Can a Siberian tiger weighing more than 300 kilograms prey on adult elephants?

As the largest mammal existing on land, elephants are not indestructible in their natural state. Scientists believe that there are many animals that can kill elephants.

The number one enemy of the elephant is the lion, followed by tigers, crocodiles, rhinos, hyenas and vipers, all of which have completely different hunting techniques:

Lions are social animals. Once they identify and decide to attack an elephant, they will dispatch four or five lionesses. With a large number, the hunting success rate is very high. Tigers and rhinos like to live alone, so they rely on their individual abilities to defeat elephants. Crocodiles It is to use the aquatic environment, sneak attack on the trunk of the elephant, and roll death to break through the defense of the elephant. The poisonous snake is even simpler. It does not eat elephants, but it uses venom to protect itself.

These predators all have one thing in common: They choose elephants that are either old or juvenile, or weak and injured elephants, and will never mess with healthy adults.

Animals choose weaker hunting targets when hunting. Generally speaking, they adhere to the principle of "what you pay will get paid", so as to avoid the end of wasting physical strength and working in vain. Does that mean that they are incapable of defeating adults? What about the elephant?

In a desperate fight, as the king of beasts, can the tiger kill a healthy adult male elephant?

Tigers and elephants are two animals that coexist in India. Mostly, they keep a certain distance from each other and will not disturb each other. Quality, tactics, offensive ability and other aspects to analyze.

1. Physical fitness

Among the cats, tigers are definitely the largest and strongest. Siberian tigers can weigh more than 300 kilograms and be 4 meters long. The Bengal tiger, also known as the Indian tiger, lives in the same area as the Asian elephant, and is second only to the Siberian tiger in size and can weigh up to 270 kilograms.

However, no matter how big cats are, in front of elephants, they are all children.

Adult elephants can weigh up to 7,000 kilograms. The highest weight of African elephants is 13,000 kilograms, which is more than 40 times that of Siberian tigers.

In animal fights, body size has a great advantage, so in this regard, elephants have an overwhelming victory!

2. Combat ability

Tigers and elephants, one eats meat and the other eats grass, with different wildness and different ways of attacking.

Tigers are natural predators. They need to fight every day to get food. They rely on sharp teeth and claws, as well as strong bite force to subdue their opponents. They have very rich fighting experience.

Asian elephants are gentler, except for ivory, its teeth are not sharp, and it will not fight with other animals at every turn. In terms of offensive ability, tigers are much better!

Most African elephants retain their wild nature. They are very irritable and have a bad temper. They can touch a single point.

In the process of fighting, the ivory is like a bayonet, and the opponent is accidentally interspersed on the ivory. Elephants also have a flexible trunk and can also participate in combat, and elephants live in groups, and other elephants will come to help when they hear the sound.

Tactically, tigers are good at ambush, pressing the palm of the tiger, locking the throat, and finally biting, while the elephant uses its weight advantage and is used to trampling, arching, and ivory piercing.

3. Defensive ability

Tigers have always been known for their agility, and they are better than elephants in terms of reflexes, running speed and observation.

Elephants have sensitive senses of smell and hearing, but they spend most of their time looking for food, and vegetarians can only meet their daily energy needs by eating them constantly.

In daily defense, in general, elephants are worse. Fortunately, elephants have thick skin and are tall and large. Even if tigers really wrap around elephants, they can block tigers by virtue of their size and thick skin. for a while.

Therefore, the defensive capabilities of the two are similar.

The king of beasts VS the king of the forest, the elephant wins!

Imagine a very hungry tiger, eyeing an elephant and stalking the elephant, looking for the most suitable time to attack. At this time, the elephant also sensed the presence of the tiger and was on alert, but it could not stop the tiger from attacking.

When the tiger jumped on the elephant's back, the battle between the two officially began.

Tigers will definitely grab with their claws and try to bite with their teeth, while elephants will run and try to get rid of the tiger.

With the size and thickness of the elephant's skin, a tiger will not cause fatal damage to an elephant in a short period of time. You can refer to the battle between a lion and a hippo. The hippo has scratches all over its body and silently becomes a biting little angel. , In a short time, the lion can't hurt the root!

On the contrary, the elephant keeps colliding, and the tiger on the elephant's back won't last long (the tiger has good explosive power but poor endurance), and it will be thrown off.

Once the tiger hits the ground, the elephant changes strategy, stepping on or ramming. Although a tiger is agile, it is impossible to avoid an elephant's attack forever. If a tiger's body, even a small part, is stepped on or hit by an elephant, the fight is over, and the tiger will be trampled or stabbed to death.

In the end, the elephant will live with wounds, and the outcome will be both losers! If the wound is too deep, it can be weakened by the disability, making it a natural first-choice target for other animals to attack.

at last

In general, between tigers and elephants, elephants have a higher win rate! So is the theory, so is the reality.

In 2021, a video will be popular on the Internet. In the video, an elephant is casually strolling, and a tiger is lying in front of it, blocking the way of the elephant. The elephant didn't care and walked forward. After the tiger turned around and found the elephant, he got up and ran into the bushes, making way for the elephant.

As for other animals, apart from humans holding weapons, it may be tens of thousands of "sparrows" that can make elephants turn their heads and leave.

Someone once photographed a group of dense birds attacking three elephants near a watering hole. The elephants were overwhelmed and had to flee the scene in the end. This kind of bird is the red-billed quelia. It is about 10cm in size, but the number is huge. It is estimated that there are more than 200,000 attacking elephants this time. The picture is like a locust wearing bird wings. Elephant skin is thick and thick, and can be nibbled clean in minutes.

It can be seen that the strength of the team should not be underestimated, even the largest mammal on land will be terrified!