I actually think a adult female hyena vs a silverback would be much more interesting, since the gorilla would have size, but hyenas can and regularly do bring down much larger animals single-handedly. A lion is quicker in running and catches up to its victim faster, but a gorilla can lift off and fight at a much heavier weight than a lion. No number of hyenas will challenge an adult male lion. The reason I bring up hyenas over and over again is that when you have female lions and hyenas in conflict over a carcass, they tend to know the ratio of how many hyenas are required for to drive off given number of lionesses. huge) from its mother and brought it down single-handedly, or so the local rangers claim. Supposedly, a single hyena in Botswana recently separated an elephant calf (ie. For the record, if we're talking young buffalo, which are already plenty huge, single lions and hyenas both bring them down pretty routinely. Just one big giant open concert pit.Ĭlick to expand.All of which are much larger than a Silverback gorilla, as are zebra, which happen to be outstanding fighters and are occasionally brought down by a single lion (or on very rare occasion a single hyena) anyway. So who do you guys got? Its a fight to the death. The African male lion weights in around 450 to 500+ pounds. Normal wild Sliverbacks weight in around 400-450 pounds. That Lion on average out weights a Silverback by over 50 pounds easy. Oh another fun fact Sliverback supporters like to throw out is how much bigger a Sliverback is than a Lion.Guess what? He isn't. Sure a Gorilla is stupid strong compared to human, but a Lion is just on another level athletic wise. I mean hell even if the Lion dint bite his hands all up, whats he really going to do with them? Try and head lock a Lion? Good luck with that.lol.Īnd second what how much stronger do you really think a Silverback is than a Lion? I for one don't think he is at all. To that I say so fucking what? How good are the hands going to be after they get the fuck bit out of them in the first 10 seconds of the match? They would be like fat tasty sausage links from I-hop to the Lion. Lions were born to do this kind of shit.Ĭommon arguments for the Gorilla winning from my friends are: The Sliver back is to strong and he has fingers. I think the Lion straight up mauls the Sliver back and has him damn near bled to death in under 10 minuets.

Lions have evolved into apex killing machines. Gorillas lay around all day eating plants. Not only is he a predator he is THE predator when we are talking about land mammals. My reasoning is first and foremost a Lion is predator. I for one cant believe so many people would even think this would be competitive match.

So I'm coming to Sherdog to try and settle this once and for all since I can find no evidence of an actually pit fight between the two happening on the internet. Almost every time it comes to a 50/50 split on who would win. No shit it has got VERY VERY heated at times on who would come out the victor. I have been having this debate with several friends for literally YEARS now.

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