Most popular animals used in animal face-offs.

[Vodmeister]

Which animals are the most widespread choices to be used in animal-related face-offs on AVA sites? I'm interested in your opinion. In my opinion, the top five are;

1. Tiger
2. Lion
3. Grizzly bear
4. T-Rex
5. No idea, could be anything from a shark to a crocodile, to gorilla, or perhaps another dinosaur.

As usual I'm interested in your opinion.

[creature386]

The lion probably should come before the tiger. I have typed in both in the carnivora searching machine for interspecific conflict on carnivora.
Tiger gave 5 results (it includes tiger sharks BTW, so the number is probably lower), while lion gave 7:
carnivoraforum.com/search/?c=1&q=lion&type=topic&sort=desc&forum%5B%5D=3486108&s_m=2&s_d=25&s_y=2011&e_m=4&e_d=4&e_y=2014
carnivoraforum.com/search/?c=1&q=tiger&type=topic&sort=desc&forum%5B%5D=3486108&s_m=2&s_d=25&s_y=2011&e_m=4&e_d=4&e_y=2014
The reason is probably that the extinct lion species get more attention than their tiger counterparts.

[Vodmeister]

I was talking specifically about modern day panthera tigris and panthera leo, not including prehistoric cats but rather looking at the species themselves; it's very close to call which one is more popular overall. Despite the lion's king of the beasts title, I would probably just about give the edge to the tiger in terms of popularity overall.

EDIT: I did a "Tiger" and "Lion" search on Google; tiger ended up with 147,000,000 results, Lion with 128,000,000 results.

[Deleted]

Big cats take the win easily here. That "Lion vs Tiger" debate is the single most debated animal face-off ever.

[Vodmeister]

@brolyeuphyfusion

You are absolutely correct; and given that this forum is now closed, I might as well share this;

animalsversesanimals.yuku.com/forums/71/Lion-vs-Tiger

More 1,550 threads and 108,000 posts on one debate.

[LeopJag]

As far as domestic animals go, the apbt/staffordshire bullterrier, kangal dog, ovcharka (Former soviet shepherd dogs), bully kutta (pakistani fighting dog) and spanish fighting bull seem to be the most popular choices by many for matchups...

[dinosauria101]

I'd say some of the most popular carnivores in AvA are wolves, lions, leopards, jaguars, tigers, mountain lions, cheetahs, grizzly bears, polar bears, sun bears, spotted hyenas, and African wild dogs.
As for dinosaurs, T rex, Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Giganotosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Allosaurus fragilis, Deinonychus, Velociraptor, Utahraptor, and Carnotaurus are all popular choices.
And as for herbivores, Cape buffalo, bison, muskox, elk/moose, and gemsbok, as well as wild boar, all seem fairly common choices.