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> Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size.

Liger, a hybrid (Male Lion + Female Tiger) [0], is the biggest living cat which grows as long as 3.5m and weighs upto 350Kgs.

Ligon (Male Tiger + Female Lion), though, is no where that huge.

> With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.

Not just that, they could easily leap 15ft or more. Which means, a Safari on an elephant's back isn't safe when these beasts are around [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

[1] One such attack (nsfw): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4t0aeTX954



The YouTube attack you linked is from Assam. The elephant rescued the mahout after he fell so not a bad ending per se




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