoceros as well. Much larger, good weaponry for defense, and much better durability. Possibly wins 7/10

[TheLionBoy]

Feb 11, 2020 0:18:56 GMT 5 dinosauria101 said:

I'd go with the rhinoceros as well. Much larger, good weaponry for defense, and much better durability. Possibly wins 7/10

Yall saw what I posted

[dinosauria101]

I was ninja'd.

This assumes a fully healthy rhinoceros, which isn't exactly what lions hunt and I believe the accounts can underestimate the rhino a lot.

[TheLionBoy]

Healthy and unhealthy all has been killed by lions

[dinosauria101]

I don't doubt the lions can win. The question is can they do so more often than not?

[TheLionBoy]

Feb 11, 2020 0:40:02 GMT 5 dinosauria101 said:

I don't doubt the lions can win. The question is can they do so more often than not?

Maybe 6 out of 10 for the rhino

[brobear]

Lion (coalition of 3/4) vs. White Rhinoceros.
By this I assume you mean three or four mature male Lions vs one White Rhinoceros.
It is doubtful that the lions will succeed in killing the rhino. But even if they do, at what cost?
If it the end, the lions kill the rhino and are left with one dead lion - its a draw. ( 1 dead rhino / one dead lion ).
If two or more lions are killed; the rhino wins by score.

[dinosauria101]

^Yeah, that's what that means. If the lions do win, a few would end up dead.

[jhg]

Lions don't hunt rhinos for a good reason. The rhinoceros is just too big and too strong.

[6f5e4d]

Yeah, about on average their largest possible prey animals are hippos and giraffes, usually rhinoceros are not on the menu of lions.

[elosha11]

From the second account posted by @thelionboy:

Two male lions with their rhino kill

We also spotted a male lion in the tall grass and as we approached, we realized that two brothers had managed to kill a fully grown female rhino. Our guide, Pule, was beside himself because he didn't think that a pair of relatively inexperienced lions (they know all the lions in the reserve by name) could take down a rhino, but as he said, "Miracles do happen".

So it can happen, even with two young male lions against a female white rhino, but a knowledgeable guide called it a miracle.

[Ceratodromeus]

Apr 29, 2020 3:26:49 GMT 5 6f5e4d said:

Yeah, about on average their largest possible prey animals are hippos and giraffes, usually rhinoceros are not on the menu of lions.

Neither are hippos or giraffes. The latter, they are highly oppurtunistic to prey upon during droughts though.