How do wild cats, such as tigers and lions kill their prey?

Question

I have heard that they go for the neck and I have also heard that they slash open their enemy's stomach. Which is right? What are you supposed to do if they go after you? Fight them back or play dead?

Answer 1

Surely depends on the size of the animal... large animals get suffocated at the neck...Playing dead won't work with a large cat,

wave your arms, make yourself big, do not run, yell loudly.

Answer 2

well big cats arent stupid, so u shouldnt playdead.

as far as i know, they ussualy go for ur jugular(which is in your neck)

and i dont think they slash ur belly unless ur dead.

if ur not dead then they'll just hold u by ur neck till ur dead or have bleed out to death.

if they do go after u then u will probably be killed unless u got sum kind of weapon with u.

hope that helped!!:)

Answer 3

Most big cats living in Africa's plains, go for their prey's neck..but there are differences between them since their hunting methods differ greatly from one another.. lions work as a group, bringing down preys much larger than themselves, even baby elephants..!!cheetahs on the other hand try to knock their small preys down before going for their neck. jaguars might smash their preys skull with their powerful jaws. and in case you are unlucky enough to be attacked by a big cat, there is not much you can do about it. Try not to look straight into their eyes, make yourself look far too dangerous to tackle, but not too threatening. and step away from the cat very slowly..help it was useful..

Answer 4

Almost all cats go for the throat. The lion when taking down large animals and even normal sized gazelles normally suffocate them by clamping there mouth and literally giving CPR but taking away air. SInce tigers hunt alone they have almost twice the force bit and so they go for the neck and never in my career have seen them choke one. Some cats like cougars break the back of there prey but this is uncommon.

Mainly it is is the throat, though many cats can simply break the bones of weaker animals, particularly the Jaguar and tiger

If they go after you normally run or give off an odour. Some animals fight like badgers who normally die and crocdiles. Tigers on the other eat everythiing in there habitat including Elephants, 10% of Siberian tigers diet is brown bear.

Answer 5

All cats kill by suffocation when hunting large prey. They clamp their jaws around the prey's throat, pressing its windpipe closed so that it cannot draw breath and suffocates. Occasionally, lions will clamp their jaws around the prey's mouth and nose instead of the throat, and suffocate it in what is often called a 'kiss of death' - they are most often seen using this technique with buffalo. No cats kill by slashing open their prey's stomach, but when hunting small prey - say, a lion hunting a hare - they will often simply seize the prey and bite down, crushing the life out of the small animal. Here's an image of a tiger killing its prey:

https://www.msu.edu/~wheel119/hunting.gi...

If you are confronted by a big cat, the most important thing is not to run - running makes you seem like prey, and will trigger the hunting instinct. You should stand your ground and avoid eye contact (eye contact is a threat among cats), and back away slowly. If the animal approaches you, you should shout and wave your arms, making yourself appear larger and more threatening. This will generally deter a big cat from attacking - they do not see humans as prey (except for the odd man-eater, usually old or injured animals that can no longer hunt their natural prey), and prefer retreat to fighting with something that could be potentially dangerous. No predatory animal wants to get into a fight in which it could be injured and, thus, unable to hunt. However, if you are attacked, fight back as hard as you can. Playing dead will not work - the cat can easily smell that you are alive, and in any case most cats will happily eat carrion.

Answer 6

I got this phase from wikipedia: 'When hunting large prey, tigers prefer to bite the throat and use their muscled forelimbs to hold onto the prey, bringing it to the ground. Their heavily muscled forelimbs are used to hold tightly onto the prey and to avoid being dislodged. The tiger remains latched onto the neck until its prey dies of strangulation. By this method, gaurs and water buffaloes weighing over a ton have been killed by tigers weighing about a sixth as much. With small prey, the tiger bites the nape, often breaking the spinal cord, piercing the windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or common carotid artery. Though rarely observed, some tigers have been recorded to kill prey by swiping with their paws, which are powerful enough to smash the skulls of domestic cattle, and break the backs of sloth bears.'

I'm not sure about what you are suppose to do if they go after you, but I think you should act died, or run if the tiger or wild cat is not near.

Hope this helps:P