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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 1:13:21 GMT 5
Going against the majority here. Tiger can win. Crocs have little strength to open their jaws with. SO the tiger can stand on the jaw and it won't open.
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Post by creature386 on Apr 22, 2018 2:43:36 GMT 5
That would be a pretty risky move. I don't think the croc would keep its head still once the tiger comes close.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 3, 2019 2:29:03 GMT 5
This is a mismatch in favor of the crocodile. It's far too large, strong and durable, would take the majority on land and water (maybe even 100 percent both ways, I dunno), and can kill the tiger with 1 bite.
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Post by DonaldCengXiongAzuma on Feb 22, 2020 5:10:33 GMT 5
Tigers have been recorded to kill mugger crocs but a saltwater croc is too large and powerful.
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Post by 6f5e4d on Feb 24, 2020 6:56:36 GMT 5
I see the crocodile as winning, it's heavier and got a more powerful bite, plus better adaptations for water than the tiger.
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Post by guategojira on Feb 27, 2020 22:47:47 GMT 5
I still think that a tiger can kill a crocodile in the land, independently of the species. Also, here it seems that most of the people believe that the match will be ONLY with the biggest specimens of each species and in this case the 1 ton croc will be very dificult to kill in land and definitelly imposible in water by the 272 kg tiger. But in average specimens, a tiger of 210 kg can kill the average salty of 500 kg in land, after all a group of people, which is less strong that a tiger, managed to capture this huge animals in the wild, as the team of Dr Barr showed with the giant in Costa Rica. But been realistics, the most probable thing is that both will avoid each other, tigers are very smart and will avoid them or will "calculate" the risk. Lions do the same with crocs in Africa, cats are not stupid, normally.  |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 28, 2020 3:10:31 GMT 5
I do think it depends on the sizes of each animal. A 500 kg croc vs 210 kg tiger has a good chance even on land, since it's a lot bigger
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Post by brobear on Mar 7, 2020 3:38:30 GMT 5
I suppose its possible for a tiger to kill a huge crocodile on land; talking about from 1200 to 2000 pounds. But its just not likely he would make the attempt. There was a documentary, seems like about 2012 ( according to where I was at ), that showed a huge Nile crocodile displacing an entire pride of lions from their kill. I figured that the lions could have killed it, but the risk was too high.
Being from the South I am familiar with alligators. A big gator is far from helpless on dry land. A bull gator is both quick and powerful. I'm sure that a crocodile is even more so.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 7, 2020 19:51:30 GMT 5
brobear, 900 kg croc vs 200 kg tiger? Seems like a bit of a mismatch no?
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Post by brobear on Mar 10, 2020 10:28:33 GMT 5
brobear , 900 kg croc vs 200 kg tiger? Seems like a bit of a mismatch no? Yes; that's my point. It is a mismatch. I know that a tiger will sometimes kill a crocodile. Most often a mugger. But there is a size limit to what size of crocodile a tiger ( lion or grizzly ) could kill - ( and I have seen some impressive kills ). Take your biggest Bengal tiger against the biggest saltwater crocodile ( or Nile ) and then we see which predator is at the top of the food chain. |
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Post by DonaldCengXiongAzuma on Mar 10, 2020 11:02:54 GMT 5
brobear , 900 kg croc vs 200 kg tiger? Seems like a bit of a mismatch no? A mismatch indeed. The 900 kg croc is just too big. Even a male polar bear which is stronger than the largest tiger will struggle fighting a huge croc boss. A tiger is a powerful pantherines and it kills mugger crocs except probably the exceptionally huge 1000 pound specimens. |
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Post by guategojira on Mar 12, 2020 0:17:59 GMT 5
I suppose its possible for a tiger to kill a huge crocodile on land; talking about from 1200 to 2000 pounds. But its just not likely he would make the attempt. There was a documentary, seems like about 2012 ( according to where I was at ), that showed a huge Nile crocodile displacing an entire pride of lions from their kill. I figured that the lions could have killed it, but the risk was too high. Being from the South I am familiar with alligators. A big gator is far from helpless on dry land. A bull gator is both quick and powerful. I'm sure that a crocodile is even more so. Actually I saw once a small monitor lizard of about 1.5 meters displacing an entire pride of lions from the kill! 
It depends of the mod of the animals in the moment, I guess.
I think that, normally, if a tiger-lion-bear see a croc of a ton, he will think twice before to attack it. I mean, tigers are smart and know that there is no sence to attack a "dinosaur" of that weight four times its weight.
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Post by guategojira on Mar 12, 2020 0:22:39 GMT 5
A mismatch indeed. The 900 kg croc is just too big. Even a male polar bear which is stronger than the largest tiger will struggle fighting a huge croc boss. A tiger is a powerful pantherines and it kills mugger crocs except probably the exceptionally huge 1000 pound specimens. I think that a huge polar bear or brown bear of 600-700 kg will be a very good foe even for the biggest modern croc. I mean, those bears are huge and the difference in weight is not too much.
I think that about 500 kg, more or less, will be the limit for a tiger-lion to kill a croc, but is just my guess. I have a picture of "Jaws", the large salty in India with 650 kg and honestly it doesn't look exceptional in bulkiness.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 12, 2020 0:27:03 GMT 5
^I can agree with that last sentence; 500-ish kg is a very good size advantage over both big cats and likely a stretch.
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Post by Bujang Senang on Jun 18, 2021 19:09:06 GMT 5
after all a group of people, which is less strong that a tiger, managed to capture this huge animals in the wild, as the team of Dr Barr showed with the giant in Costa Rica Not a very good example, as people use ropes, traps and cunning strategies to catch crocodiles or other large animals. Steve Irwin (the author of one of the most effective methods for catching crocodiles without sedation) once said that there is no way to catch a crocodile over 7 feet long without a rope. In the past in the Russian Far East, people caught tigers in the same way in teams of 5 people, doing this only with the help of dogs and ropes. |
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