Lions are easy to starve to death, why are tigers not easy to starve to death?

With the increase in natural exploration projects, the secrets of the African grassland have been revealed to us. It is rich in species and inhabited by a large number of herbivores. The posture is like "hunting roe deer to fish, and pheasants fly into the rice pot." It stands to reason that there is no food crisis for the lion, the king of the grasslands at the top of the African food chain.

In Africa, not only lions live in groups, but antelopes, bison, wildebeest and other animals also live in groups. After a long period of evolution, they became good at running and learned to have a lower teaming ability than foreign enemies. Therefore, lions living in Africa do not seem to live a buffet-style life every day, but they really have to hunt hard all the time, and this kind of hunting still involves risking their lives.

Tiger’s sense of territory is very strong. The territory divided by a Siberian tiger can reach 70 kilometers in radius. The herbivores in the territory are basically within their own prey range. From rabbits, pheasants to wild boars, there are many types of food.

Compared with lions, tiger populations are small and their active areas are remote, mostly in inaccessible forest areas. They are not easy to be discovered by humans and have a low exposure rate. Therefore, even if a tiger dies of starvation, it is difficult to find it. Also, tigers are often killed by young new lords, and then die of old age and starvation.

What is unreasonable is that, whether it is a tiger or a lion, once it reaches a certain age - its teeth are lost, it can no longer run, its eyes are lost, it is injured, etc. Whether these problems occur to a lion or a tiger, they may starve to death. Because it is a tiger, it is a solitary animal. As long as these problems are with them, they will die! It’s just that the number of tigers is small and they are not easy to find. On the other hand, because lions are social animals, if they have the above problems, their status is much better than that of tigers. As long as they can catch up with their own team, as long as they have teeth to eat, other lions can catch the prey and get a share of the pie. So at this time, lions live longer than tigers.

So when lions and tigers are strong, who is more likely to starve to death? We know that lions live in Africa and live in groups, ranging from four or five to more than a dozen. When food is plentiful, this number is very beneficial to the survival of lions who are good at hunting prey. At this time, their lives will be very nourishing. But when food is scarce, such as when lions are short of food due to large-scale animal migrations during droughts, this advantage turns into a disadvantage. Because of the shortage of food, it is easy for them to starve collectively. People who are in poor health or injured are more likely to starve to death at this time. When they finally get food, they can't defeat the stronger lions, so their chances of starving will be greatly increased. What's more, there are other animals competing with them for food! But tigers are different. Because they live in deep mountains and live alone, they generally have no shortage of food, at best. But as long as you catch a prey, you can guarantee that you will not go hungry for two or three days, and other animals will not dare to steal their food. Therefore, tigers generally will not starve to death, let alone starve to death, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled.