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Why isn't the tiger the king of the jungle?

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I will explain this question nicely. First of all, when we say KING OF THE JUNGLE, it means that we are looking for an animal that has the qualities of a king. He himself is a powerful warrior. He knows different strategies. He has his army. read more

Also, ‘jungle’ isn’t a word that often applies to the habitats of either tigers or lions. Some subspecies of tiger (like the Sumatran) may exist in what we’d consider jungles but other subspecies don’t. read more

"However, the tiger has bigger cranial volume than the lion. It is truly amazing that tiny female Balinese tiger skulls have cranial volumes as large as those of huge male southern African lion skulls." The tiger's brain is, on average, 16 per cent larger than the lions. read more

As people have become more 'civilized' and more removed from nature, there has been a tendency to refer to all wild animals as 'jungle animals' - hence, the lion has come to be called King of the Jungle by many, even though the vast majority of lions do not live in jungles, but on open savannahs. read more

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