MadSci Network: Zoology
Query:

Re: What animal is more dominate a siberian tiger or a polar bear ?

Date: Tue Feb 9 21:33:57 1999
Posted By: Serenity Roos, Undergraduate, elementary education, Lebanon Valley College
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 918179361.Zo
Message:

There are three internet sites that will help you learn more about tigers 
and bears.  They are:  www.tigerking.net   &  www.polarbearsalive.org    &
www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2331/

Based on the information I found, I would say that a polar bear is more 
dominant than a Siberian tiger.  I base this answer on the animals' prey 
and size.

Although Siberian tigers do a lot of hunting, their repuation as vicious 
killers is undeserved.  These tigers can eat more than 60 pounds of meat at 
one sitting.  However, they prey mainly on deer, wild pigs, and fish.

Polar bears are the world's largest land predators.  They are on the top of 
the food chain in the Arctic.  They hunt seals.  Their only enemies are 
human hunters and sometimes other bears.

Siberian tigers are found in the Amur-Ussuri region of Siberia and also in 
northern China and Korea.  Polar bears are found in Alaska, Canada, Russia, 
Denmark (Greenland), and Norway.

The world's densest concentration of polar bear birth dens lies off the 
Siberian coast of Wrangel Island.  I found no information that showed that 
Siberian tigers are found here.  I would say that the two species do not 
naturally coexist.  They could coexist if they needed to.

Some of the sites given on the top of this answer have maps that show where 
Siberian tigers and polar bears once roamed.  You can compare these to find 
out if these animals have ever crossed paths.


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