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| Big Cats - 'pound for pound strength | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 12 2012, 11:29 AM (5,147 Views) | |
| DinosaurMichael | Jan 12 2012, 11:29 AM Post #1 |
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The Jaguar & the Clouded Leopard always seem to get the vote - ![]() ![]() How do you rate the rest of them? Tiger ![]() Lion ![]() Leopard ![]() Cougar ![]() Snow Leopard ![]() Started by Taipan |
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| coherentsheaf | Jan 12 2012, 11:44 AM Post #2 |
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Given that scaled animals would have radically different proportions I do not think this topic makes any sense at all. |
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| maker | Nov 17 2014, 07:17 PM Post #3 |
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Edited by maker, Feb 28 2015, 10:19 AM.
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| spalea | Nov 17 2014, 09:25 PM Post #4 |
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1) This is always difficult to compare the strength "pound for pound" of same family animals but with some very different size. According these basis, small animals are often the strongest. 2)You report a leopard killing a bull eland. OK, but an exceptionnal performance doesn't make a rule (without adding we don't know all about this killed eland). That being said, among big felines the strongest pound for pound could be the jaguar, the strongest among small felines the clouded leopard. Possible ! |
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| Vodmeister | Nov 18 2014, 07:16 AM Post #5 |
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The poll is a complete mess and devoid of any form of logic. Regardless, I voted for tiger, if "pound for pound" implies that all big cats must be scaled to equal size, rather than the measure of strength proportional to their natural size. Edited by Vodmeister, Nov 22 2014, 01:20 AM.
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| Agentjaguar | Nov 20 2014, 04:00 AM Post #6 |
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Trying to make sense of this poll gave me DIABETES |
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| Mukul | Feb 13 2016, 06:05 PM Post #7 |
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Jaguars and tigers seems to be equally powerful.But I voted for jaguar then the tiger. |
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| HugeHyena | Feb 14 2016, 12:07 AM Post #8 |
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Heterotrophic Organism
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1 Jaguar or Leopard. Most powerful pound for pound cats. Most impressive cats.
Edited by HugeHyena, Feb 14 2016, 12:20 AM.
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| LeopardNimr | Feb 10 2017, 11:45 PM Post #9 |
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leopard-jaguar-clouded leopard the leopard is faster much more agile (at least then the jag) and can tree kills the jaguar can drag as much as the leopard on land yet can't tree kills the clouded leopard is a mini verison of the too the puma is very strong too |
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| boldchamp | Mar 10 2017, 12:41 AM Post #10 |
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From several studies i know that chimps can pull about 3.5-4.6 times their body weight. A wild lion pulled 3.75-4 times body weight. I would imagine that, in a general sense, most similar sized or larger creatures wont exceed that strength, proportionately. |
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| Megasaurus | Mar 11 2017, 06:07 PM Post #11 |
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for me tiger or jaguar![]() ![]() ![]() Jaguars are very robust tigers have large arms and big muscles and they are robust Leopard looks lighter robust Edited by Megasaurus, Mar 11 2017, 06:10 PM.
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| LeopardNimr | Mar 11 2017, 06:30 PM Post #12 |
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in overall pulling i go jag. but leopards have a harsh life they need to be powerful pound to pound like badgers same for cougars. |
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