Thread by @travisdon1981

@WhoWouldWin13 First, let's look at physicality.

Silverback Gorillas and male lions are roughly the same weight, about 400 pounds or so. I'd give maybe a sleight weight advantage for the lion, but this wont make up for the fact that the Gorilla is far smarter, has 6-8 times the punching power

@WhoWouldWin13 of a male heavyweight boxer, and can lift 4600 pounds over its head. However, lions to have razor-sharp retractable claws, and being predators, will have more combat experience than gorillas do.

The largest opponents in this fatal 4-way are the grizzly and the Anaconda. The

@WhoWouldWin13 Anaconda can reach 550 pounds on average, and some have been known to reach 1100 pounds. Brown or Grizzly bears can average about 700 pounds for males, and Kodiaks in particular average 1300 pounds. Considering the average size of these animals, I have to conclude that the brown

@WhoWouldWin13 or grizzly bear will have the size advantage.

Strength advantage is harder to ascertain.

Sure, Gorillas can lift 4600 pounds, but this doesn't mean that its power is on equal terms for every other physical movement. Indeed, both lions and brown bears are likewise known for

@WhoWouldWin13 impressing striking power. Lions are said to be capable of snapping a Zebra's back with a paw swipe, while brown bears can snap a cow's back or even a bull moose' back with a paw swipe (male Moose can weigh 1200 to 1800 pounds). Indeed, brown bears have been observed obliterating

@WhoWouldWin13 elk heads with a paw swipe. Brown bears can lift horses right off the ground and body slam them.

But which animal is the strongest?

Bears pound for pound are stronger than big cats. One might try to argue that big cats, due to superior speed, have the potential for more power

@WhoWouldWin13 than bears (power is mass X acceleration, after all), but this would only hold true in some movements. Bears rely far more on strength and power than big cats, and can successfully defend themselves through brute force, while big cats rely on a awesome combination of power

@WhoWouldWin13 speed and grace. Bears have a short, stiff back, thick muscles throughout their limb, heavy cumbersome feet and a small tail, while big cats have a more flexible back, smaller, lighter feet and limb muscles that are thick at the hip or shoulder joint and taper off towards the

@WhoWouldWin13 toes as tendons. Also, while big cats like lions have digitigrade paws (they walk on their toes), bears forepaws are semi-digitigrade and their hind feet are plantigrade (walking flat footed). All this together shows that bears are built far more for strength and power, while

@WhoWouldWin13 big cats have sacrificed some strength and power for speed.
Combined with a larger size...the brown bear takes the strength and power category over the lion.

But what about the anaconda and the gorilla?

The bear's strength will be far more effective and potent than a anacondas

@WhoWouldWin13 but a Gorilla is better designed to tussle. It wont have the striking power perhaps of a brown bear, but it could potentially grab a bear and wrestle it to the ground. A brown bear's predatory lifestyle would give it more combat experience (and bears known how to wrestle, doing

@WhoWouldWin13 some moves that remind Joe Rogan (UFC commentator) of Judo moves he's seen in the Octagon), but a Gorilla could potentially out-wrestle the brown bear.

However, considering the greater size and swatting power...I as well as the enormous claws...Its going to be a very tall

@WhoWouldWin13 order for the gorilla.

But what about intelligence?

Bear intelligence has been compared to that of some primates. Some I believe have put them on par with even great apes. Brown bears in particular have larger brain to body weight ratios than other bears. They are harder to

@WhoWouldWin13 tame compared to other North American animals, but easier to train. Lions and Anacondas don't have that kind of intelligence.

However, Gorillas are some of the smartest animals on earth, capable of learning several hundred words in sign language. It will most likely have the

@WhoWouldWin13 intelligence factor.

But what about combat experience?

As I mentioned previously, lions are predators and thus have more combat experience than gorillas. Brown bears are predators too, but they are ultimately omnivores, eating both meat and vegetation (as well as fungi). Lions

@WhoWouldWin13 however have to kill everything they eat, meaning that they have a whole lot of combat experience to bear. Yes, Anacondas are full blown carnivores as well, but being cold blooded, they don't have to eat anywhere near as often as lions do, Indeed, they could go for months before

@WhoWouldWin13 having to eat. Thus, the lions has the combat experience advantage.

So, who wins?

The lion has the speed and combat experience advantage, bears have the size and swatting power advantage, while gorillas have the intelligence and wrestling advantage. The Anacoda wont last long

@WhoWouldWin13 in this battle, especially if it occurs on land (they're a bit sluggish on the ground, unlike what you see in the film "Anaconda"). The lions will get in several nasty shots, but in the end will probably get killed quickly by the brown bear, or KO'd by the Gorilla (its been

@WhoWouldWin13 estimated that some early hominids like Australeopithecus had four times the punching power of boxer Rocky Marciano. They could KO a leopard or a hyena with one shot. Now imagine what a gorilla could potentially do...)

The bear and the gorilla would be the last ones standing.

@WhoWouldWin13 Both creatures would start out striking each other, the bear's paw swipes against the gorilla's punches. This will prove very, very problematic for the gorilla, considering the bear's swatting power and size advantage. This scuffle would end fairly quickly, with the bear looking

@WhoWouldWin13 over a KO'd gorilla, finishing it off with a bite to the back of the neck.

Thus, I must conclude...

@WhoWouldWin13 GRIZZLY OWNS ALL!!!!!!!!!

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