Tiger vs Bear?

Question

An adult male Siberian Tiger vs a Adult male Kodiak bear. Who would win?? How much stronger is a kodiak bear compared to the tigers strength. I reckon the bear can kill the tiger easily in 1 hit. Which i can swipe harder and by how much?

Answer 1

Siberian Tiger.

Answer 2

bear

Answer 3

Tiger

Answer 4

a bear would win.  they did a siberian tiger vs a grizzley on animal faceoff on the discovery channel and the bear ruins it

Answer 5

tiger.

Answer 6

they would kill erach other.

Answer 7

Bear! definitely. you should do a batman superman one too!

Answer 8

I do not believe anyone can arrive at a qualified decision, people tend to 'favour' the attributes of one over the other rather than presenting a balanced and unbias opinion. And that is all it will amount to, OPINION !  All one can do is compare attributes and make a conclusion on that basis. Both have LARGELY the same jaw and canine size and LARGELY the same jaw strength. Both have very powerful forelimbs, moreso in the Kodiak. (The idea, however that a large bear species can crush a skull or snap a spine with blows from its forelimbs is LARGELY conjecture and I don't think this is viable, although it could certainly inflict harm). Powerfully built as a Siberian tiger is, a Kodiak is more so and I would say that the kodiak is physically stronger. There may be circumstantial advantage gained by the tigers' claws simply if he manages to catch the bears' eye. Other than this I think the thick shaggy coat of a Kodiak would render the tigers' claw swipes ineffective. I think it would be possible for the tiger to grip on to the bears back and make bite attempts but Kodiaks are heavily muscled and I believe the chances of the tiger inflicting a significant wound would be low and infrequent. The Kodiak is typically twice the weight of even a siberian tiger. It is worth noting (if only to discount its influence) that although Siberian tigers' do prey on the Kodiaks' smaller brown bear cousins this cannot be a factor here as these bears do not compare at all with the size and power of a Kodiak. So with these considerations it will come down to physical strength and size and here, the Kodiak clearly has the edge. Specific scenarios will always have influence over the outcome and the contest is likely to be far from one-sided but on balance, I think the Kodiak will win in the majority of cases. I would be of the same opinion if it was a Polar bear instead of the Kodiak.

Answer 9

Tiger. Though the bear is heavier, much of that weight comes from the large, heavy bones and considerable amount of body-fat. By contrast, a tiger's skeleton is quite small given the size of the animal - much of its size comes from its enormous musculature. They have evolved to kill prey considerably larger than themselves, and are swifter and more agile than bears. They have stronger jaws, larger canine teeth, and eighteen razor-sharp claws (bears' claws are non-rectractile, and therefore blunt from constant contact with the ground). The tiger would leap onto the bear's back, clinging on with its claws, and drag the bear to the ground, where a throat-bite would be employed to kill it. Kodiak bears are a subspecies of brown bear, a species which shares its range with the Siberian tiger, and the tiger is known to prey on the bear.