It wasn't a fight as such, the polar bear went for a piece of meat the tiger wanted and basically, the tiger hit the bear with one swipe breaking its neck before the audience started screaming. "A lot of people ran out but our mother kept us there and all the time the band kept playing.
If a tiger could get its teeth around a bear's jugular or on its spinal cord, it could quickly make short work of a smaller polar bear. However, the polar bear would likely win the battle in a head-to-head fight featuring two fully grown males.
There were numerous reports of tigers preying on both brown bears and Asiatic black bears, but the relationship, it seems, was not that simple; there were also reports of bears killing tigers.
There are about 5 or 6 accounts of lions killing polar bears.
Adult polar bears have no natural predators except other polar bears. Cubs less than one year old sometimes are prey to wolves and other carnivores. Newborn cubs may be cannibalized by malnourished mothers or adult male polar bears.
Ayotte made headlines around the world in November 2013 when he rescued Montrealer Erin Greene, 32, from a polar bear attack in Churchill. Ayotte beat the bear with a shovel, which distracted it long enough for Greene to escape.
However, grizzly bears are tougher than polar bears as they possess stronger and longer claws and an elongated skull with sharp and long canines that can completely separate the flesh from bone.
However, if it comes down to one-on-one combat, the polar bear will have a huge advantage over the gorilla. A polar bear's jaw can exert up to 1,200 pounds of pressure per square inch which is twice that of the silverback gorilla.
In the battle of the grizzly bear vs tiger, a Siberian tiger would win a fight against a grizzly bear. The Siberian tiger is an ambush predator, and it's the only big cat that comes close to the grizzly bear in terms of size and power.
The lion is the winner of the animal battle!
Even in a one-on-one fight, the lion stands a good chance of walking away from the champion. Polar bears have great endurance in the water and can swim for miles. But on land, these large bears can get dangerously hot.
A tiger would kill a gorilla in a fight. If a tiger managed to ambush a gorilla, the tiger would immediately kill it. Although the gorilla is strong, the fact is that it could not stop 600 pounds of charging muscle and teeth.
Predators. Asiatic wild dogs called dholes may prey upon tigers but these rare attacks are usually countered with drastic losses to the dholes' pack. Humans are the greatest threat to all tiger populations.
A hippo would win a fight against a polar bear.
The hippo is larger, stronger, has better offensive powers and a defense that would allow it to last longer in a battle than a polar bear.
A Kodiak bear would win a fight against a Siberian tiger.
The Kodiak bear can be twice as heavy, longer in body, and much taller than the Siberian tiger. This mammal has a huge body, thick fur, and all sorts of protection in its body to make the fight last a long time.
An elephant would win in a polar bear vs elephant fight. The elephant is simply too large for the bear to do anything meaningful against. The polar bear can't exactly leap onto an elephant's back, so it would only be able to attack the elephant's legs and stomach area.
Although a silverback gorilla is very fast, quite strong, and has a longer arm span, it is unlikely that a silverback could defeat the much larger and faster grizzly bear in a fair fight. The one advantage that a Silverback might have is the enormous strength of its muscles.
However, a lion coalition of 2–3 males would have a clear advantage over a lone tiger. A group of 2–4 female lions would have a similar advantage over a lone tigress. They conclude that while one on one, a tiger would certainly best a lion, in the wild the lion pride could hold their own against the solitary tiger.
The gorilla's biggest advantage is its spry movement, whereas the grizzly's primary advantage is its claws. The grizzly is larger, but the gorilla is stronger. The grizzly is faster, but this will likely not matter as much beyond a possible initial charge.
A gorilla would win in a fight against an orangutan. Gorillas are far better fighters and far more capable of inflicting fatal trauma on enemies. An orangutan might escape a gorilla by climbing trees, but that is not going to defeat the gorilla.
It is a close call, but the polar bear is generally considered the largest bear species on Earth. A close second is the brown bear, specifically the Kodiak bear.
Gorillas are strong and powerful animals. They are known to be able to fight off lions and other large predators.
Crocodiles are too large and strong for bears to overcome. A fully grown saltwater crocodile would win a fight against the largest bears. Size matters in these fights and crocodiles have that advantage. Bears are undoubtedly strong, but they've never faced anything like a crocodile to know their weaknesses.
Lion have more speed, but they are used to hunting in packs, not individually. So a lion would have trouble fighting a polar bear alone. But if there was a fight between a polar bear and a PACK of lions, well, then the lions would definitely win.
A dung beetle is not only the world's strongest insect but also the strongest animal on the planet compared to body weight. They can pull 1,141 times their own body weight. This is the equivalent of an average person pulling six double-decker buses full of people.