" King of Beasts " Tiger is undoubtedly the king at the top of the food chain, while polar bear is the largest terrestrial carnivore in the world. It was widely circulated on the Internet many years ago: the former Soviets witnessed the Siberian tiger killing the polar bears going south. To this day, there has never been any documentary record or picture that can confirm that a tiger is stronger than a polar bear. There is a big gap in the adult sizes of the two. Adult male Siberian tigers are not as good as adult female polar bears.
Today, I will discuss it in depth from the following perspectives.
Combat Power
As the first cat animal, tiger has high explosive ability, flexible and agile, and has super strong reaction ability. As the first of the bear family, polar bears have strong strength and super biting power. Both have sharp claws. Just imagine, when they meet, it will definitely be a wonderful hand-to-hand battle. The tiger can defeat the polar bear through its flexible movement and the explosive power of the elite, and the polar bear can also suppress the tiger through its powerful strength and size difference. This must be a war of five or five.
Distribution
The only place where Siberian tigers and polar bears are most likely to meet is Russia. Siberian tigers are mainly distributed in Russia's Far East, while polar bears are widely active on the northwest coast of Russia. One east and one west, it is actually difficult to meet the two. To put it more specifically, Siberian tigers are mainly active in the deep mountains and forests, while polar bears cannot do without the sea. More than 85% of their prey comes from the sea. It is almost impossible for the two to meet. As global warming , glaciers merge, polar bears will not continue to migrate south with their prey floating ice; while Siberian tigers like forests will not continue to migrate northward to plains in the Far East.
Similar cases
There are records that a hungry Siberian tiger can take down a female Ussuri brown bear . More information shows that Siberian tigers and Ussuri brown bears are in a relationship of mutual hunting, and their past records have their own winners and losses. Among the successful cases, there are no cases of adult male Siberian tiger fighting with adult male Ussuri brown bear. It can be seen that both sides are afraid of each other and often only hunt down individuals who are weaker than themselves.
summary
Siberian tigers and polar bears are both super hunters of nature. As the kings of their respective families, they are well aware of the principle of the strong prey on the weak. Don’t fight without preparation, don’t fight without winning rate. Adult polar bears will not easily choose Siberian tigers, and adult Siberian tigers will not provoke adult polar bears with huge size and strong combat power.
