Re: who would win between a full grown male tiger and a full grown male grizzly

Ayden,

The reason you are not getting a definite answer is because there isn't 
one!   It is extremely unlikely that such a contest would take place, for 
the simple reason that the animals live in different parts of the world.  
Even if they did meet, they would be very unlikely to fight, because of the 
high risk of severe injury to both.

In your hypothetical situation, my money would be on the bear, because its 
much greater size would allow it to absorb more punishment.  That said, the 
tiger has more lethal weaponry, so the outcome would probably depend on 
whichever animal inflicted the first serious wound.  This could well be the 
tiger, because it is a true carnivore, which makes its living by attacking 
other large animals, whereas the bear is just a very large omnivore.  

In mediaeval times, people used to 'bait' bears with dogs for sport.  I 
don't know whether the dogs ever killed the bear, but if they did then 
maybe a bear wouldn't stand much chance against a tiger.  On the other 
hand, if there were several dogs they would be able to distract the bear, 
which would be a smaller species than a grizzly, whereas if there was only 
one tiger the bear could concentrate on it.  Also, in baiting contests, the 
bear was usually chained and muzzled.

I think you are going to have to do the experiment !

[The MadSci Administrator does not recommend doing the experiment!]