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Can a black bear kill a tiger?

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Grizzly bears don't live where alligators live, so it can be impossible, let alone false to say that it has been known for grizzlies to do something like that. So to answer the question "CAN a grizzly bear kill an alligator?" the answer to that would be NO because grizzly bears do not live nor exist where alligators thrive and vice versa.

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Yes, because black bears have a size advantage and more strength than cougars. If cougars try to attack or kill black bears for any reason at all, the black bears would swipe or claw at them with their sharp claws, or deliver a fatal bite with their powerful jaws. However, a cougar may have an upper hand if it landed on the bear's back and attempted to bite down on the neck. Of course black bears can act quite fast, fast enough to throw a cougar off its back then turn around and maul it to death.

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Black bears can sometimes kill tigers if they come to their territories. However, especially with the American Black Bear, no tigers exist where they live so they do not have to worry about tigers. It is a different story with Asian black bears though.

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Yes, if the black bear came up to the alligator and flipped it over to claw its stomach. A black bear has claws that are like sharp daggers that can pierce through an alligator's tough skin.

Another opinion:No. Even if, as the above answerer stated, the bear came up behind the alligator and flipped it over on it's stomach, or at least tried, the alligator will be turning around in its defense before the bear has it completely flipped over. Alligators are all muscle, very powerful and fast and can whirl around to bite at the bear enough to drag the bear into the water, and hold it under water until it drowns. Another thing that the above posted failed to mention is that alligator skin is not soft and supple, rather it is quite hard and tough and would take a fair bite force to penetrate through.

One should think that an alligator would turn around and face its foe rather than allow a bear to come up behind it and "flip it over to claw its stomach." That's really not how Nature works.

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No. The black bear is much more powerful, larger, and stronger than a gorilla.

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Definitely, yes. Black bears often kill attacking cougars with a strong bite and deadly swipes.

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No. An alligator and a brown bear would never meet in the wild, so therefore an alligator could not eat a brown bear. An alligator, however, could kill and eat a black bear.

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Yes. A black bear has 600 pounds of muscles, large claws, sharper teeth, and a bad aggression.

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Not a fully grown adult, but possibly a young calf.

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no mostly but if a skilled hunter

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