A Michael Broad Blog
What is the average length of a lion? It is probably unwise to provide an average length of a lion because there are quite large differences between male and female lions. What is the point in averaging the length of male and female lions? There is no point in my view, which is why …
Sports men and women playing for the England team in various sports have a badge on their shirt depicting three lions. They wear this because it is a symbol of England. Also, the lions are a symbol of strength and courage, two qualities which are essential in winning in sport competitions. History The evolution …
The question is about the etymology of the word ‘lion’. My research informs me that the word is derived from the Latin ‘leo’ and Ancient Greek ‘leon’. Leon is also a first name for people of Greek origin since ancient times. Leon appears to have preceded the Latin ‘leo’. It seems to me that …
There are man-eating tigers in India in 20201. This doesn’t surprise me seeing as the population of India has climbed from 238 million in 1900 to 1.4 billion in 2020 despite a massive decline in the tiger population in that country over the same period. In 1900 it is believed that there were 100,000 …
Tigers do kill animals that are considerably larger than themselves. However, there are records of tigers killed by gaur and water buffalo after a massive struggle from both. W.R. Foran in his book of 1933 “Kill or be killed’ writes about a fight between a tiger and a water buffalo cow. She bowled him …
The answer to this question is actually straightforward. Because of circumstance and because the Near Eastern wildcat can be domesticated, it was domesticated about 10,000 years ago. The Near Eastern wildcat (aka North African wildcat) is quite a small animal. In fact, as expected, it is of a similar size to the domestic cat. …
People are fascinated with the question: ‘Who will win a fight between a tiger and a lion?’ And there is positively no definitive answer. There really isn’t. I have run 2 polls on this subject and after over a thousand votes it came out an almost dead heat in this one. In a second …
‘Are lions or tigers bigger’ is a Google search term which is why I am answering the question. Tigers are bigger than lions by a small margin. However, it is difficult to make a precise and certain comparison. That said, the tiger is known to be the heaviest wild cat species on the planet, …
