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A lion and a tiger would be fairly evenly matched in a fight, but a tiger will probably come out as the winner, a U.S. scientist said.
¡°If I had to put my money on it, I would give the advantage to the tiger,¡± said Craig Saffoe, a biologist and the curator of great cats at the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, D.C.
While a male lion is more likely to have more combat experience than a tiger, a tiger¡¯s "killer instinct" may be the deciding factor in a death-match between the giant felines.
According to Saffoe, because lions live in packs, they tend to depend more on other lions. But tigers are loners by nature, and therefore are more aggressive and ruthless, and usually go straight to the throat for the quick kill.
Saffoe¡¯s theory is also backed by records. When ancient Romans made African lions and Asian tigers fight in the Coliseum, tigers usually came out on top.
However, Saffoe said the two would be fairly evenly matched, given that they are quite similar in size and strength. While the title of the biggest feline belongs to the Siberian tiger, the most common Bengal tiger and the African lion both weigh around 180 to 190 kilograms.
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