Kodiak Bear vs Hyenas

Rules and Conditions

• Bear is a fully grown, large, well fed male
• Five Hyenas, all male, peak size and health
• Both are out for blood
• Takes place in a meadow near a river
• Neither will flee

Hyenas might win. But with heavy losses/high difficulty.

Kodiaks weigh half a ton or a bit more. They are no joke.

kodiak bear destroys hyenas. Not even close, 5 males aren't doing anything.

An African Lion can scare a whole pride of Hyena's, 5 are not taking the bear down IMO.

Bear defs

@apex_pretador: @kingant27:

The balance of power is generally 3-4 hyenas per full grown male lion. Keep in mind those are not peak or bloodlusted, which they are here. Hyenas can reach around 200 pounds at their largest. I don't think this is that one sided. Brown (Grizzly/Kodiak) Bears are my favorite animal, but hyenas bloodlusted and peak aren't going down easily. I'd probably say the bear is around 1,200-1,400 pounds. Both are bulky carnivores designed for killing.

this is male hyena, not female. Keep in mind that very large hyenas have to sacrifice their agility due to bulkiness. Not to forget that 1 bite = 1 paw swipe = dead hyena (or atleast incapacitated)

Hyenas do have crazy durability, but against a pretador of this size, it is useless. Also, they have much bigger claws (upto 5") than a lion, with much more strength to back up, and a lot more durability.

Also Kodiak bears often take on packs of wolves, Hyena=wolf imo.

I think if it was 10 hyenas then the bear is going down. If the bear was trying to kill rather than scare of the hyenas though then it would take one decent bite or a couple of paw swipes to kill them.

If they were female hyenas they might stand a chance, but males are smaller and a lot less ferocious. 5 is not enough.

One hyena dies, and the rest flee.

Think you are making a mistake. The female Hyena's are the big ones. They live in matriarchal societies. The males are small and, well, rather weak.

5 male hyenas would die.

Female spotted hyenas are bigger and stronger.

However, I still can't see 5 female spotted hyenas doing anything to a Kodiak bear.

Make the numbers 10 female spotted hyenas, and then they'll beat the Kodiak bear. Less than that, they're dead.

Bear wins without all that much trouble really.

Probably the bear.

Bear easily