Date 2017-12-28
Category ARTICLES
11. GRIZZLY BEAR
Grizzly Bear | thetoptens
The grizzly bear less commonly called the silvertip bear, is any North American morphological form or subspecies of brown bear.
- The grizzly bear is far more powerful than any other species of bear. Grizzly bears have concave faces, a distinctive hump on their shoulders, and very sharp claws that can be over 5″-6″ inches long (per Animal Facts Encyclopedia). These claws are much straighter and longer than those of other bears, which is why Grizzlies can’t climb trees very well, but they are much better in a fight. The “Kodiak bear” are grizzly bears that inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska and because of their environment, grizzly bears in the Kodiak region tend to be about 5% larger on average than other grizzlies. But grizzly bears from any part of North America can get and have gotten as large with the same access to food. The largest grizzlies have weighed up to 1500 pounds and stood 11 feet high, with skulls 2.5 feet wide. They have thick fur, including in vital areas like the neck, and an amazingly dense bone and muscular structure, and have many inches of fat which prevent most attacks from doing more than superficial damage to them. But despite their size, the distinctive humps that grizzly bears have are where the bones and muscles have adapted to make grizzlies powerful runners, capable of chasing down large, nimble prey such as caribou and moose. Grizzlies can run 30 miles per hour. The humps also give grizzly bears far more upper body strength than normal bears. The bite force of a grizzly is about 1,200psi with 2″-3″ teeth, enough to “crush a bowling ball”, but biting is not a grizzly’s main weapon. Grizzlies are incredibly strong. They can crush or decapitate a full grown bull’s or moose’s skull with a single blow. They can lift up to 80% their own body weight over their head and throw it. Most predators, like lions and tigers, have a thin bone structure to maximize speed. In cage matches in the past once a lion or tiger pounced on a grizzly it wasn’t able to harm the grizzly more than superficially even if it ripped at the grizzly’s underbelly or bit the grizzly in the neck, but the grizzly in response would squeeze, and crush the bones of the cat. Grizzlies easily kill alligators and crocodiles (as do lions and tigers for that matter) by just ripping them to shreds. The reptiles have a strong bite but it doesn’t do much damage – instead the reptiles just grip and hang on and the main way they try to kill is by drowning their prey. But a grizzly is way too strong and does way too much damage in a hurry for this strategy to have much success. There’s no evidence of grizzly interactions with elephants, etc. But we do know that elephants, rhinos, etc. are hunted and killed by packs of lions or wolves, or even by a single tiger. And lions and tigers and crocodiles hunt and kill each other. But only man and other grizzlies will even try to hunt a full grown grizzly. A full size grizzly is at the top of the food chain, excluding man.
- A Grizzly is capable of more damager than a lion or a tiger with one swipe of his paw. His speed also makes him deadly being able to run up to 40 mph. They are more durable than both a lion and a tiger. And as a cub a grizzly is thrown into the wild to learn how to hunt and defend. There has been films of teenage Grizzlys fighting off a pack of large wolves for food. You do not mess with a Grizzly. Lion prides run in a group for their hunts and a Grizzly is able to do just as much alone.
- The Grizzly Bear Is The strongest land animal apart from the elephant because of its size. the grizzly can break a moose’s back with one swipe of its paw. In India they’ve been known to eat Siberian tigers they can kill gorillas, there me skin is so tough a knife will do no damage and they will smash a gorilla or tiger!
- A grizzly could kill any big cat easily and any biologist would say so, apart from elephants and rhinos, no animal could stand a chance against one of these on land on this planet
12. SNAKE
Snakes | thetoptens
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpents that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. About 600 species are venomous, some of which can be fatal to humans if no medical help is sought.
- The green anaconda is one of the strongest if not the strongest animal on a Earth. I mean with just its body, it constricts things to death! Overall, Constricting snakes are the best.
- But venom has nothing to do with the strength of the species. But I do agree on the anaconda.
- I don’t think you realise this but certain snakes have been known for killing Nile crocodiles and eating buffalo WHOLE.
- Snakes rule! Its venom can hurt you but it depends on the snake.
