Yeah lionclaws has some of the most intelligent post Ive seen from anybody on there as well, I think he is going to school for biology similar to Leofwin. Anyone neutral can trust these guys calculations and conclusions and google there post to learn, they both had no bias in this unlike practically all the tiger fans. Bold seems to have like every document on weights and measurements known to man. Hes like a social media expert on this. I my self am also into the anatomy and the videos, I'm working on a youtube video right now that will prove the lion is a born fighter, Ive gut about 11 minutes made so far, I'm not releasing it till its perfect. I'm also going to work on making longer gif videos as well that show the lions fighting skills, so everyone can share them.
I also posted a whole thread on the lions Unique fighting techniques on AvA, showing the differences how the lion fights vs the tiger.
Here is some post from that thread.
Male lions are born to fight, it's their only job in the pride. It's bred into their genetics and the superior fighters are the ones who get to procreate
"Not so with the lion who fights like a dog with only his front paws and teeth. He
carries the fight to his opponent, centering the attack on the tiger's throat while his
heavy mane protects his own throat." Clyde Beatty
Most cats and the lion does this too, when they bite hold of the prey they just hold on, or bite again and hold. But with dogs, they will bite hold of an enemy and shake it violently with there neck and head, lions also do this, they shake the prey or opponent, not just bite and hold. The ability to do this is nothing short of added strength, ever seen a pit bull do a tug a war with another dog like a bull terrier. There is a lot of strength in the neck and head biting hold and whip lashing back and forth, dogs don't fight with there arms or paws so there head and strength coordination is superior to cats, this is also why they can catch fribees or balls from far away and do rapid multiply bites in split seconds, the cat family can't do this, including the big cats, except for the lion.
To prove my point check out the way these dogs use there necks in a tug a war,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZnPoqviFBY This kind of movement will tear you to shreds, cats don't do this, tigers don't do this, again lions do. This is why there are videos of lions throwing tigers with just there necks. And you can't find one video of a tiger doing this, including against another tiger. But there are loads of videos of lions shaking hyeans, and biting rapidly mauling tigers with just there head, and throwing them and shaking them all over the place. It would make sense that the lion would have this added ability seeing how it has to battle clans of 20 to 80 hyenas being more dog like with bite forces as great or greater then lions.
Now here's an example of again the lion using the head and neck to put the tiger on its back as well
you can see the lion chopping and biting rapidly with its mouth like a dog, Ive never seen tigers do this.
Here is another clip of the lion again biting and slashing with its mouth shaking the head
and then throwing the tiger down with just the neck and head.
"I dashed into the cage. Already Caesar's jaws had crunched Bobby's neck and when I got there Caesar was shaking Bobby's limp, bloody head and throat from side to side." This quote from Clyde Beatty also reveals and sheds light on the lion using its neck
and shaking the opponent from side to side.
Here is one of countless examples of the lion moving its head out of the way of very quick incoming strikes. The tiger is very fast, but
it lacks the lions head movement and coordination, even when you think the tiger is landing blows upon closer observation you can see the lion
is actually ducking and bobbing the head up and down and under many of the strikes, some are just grazing the top of the head or mane, others
are out right missing, and you can even see the anticipation of lion on one of the last strikes thrown the lion tilts its head and bends it
before the tigers strike actually hits it, amazingly the lion reacted before it even connected which would of lessened the blow substantially.
The lions body may be slower in full body movements then the tiger, but is reaction time for its head eye coordination is far better then
the tiger. Tigers head use is very stiff, there way of getting out of the way of an attack is role over or run or jump back with there whole body.
More of the lion's skillful dodging techniques. If the lion has open room to maneuver, I have not seen any clips
in such a setting, as exist in Everland of a tiger grabbing hold of the lion or knocking it over. The lion is able to
time its reactions staying just out of the way of blows.
Here is an example of a tiger fight where the two tigers get arm locked, as this happens you can see there both hesitant and wary of getting there
heads to close to each other, because they lack the mobility, there neck movement is stiff, so what you see is almost an odd exchange, where there heads
are very stiff stuck in that position almost jittering to avoid getting bitten, they rely on the full body movements to protect there face rather then just tilt the head alone to avoid a bite or a blow like the lion does. The neck mobility of the lion far exceeds the tiger and this can be proven
on countless clips, to many for me to upload.
Another example of the lion biting with just its mouth and shaking its neck back and forth
with the hyena in its mouth, more indicative of a dog. If anyone has any clips of tigers fighting
like this, I'd like to see it, because Ive never seen one, the cat species just doesn't fight like this except the lion
which is probably by design so it can handle hyenas better.
Another clip of the lion using just its head and neck to throw a male tiger into the wall,
after this it wasn't long the tiger gave up and escaped.
Again there are no clips of tigers using just there heads like this in fighting.
Here's another one, the lion taking down a large male tiger no paw use here.
One the most impressive clips of an attack, the lion is swinging with both paws lighting fast and then at the same time attacking
with its mouth. Attacking with the mouth and the paws at the same time, is something the tiger doesn't really do, it will normally
go in for one bite at a time, or it will just use both its paws alone. The lion here is attacking with both paws and its
doing fast chopping multiple bites in split seconds, again more indicative of a dog.