Ligers vs Wild African Buffalo
This article takes into account whether a single liger is capable enough to take down wild African Buffalo. It takes 5 to 6 lions to take down a wild African buffalo. Usually these are the lionesses who take such a huge prey down. Whether a single liger is capable of taking down large African Buffalo, is one of the key queries of this article.
The first stakes can be established by the fact that a 300 pound lioness can easily take down a 500 to 600 pound wildebeest. If the same stakes can be applied to ligers, will a 900 pound liger be able to take down a wild African buffalo on its own? For this purpose, there is a need to measure the weight of the Wild African Buffalo.
The maximum weight for a wild African buffalo is nearly 1900 pounds. This is a huge weight and twice the weight of the liger. But a normal weight of wild African buffalo for a normal weighed liger is around a ratio of 1600 to buffalo and 900 to the ligers. Even a liger alone can reach the weight of 1600 pounds maximum with slow running but good enough to chase a buffalo. But it is better to stick with a liger of 900 pound which is very agile and active to respond and sprint at maximum 60 miles per hour.
Remember a single lioness is capable of taking down wildebeest which is twice its weight. On the basis of these stakes, an average liger can take down very easily an African buffalo as big as 1600 to 1700 pounds. Therefore, if a single liger can take down a huge buffalo in Africa, it gives a big chance for this animal to survive in the wild as well.
