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by natmaka 1111 days ago
> To choose the life of a tiger, one just should stop loving anyone

Tigers live lonely and avoid fighting other tigers to death (even the extreme case of males both courting the same female rarely leads to such an issue), probably in order to preserve their genus.

Lions live in 'societies' (well-structured prides) and routinely kill other lions (even cubs).

The average lion, albeit way less physically formidable than a tiger, is a very dangerous contender against a tiger: he hits to kill.

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This is correct. I only chose the tiger as a metaphor because tigers are top predators and are solitary. They rarely meet other tigers.

If we need an example of a highly social predator species that rarely kill each other in conflicts, that'd be wolves.