Comments on: Lynx Vs Gray Wolf Fight Comparison- Who Will Win?

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:47:48 +0000

In reply to Dries Van royen. Yes against a Canadian lynx this is true. But against a Euro Lynx this fight flips around completely. read my post above yours. It's an official study with a documented fight. The lynx dominated the fight and killed the much larger gray wolf

By: Dries Van royen

Dries Van royen — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 14:01:23 +0000

I’am a zoologist that studied both of these animals in their natuaral envirement. As stated before encounters are rare but i have been able to document around 15 encounters that ended up in a fight. 12/15 encounters were won by the wolf, a grey wolf is just way more agressive, this due to fights with cougars, bears and other wolves. 3/15 were won by the lynx, those 3 encounters mostly took place near the den of the lynx. Wolves just don’t have to worry about any predators (exept humans). Lynx’s need to watch out for wolves, bears, cougars and sometimes even coyotes.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:32:31 +0000

Please read the article below. This is an official zoological study on Lynx and Wolf interations in Russia, Belarus, and Poland

https://sidorovich.blog/2017/09/06/wolves-and-lynxes/

The lynx wins easily. As documented in this article. About 3/4’s of the way down you can find the quoted piece below. This was a fight between an old and undersized lynx, against a prime male gray wolf. The lynx DOMINATED the wolf in the fight and presumably killed it. If an undersized, old lynx can do this, what do you think will happen when the wolf encounters a large prime male?

“Moreover, we got convinced that an adult lynx, especially a big male can win a fight from any lone wolf. We photo-documented a fight between a not very big and quite old male lynx (older than 8 years) and a (not small) adult male wolf. The lynx threw the wolf on its back, attacking it’s belly. Obviously, the lynx won the fight and most likely the wolf died from his injuries. Before the fight we photographed this easily recognizable wolf frequently, five minutes after the fight the clearly wounded wolf was photographed one more last time.

So, by near consideration lynxes have plenty of opportunities to kill wolves.”

Here’s the thing that most people dont realize. Felids are MUCH stronger than dogs. A cat can easily take on a dog or wolf twice its size. Weight doesnt matter much in a fight involving a dog and a cat. The weight difference would have to be gigantic. Oh yeah, Lynx happen to be weaker felids. And they still dominate wolves which are stronger pound for pound than other canids. These are all facts backed by even more proof in that article. The lynx wins. And it wins easily

By: chirag

chirag — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:36:03 +0000

In reply to christian. Do not underestimate a lynx, she can be tough enemy to fight for wolf. Yes, wolf are more agile but lynx is not even less.

By: christian

christian — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 08:03:53 +0000

oh come on against a wolf,a lynx doesn’t chance, it will either run or be devoured by the wolf

By: chirag

chirag — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:51:30 +0000

In reply to Stefan Duchev.

Stefan,

We also compared Wolf vs Cougar, here is comparison- https://animalscomparison.com/2017/06/compare-cougar-puma-vs-gray-wolf-fight.html

By: Stefan Duchev

Stefan Duchev — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:22:50 +0000

Sorry, but this comparison is not fair – even the biggest lynx of all four is much smaller than a wolf. You should compare the wolf and the puma – they are similar sized and have common habitat.