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Most Aggressive Feline Species
Topic Started: Jan 12 2012, 10:20 AM (17,864 Views)
maker
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Who voted for cheetah?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288967/Thats-cheating-Wily-desert-fox-chases-Cheetah-away-making-hair-stand-end.html
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Vodmeister
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Tigers, although aggression is a bit too subjective to be measured scientifically (like psychology in general).
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Aggressive towards whom or what?

Leopards can be quite agressive towards humans and are fairly well-known for occasional man-eating IIRC, but when pitted against other large predators things look differently (although there really is no shame in giving up a carcass to a spotted hyaena). Jaguars on the other hand don’t seem agressive towards humans (now I admit, there are simply far more humans living in leopard-populated areas, ergo more deaths, but I’ve never heard of a single human being killed by a jaguar), but they are very bold in attacking other large predators.

I think both can be quite agressive in their own right, but they aren’t easily comparable.

On the whole, I think it goes to the tiger. The statistics of both human deaths and dangerous prey seem to be in its favour. Lions also aren’t to be ignored, particularly in relation to conspecifics.

Conclusions: too many different kinds of aggression.
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Inhumanum Rapax
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^ While I agree with theropod I would like to say that I've never seen manuls look at ease around anything but their own species. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Av-biQ6rhqE I've never seen such silent malice from an animal, especially towards another animal that's much bigger than it.
Edited by Inhumanum Rapax, Mar 18 2015, 01:11 PM.
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Koolyote
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In overall aggression I'd go with lions.
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Intraspecific: cougar
Interspecific: tiger
To humans: tiger
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Rams_Lord
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I voted for Leopards. I think they're the most bad tempered out of all the cats
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Leopards in big cats. It is the most rare big cat that can be domesticated. It can quickly become aggressive. Also sumatran tigers looks angry, they are really more agressive than other tigers.
Edited by Feline, Mar 20 2015, 09:01 AM.
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I really have yet to see proof that Sumatran tigers are more aggressive than other tigers, despite numerous claims.
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I've seen videos of leopards going apesh!t on people. Leopards are fkcing ferocious and easily get pissed off. Never piss off a leopard.
Edited by Agentjaguar, Mar 20 2015, 12:47 PM.
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Sicilianu
Feb 28 2012, 04:11 AM
I would say the Black footed cat is perhaps the most aggressive. Scottish Wild cat is also known for its aggression.
Why?
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Ceratodromeus
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There's No point in quoting a post that's 3 years old.
Edited by Ceratodromeus, Mar 20 2015, 02:01 PM.
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Amur
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Ceratodromeus
Mar 20 2015, 01:59 PM
There's No point in quoting a post that's 3 years old.
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Amur
Mar 21 2015, 12:34 AM
Ceratodromeus
Mar 20 2015, 01:59 PM
There's No point in quoting a post that's 3 years old.
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lions are more agressive, braver and combative than tigers and hence they are the most agressive though tigers are not far behind
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Ceratodromeus
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One line saying tigers get into fights is really not evidence for them being the most aggressive big cats, anyway.
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