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Post by OldGreenVulture on Jun 11, 2019 15:29:49 GMT
There are many debates involving pound to pound strength. Yet personally according to the square cube law, it will not always be wise to apply the pound to pound strength as mass increases faster than strength. There is an article that says a wolverine will be the world's strongest animal if it were the same size as a grizzly bear which is incorrect. According to square cube law, the wolverine will be literally crushed by its own weight if it somehow miraculously reaches the weight of a grizzly bear and is not meant to withstand that weight. Insects might be pound to pound stronger than any vertebrate but their body structure is still not made to sustain the heavy weight of mammals and reptiles. When animals overlap in weight, pound to pound strength might apply to a degree.
Any opinions?
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Post by rock on Jun 11, 2019 17:39:39 GMT
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Post by OldGreenVulture on Jun 12, 2019 4:07:21 GMT
An exceptionally large male leopard can be almost as large as a smaller than average lioness. The lioness will still have the psychological advantage as she is an apex predator in her own region. Most leopards will generally be more cautious.
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Post by rock on Jun 12, 2019 15:24:49 GMT
An exceptionally large male leopard can be almost as large as a smaller than average lioness. The lioness will still have the psychological advantage as she is an apex predator in her own region. Most leopards will generally be more cautious. true , i think a leopard may be able to take down a lion its own size but lions will almost always be stronger than leopards due to size and weight advantage . |
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Post by OldGreenVulture on Jun 13, 2019 2:11:02 GMT
An exceptionally large male leopard can be almost as large as a smaller than average lioness. The lioness will still have the psychological advantage as she is an apex predator in her own region. Most leopards will generally be more cautious. true , i think a leopard may be able to take down a lion its own size but lions will almost always be stronger than leopards due to size and weight advantage . If we apply the square cube law, a leopard which miraculously reaches the size of a lion will lose some of its pound to pound strength and actually remain weaker than a male lion. |
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Post by OldGreenVulture on Jul 10, 2019 0:07:58 GMT
Also there is an account which says the wolverine will be the strongest animals if it were the 'size of a grizzly bear which will be incorrect. This is because the wolverine is not made to be bear size according to the square cube law. Accounts of a polar bear weighing one tonne is probably anecdotal since bears too heavy to be lifted have not accurately been measured although animals used to be larger on average before they were poached. The one tonne polar bear shot in Alaska and in the museum is only 11 ft tall (12 ft being skin stretched).
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