> Can a adult lion female defeat a adult male?

Can a adult lion female defeat a adult male?

Posted at: 2014-11-15 
No. Even though lionesses do 90% of the hunting, when things go wrong or out of hand they rely on one or two pride males to protect them.

Male lions are bigger than females, and are stronger by 20.92% in the hip joints and 26.28% in the shoulder joints. And the account was of a tiger killing a lion with a single paw swipe at Ankara Zoo not a mountain lion (cougar, puma, florida panther, catamount).

Which is understandable as tigers are much more powerful than lions by -

30.91% in forelimbs

34.91% in hindlimbs

30.07% in shoulder joints

34.10% in hip joints

The conclusion is that a female lion will not beat a male lion, male tiger, nor a tigress. Even a jaguar stands a chance against a lioness.

I heard that the female lion serves the male lion , so he definitely terrorize her hence I think It's not very possible xD

I've seen a buffalo killing a lion. I'm sure a female lion could do it too.

yes, i am sure the female lion can do it

Yeah, but she'd have to be really lucky!

No

No, obviously not.

I mean a adult female that protects her young from one I mean even if the male is bigger the female is not that weak. I once heard about a mountain lion killing a african male lion by severing his jugular(in a zoo trough the fence) can a female lion not do the same