"Lions are not lazy. They spend a great deal of time protecting the pride and assist in bringing down larger prey. King of the jungle in africa. But in comparison to the tiger, this is not the case. Lions not having as much hindleg strength, can only swipe with one hand and since they have no true rival in africa by nature charge into a fight aggressively. Tigers on the other hand analyse the situation and then attack according to the movements and tatics. Making adjustments before and while fighting and attacking and by nature are more intelligent. Bengals can be as large as siberian tigers and are very aggressive. With males weighing in at 520-600lbs. Siberians can be 600lbs plus and are slightly taller due to its habitat. Tigers having there weight more evenly distributed can and having stronger hindlimbs can attack with both forelimbs instead of one. They have longer canines,fully retractible claws instead of semi-retractible like the lions and are more agile then Lions. They also compete with bears, leopards, wild dogs, crocodiles, and the rare spotted hyena, and in siberia the russian wolf and brown bear. And they are very intolerant of other males in their territorys and will often fight till the death. Plus to give an example of the strength of a tiger, guars are the biggest bovines in the world and can be 6ft and taller at the shoulder and weigh in at 2000 to 5000lbs. Tigers have been known to take these giants down also rhinos,and elephants, without a pride, by themselves. There is no other carnivore that can will match the tiger." - Kez