korea has the world's the one and only safari of tigers and lions(about 40 altogether i think). right now the enclosure's boss is 4 year old siberian tiger named "round of 16"(it was born in 02, same year korea hosted world cup, and we desperately wanted our team to make round of 16).
16(i'll refer to him 16 from now on) became the boss last year, and it's the biggest of them all(i think). he has massive head and front jaws and he dethroned 2 former lion kings(brothers from a royal family in the safari), Techno and Id.
as far as i know, he didn't have a single competitive fight since he entered safari, all the fights he were in were completely one sided.
to make a long story short, majority of times lions have been the boss not because they're better fighters, but because they unite while tigers falter in battles. lion, the fighter, tiger, the hunter theory doesn't hold true, and i honestly believe it was made up by some extreme pro-lion person. if anything, it is tigers who are better at both. but as i have witnessed them over and over again, the outcome is decided by which individual in a fight is stronger, faster, and heavier.
if any of you are interested in the history of the safari and some interesting facts and battles between inter-species, i'll write some more.
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