Would an elephant beat a grizzly bear?

An elephant would beat a bear in a fight. Even though we have granted this hypothetical bear the best features of all the various species, the fact remains that they cannot do enough damage to kill an adult elephant. A fully grown bull elephant would most likely smell or hear a bear coming long before it showed up.

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What animal can beat an elephant?

Aside from humans, lions are the only predators powerful enough to kill an elephant. The males, being 50% heavier than the females, are especially suited to the task. It typically takes seven lionesses to kill an elephant, but just two males could do the same.

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Would an elephant beat a polar bear?

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.

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Has anyone beat a grizzly bear in a fight?

An unarmed human could not bear a grizzly bear in a fight.

Humans cannot do serious harm to a grizzly bear. It is strongly advised that you do not get near grizzly bears.

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Who is stronger polar bear or grizzly?

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.

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6 Animals That Could Defeat A Grizzly Bear

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What is the biggest animal a human could fight?

Which animal can you beat in a fight? The weakest animal you could beat in a fight is a rat or cat (around 70%) while the strongest animal you could beat is a grizzly bear, lion, elephant, or gorilla (around 3%). The other animals include goose, dog, eagle, chimpanzee, cobra, kangaroo, wolf, and crocodile.

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Can a gorilla beat an elephant?

An elephant would win in a fight against a gorilla. Gorillas are certainly powerful and smart animals, but they lack any definitive means of killing an elephant. Unless they happened upon an elephant lying down and managed to inflict severe bites to them, a gorilla simply would not stand a chance.

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Who would win a grizzly or a tiger?

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.

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Would a hippo beat a polar bear in a fight?

A hippo would win a fight against a polar bear.

Instead, the hippo needs one or two bites to incapacitate the polar bear. Its massive teeth would penetrate the bear's fur and skin, breaking bones and ripping into organs. In this rare case, speed on land would only matter at the beginning of the fight.

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What is elephants worst enemy?

Carnivores (meat eaters) such as lions, hyenas, and crocodiles may prey upon young, sick, orphaned, or injured elephants. Humans are the greatest threat to all elephant populations.

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Are lions scared of elephants?

Lion will usually avoid adult elephant, and attack youngsters only if they have become separated from the herd. However, some prides have learned how to take down full-grown adults under dire circumstances when other food sources are scarce.

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Would an elephant beat a hippo?

In an elephant vs hippo fight, the elephant is going to win. Assuming both creatures are fully grown adults, the elephant is just too big for the hippo to handle. Hippos are too smart to pick a fight with an elephant, so they have no idea what it takes to bring one down.

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What is a grizzly bears worst enemy?

Would it surprise you to know that an adult bear has almost no predators? Bears are large and can be quite intimidating so they don't have many enemies. Their biggest enemies are humans and each other. It's the cubs and the smaller females that have to watch out.

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Can a grizzly bear beat a crocodile?

On land, the bear could possibly win a fight if it managed to flip over a crocodile and attack its underside. However, this fight would not be over quickly: the bear would need to do a lot of damage to finally kill the reptile.

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Would a grizzly bear beat a silverback gorilla?

Eight hundred pounds, 7 feet tall, paws 20 inches across, 10 razor-sharpclaws, mouthful of teeth meant for piercing flesh and strong enough to tear a car apart. A grizzly beats a silverback 10 times out of 10. The average silverback weighs around 350 pounds and stands at 5-and-a-half feet tall.

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Would a silverback gorilla beat a tiger?

Although the gorilla is strong, the fact is that it could not stop 600 pounds of charging muscle and teeth. Gorillas lack the sensory capabilities to notice a stalking tiger before it launches its fatal attack. If the two creatures met on an open field, the tiger would still have the advantage in the fight.

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Would a gorilla or a grizzly win?

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.

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Can a lion beat a grizzly bear?

A bear would win a fight against a lion. Bears have the advantage in just about every aspect, from size to offensive capabilities. The only time that a lion would win is if it managed to sneak up and ambush a bear, leaping onto it and biting into its head with such power that it shattered the skill.

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What 5 animals could defeat a gorilla?

individual leopards smaller than lions have killed gorillas on rare occasions hippos are also known to prey on animals larger than gorillas. they have also killed nile crocodiles which are over twice the size of a gorilla in addition to lions a hippopotamus can easily kill a gorilla.

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What is a gorilla biggest enemy?

Predators. Leopards and crocodiles are large carnivores which may prey upon gorillas. Humans are the greatest threat to all gorilla populations.

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Would a gorilla beat a hippo?

The hippo would outmatch the gorilla in a fight between the two. Luckily, these two animals don't fight each other in the wild. If a fight occurred between a hippo and a gorilla it is obvious that a hippo severely outmatches even the largest of gorillas and strongest gorillas.

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What would be the hardest animal to fight?

A honey badger (Mellivora capensis) makes the list of toughest animals because it doesn't back down when approached by a predator – even if it's a lion or a leopard! A honey badger is about three feet long and weighs between 13 and 30 pounds. It has a short, sturdy body with long claws on its front feet.

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Can you beat a kangaroo in a fight?

A kangaroo would win a fight against a human being.

Do not be fooled by videos of humans successfully attacking a kangaroo. In the wild, a kangaroo will try to grasp their prey and then tear into it with the claws on its feet. This will inflict devastating wounds on a human being or even disembowel them.

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What animal can hit the hardest?

Mantis shrimp pack the strongest punch of any creature in the animal kingdom. Their club-like appendages accelerate faster than a bullet out of a gun and just one strike can knock the arm off a crab or break through a snail shell. These small but mighty crustaceans have been known to take on octopus and win.

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