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| Polar Bear v Gaur | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 6 2013, 08:13 PM (8,936 Views) | |
| Taipan | Nov 6 2013, 08:13 PM Post #1 |
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Polar Bear - Ursus maritimus The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), a bear native to the Arctic, is the apex predator within its range. Its thick blubber and fur insulate it against the cold. Its fur is hollow and translucent but usually appears as white or cream coloured, thus providing the animal with effective camouflage. Its skin is actually black in color, however. The bear has a short tail and small ears that help reduce heat loss, as well as a relatively small head and long, tapered body to streamline it for swimming. The polar bear is a semi-aquatic marine mammal that depends mainly upon the pack ice and the marine food web for survival. It has adapted for life on a combination of land, sea, and ice. Scientists and climatologists believe that the projected decreases in the polar sea ice due to global warming will have a significant negative impact on of this species within this century. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is the largest species of all bears and is the largest terrestrial carnivore on earth. Fully grown male polar bears range from 7' to 11' when standing upright, and weigh from 660 to 1,320 pounds. Females stand from 6' to 8' and weigh anywhere from 400 to 700 pounds. The largest polar bear on record was over 12' and weighed 2,210 pounds. ![]() Gaur - Bos gaurus The gaur (Bos gaurus), also called Indian bison, is a large bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The gaur has a high convex ridge on the forehead between the horns, which bends forward, causing a deep hollow in the profile of the upper part of the head. There is a prominent ridge on the back. The ears are very large; the tail only just reaches the hocks, and in old bulls the hair becomes very thin on the back. In colour, the adult male gaur is dark brown, approaching black in very old individuals; the upper part of the head, from above the eyes to the nape of the neck, is, however, ashy gray, or occasionally dirty white; the muzzle is pale coloured, and the lower part of the legs are pure white or tan. The cows and young bulls are paler, and in some instances have a rufous tinge, which is most marked in individuals inhabiting dry and open districts. The gaur is an extremely large mammal. It has a head-and-body length of 250 to 330 cm (8.2 to 10.8 ft) with a 70 to 105 cm (28 to 41 in) long tail, and is 165 to 220 cm (5.41 to 7.2 ft) high at the shoulder. The average weight is 650 to 1,000 kg (1,400 to 2,200 lb), with an occasional large bull weighing up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Males are about one-fourth larger and heavier than females. ![]() _____________________________________________________________________________
Edited by Taipan, Jun 24 2017, 11:09 PM.
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| Cat | Nov 9 2013, 02:52 AM Post #16 |
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It doesn't really matter if the tiger can take a gaur head-on or not (head-on means 'not by ambush', but the an animal could still maneuvre itself behind its adversary, as a tiger would probably try to do). Even if the tiger could, it doesn't automatically mean that a polar bear could as well - despite being bigger and relatively stronger than a tiger. The tiger is designed to tackle that kind of prey. A polar bear not, its speed, agility and instincts are not honed for that kind of predation. With this I'm not saying that a male Polar in its prime (in hypothetical conditions of mild temperature, coz a polar bear would probably succumb to overheating in the tropics) would lose. Maybe its sheer strength, grappling ability, hook-like claws and even intelligence would be enough. But the tiger comparison is not relevant. Once again, if animal A beats B, and B beats C, it doesn't automatically mean that A > C. If I had to throw a guess, I would lean towards the gaur at average weights. |
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| Vivyx | Nov 9 2013, 05:17 PM Post #17 |
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My real point was that though tigers have killed gaurs by ambush, they HAVE killed them before. A polar bear can kill a similar sized walrus, which has tusks to defend itself with and are quite big. Polar bears also are pretty fast and if the bear was to attack head-on, it should be able to kill the gaur in the end. I think the bear wins 70/30. |
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| thesporerex | Nov 10 2013, 02:45 AM Post #18 |
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I am leaning towards the bear but I am unsure. The bear has some great weapons but the gaur has those formidable horns that can kill the bear. But keep in mind that polar bears have some thick blubber on them. |
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| jimmy | Nov 14 2013, 02:56 PM Post #19 |
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How do you know?? Gaur can kill a tiger and vice versa. |
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| Oculus kageyamii | Nov 16 2013, 07:26 AM Post #20 |
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Tigers and Gaurs can kill each other. Tigers can, in a face-to-face fight, scratch and bite a bull to the point that if it succeeded in killing the cat, he would shortly die afterwords. Polar Bears are different from tigers because they're larger, heavier, and quite a bit stronger, which means they don't need to use hit-and-run tactics on this bovine. I think the bear would actually topple this giant, and bring an end to its life. Then the bear would have glorious feast, in memory of a very worthy foe. Of course, you should know that the feast consists entirely on that foe's innards! |
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| Deleted User | Oct 15 2014, 06:29 PM Post #21 |
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At parity Polar Bear wins IMHO. |
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| Vodmeister | Oct 15 2014, 06:35 PM Post #22 |
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They aren't at parity though, unless you pit an abnormally large polar bear against a very average gaur. |
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| Wombatman | Oct 16 2014, 01:36 AM Post #23 |
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Gaur tries to gore polar bear and gets its neck between the bear arms and its face mauled. The polar bear looks too durable to get killed by that bovine. |
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| Submit name request | Oct 16 2014, 06:33 AM Post #24 |
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For those that are drawing an analogy with tiger predation on guar - tigers do sometimes kill guar from ambush but are also often (perhaps more often) killed themsleves. Killing from ambush is very different from killing face to face because the tiger can attack by surprise and also it can select is prey (choosing weaker guar which it htinks it can handle). I don't think a tiger could kill a guar face to face more often than not. Whether a polar bear could - I am not sure. I think each could kill the other sometimes - but I don't know which should be favoured. I look forward to reading others' comments. |
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| Ausar | Oct 16 2014, 07:03 AM Post #25 |
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I don't back a tiger over a gaur more often than not (though maybe it's not really a mismatch), nor do I do the same for a polar bear. I think it'd be hard to control the head of such a bulky, muscular, and powerful animal, especially considering how on average, the bear's substantially smaller and parity's not possible unless you take the circumstance Vodmeister gave, and even then I certainly do not think it would be a mismatch. |
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| ffejgao995 | Mar 9 2015, 11:51 AM Post #26 |
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This is like Nidoqueen vs Tauros without the Hyperbeam. Polar bear triumphs. |
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| 7574 | Mar 9 2015, 12:38 PM Post #27 |
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bear win imo bite paws claws and jaws bovid can ram but this bear not slow Edited by 7574, Mar 9 2015, 12:39 PM.
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| Feline | Mar 9 2015, 11:25 PM Post #28 |
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This logic is pointless. Tigers are real predators which has great agility, very fast reactions and ultimate killing instincts. They can kill large gaurs by ambush or they can avoid from gaur's horn in face to face scenario. Polar bear has not agility of big cats and it is much more diffucult to avoid from gaur's horn relative to tigers. If we come to the topic, both have same chances at average weights IMO. Edited by Feline, Mar 9 2015, 11:27 PM.
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| ffejgao995 | Mar 11 2015, 11:48 AM Post #29 |
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Hey! I use that logic almost all the time! Anyway, the Polar bear beats the gaur the same way Gary's Nidoqueen beat Ash's Tauros minus the Hyperbeam. |
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| Mauro20 | Mar 12 2015, 09:49 AM Post #30 |
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The only thing that makes the gaur more dangerous than other bovines is its size, and we all know polar bears can kill very large animals. I think the bear will win. |
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