Take a plane to Africa

Chapter 705 Who is stronger, tiger or lion?

After listening to Remanti's introduction, Rosalia and the others couldn't help but nodded, showing admiration for the knowledge introduction just now.

"Sir, what animal are we going to see next?" Rosalia couldn't help looking at the black tour guide and asked.

"Let's go to see the lion. If we're lucky, maybe we can see the scene of the lion catching its prey. Once you see that scene, you will never forget it in your life." The tour guide smiled, showing a mouthful of white teeth.

"What kind of prey do lions usually catch?" Rosalia suddenly asked with great interest.

"As long as it is edible, it will hunt." The tour guide said.

"You mean it even dares to eat elephants?" Rosalia couldn't help but tilt her head and asked, looking like a pure girl.

"Of course." The tour guide nodded.

"My God, how does it deal with those huge elephants?" Rosalia looked very curious.

"The lion's bite ability is very strong, and its limbs are also particularly strong and powerful. It often attacks from behind while the prey is not paying attention. Once it entangles the prey, the prey will be bitten to death by it, even the hind feet The bison with very powerful pedaling power is no exception, even if the lion head is thrown out by an elephant or bison, it will continue to chase its prey persistently." The tour guide introduced.

"In fact, lions live in groups. They have a very clear division of labor when hunting prey. Who is responsible for attracting the attention of the prey, who is responsible for feinting, and who is responsible for attacking. Their division of labor is very clear, just like a group of well-trained warriors." At this time, the police officer Remandi on the side also added an introduction.

"Who is stronger, the tiger or the lion?" Suddenly, Rosalia's female assistant couldn't help asking in unison.

"Of course it's a lion." The black tour guide said without hesitation.

"No, buddy, it's a tiger." Remanti corrected in time.

"Hey, sir, stop joking with me. Is the tiger as powerful as the lion?" The black tour guide looked disbelieving, "Look at the mane of the lion, does it look majestic? In my opinion , a tiger is nothing but a big cat."

"Brother, there are no tigers in Africa, so you naturally admire the lions. In fact, tigers are far more powerful than lions." Remanti said loudly.

"Hey, buddy, tell me your reason." The black tour guide said a little dissatisfied.

"First of all, buddy, tigers are bigger than lions." Remanti analyzed the data seriously, "Adult male tigers can reach 3.3 meters in length and weigh more than 300 kilograms. I have read the information, the largest The tiger was captured in the Central Asian Republic of the former Soviet Union. It has a body length of 4 meters and a weight of 780 kilograms, which is twice that of an ordinary liger! So in terms of body shape, the tiger is the largest cat. Currently, there are only two main subspecies of lions: African lion and Indian lion. (The puma that is often said is actually a mistake of the American lynx. The puma is the largest cat animal. It belongs to the same genus as our domestic cat and has a closer relationship.) Among them, the Indian lion is bigger. Small and almost extinct, we often see African lions. Adult African male lions generally have a body length of 2.3-2.7 meters and a weight of about 250 kilograms."

"Because the size of animals usually determines their strength, the absolute strength of adult Siberian tigers and Siberian tigers exceeds that of most African lions. In terms of appearance, they all have terrifying sharp teeth. Their common feature is There are powerful jaws, cracked teeth, and great power when they bite, and this huge power can be used to kill large animals. In detail, lions, especially male lions, have a head and face due to the mane It is exaggerated, but the figure appears thin; the tiger's body is majestic, but the head is a bit delicate. The African male lion looks very powerful, because of the mass of mane, so the head is particularly large visually, but the hunting skills are relatively poor. The stamina and speed are also very lacking. And the mighty tiger has similar long hair when it grows up, with long hairs on the face and neck, and its appearance is not inferior to the male lion. And from the perspective of individual hunting skills, the tiger has both strength and speed, and can climb trees Swimming has a high success rate of hunting alone, while lions fight in groups, and the efficiency of female lions is much higher than that of male lions.

"It is said that in the ancient Roman era, people used to let lions and tigers perform fighting in the arena. As a result, the tiger defeated the lion every time. A former Soviet scientist once experimented with two adult hungry ligers of the same sex and the same shape. As a result, the tiger won. Some geographers and zoologists have suggested that there were lions in ancient times in many parts of Asia. But why have they disappeared now? The tigers drove the lions out of the mountains and forests where the living conditions were comfortable and convenient. , and drove them to the deserts and grasslands of northwestern India, the Arabian Peninsula and Africa to experience the suffering of displacement. In terms of geographical distribution, tigers are based in Siberia and have traveled all over Eurasia to the South Asian subcontinent, developing into the Bengal tiger subspecies , Caucasian tiger subspecies and South China tiger subspecies, only the sea prevented them from entering the Americas. Some individuals crossed the South China Sea into the Indonesian archipelago and developed into the Sumatran tiger subspecies. Showing tenacious adaptability from extreme cold to extreme heat, tigers They act alone, and only the male and female meet for a few days during the breeding season, and the female tiger independently raises the cubs. It shows that the tiger's survival ability is stronger than that of the lion. The African lion went north from the African continent to the Arabian Peninsula and then into the South Asian subcontinent. It happened in India in history Although there is no written record of the competition between ligers and tigers, the lions eventually retreated to a corner of northwest India (called Asiatic lions), while the Bengal tigers spread all over South and Southeast Asia is the final result."

When Remanti said this, he didn't panic at all, and he didn't breathe, as if he was a real zoologist. Naturally, his words made the black tour guide who had been working on the grassland look very shocked. stunned.

During the subsequent visits, the black tour guide even seldom spoke, for fear that his words would be corrected by the "famous zoologist" Mr. Remandy again.

I have to say that driving a vehicle on the prairie is a lot of fun. In some places where the geology is hardened, the speed can even reach 100 kilometers per hour. The hot wind blowing on the face makes people feel It is both cool and hot, and there is really a feeling of ice and fire.

But today's luck is not good. According to the tour guide, the lions I saw just now should have eaten their fill not long ago, so they are not interested in anything.

"The character of the lion is like this. It is much more lazy than the tiger." Remanti said again.

(End of this chapter)