Who wins in a fight, a leopard or a lion?
Lions can kill leopards alongside packs of painted dogs and hyenas, and leopards consider lions their greatest threat when choosing resting locations.
Animals Editorial Team
Why don’t we eat hippos? Native hunters do
People do eat hippo meat: native hunters value it along with tusks and hide, and Zambia residents reportedly ate dead hippo meat, thought to cause an outbreak.
Why Elephants Have Big Ears: To Shed Heat
Elephants use their large ears to shed body heat. Flapping turns each ear into a fan, and the broad surface of the ears lets heat escape quickly.
Lion vs hyena: larger lions face clan mobbing
Lions are larger and stronger, yet spotted hyenas use coordinated mobbing attacks to contest kills, succeeding against male lions only in high numbers.
Black bear vs brown bear size: brown bears are generally bigger
A National Park Service analysis of 18 studies found brown bears generally larger than black bears, with males the larger sex in both species.
Who is stronger, a Komodo dragon or a crocodile?
Crocodilians generate the highest bite forces of any living animal, while Komodo dragons possess relatively weak bite strength compared to other reptiles.
Paraceratherium: an immense giant rhino
Paraceratherium, an immense giant rhino, is believed to have stood 5.4 m at the shoulder and probably weighed around 30,000 kg, measured at 7.6 m long.
Why Do Wolves Howl at Night, and What the Howl Means
Wolves howl more in the evening and early morning, and chorus howls generally peak between sunset and sunrise. The call keeps a pack together.
Heaviest published grizzly and brown bear weights
Published heavy figures: an estimated 1,200 pounds plus for one Katmai bear, and 1,500 pounds at the top of a male weight range.
Could a gorilla beat 100 men? Gorilla strength facts
A male gorilla is thought to be four to nine times stronger than a human male, lifting up to 815 kilograms compared to 410 kilograms for a trained human.