Bear versus bull

Like the topic of the lion versus the tiger, the topic of the bear versus the bull is popular. Differences between bears and bulls have been studied, and one of them inspires the economical concept of . Confrontation or killing, between bears and bulls, is possible in places where they co-exist.
The word ‘bull’ often refers to male, domesticated members of the Species Bos taurus, which is in the same tribe as banteng, bison, Bubalus buffaloes, gaur, Syncerus buffaloes, yaks (with which domestic cattle can produce fertile offspring), and others, which can also be domesticated, at least partially, or for most of these species or genuses, and their males may also be called ‘bulls’. As such, this article will use the word ‘bull’ in the context of male member of the Bovini Tribe of the Sub-family of Bovinae in the Family of Bovidae.
Biological classifications
Bears are a family of caniforms in the Mammalian Order of 'Carnivora' They are divided into the following species: Giant panda, Spectacled bear, Asiatic black bear, American black bear, Sun bear, Brown bear and Polar bear.
Bovidae are a family of terrestrial ungulates in the Mammalian Order of 'Artiodactyla'. Besides Bovinae, the family of Bovidae includes the subfamilies of Aepycerotinae (impalas), Alcelaphinae (including bonteboks and wildebeest), Antilopinae (including dik-diks and gazelles), Caprinae (including goats and sheep), Cephalophinae (duikers), Hippotraginae (including oryxes and roan antelopes), and Reduncinae (including reedbucks and waterbucks). Besides Bovini-Bovinae, the sub-family of Bovinae includes other genera, like the kudu and nilgai.
Banteng are found in South Asia (Bangladesh and India), the Malay Peninsula and mainland Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), and the islands of Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and Java (Indonesia), either domesticated, or in forests that are dense, or have bamboo.
Ursidae
Bears are currently found in Eurasia and the Americas, including the Arctic Region.
American black bears, which are the most widely distributed bears of North America, are found in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Brown bears are found in Mexico, North America and Eurasia.
Male gaurs can reach at the shoulder, and weigh more than . They can be at the shoulder,
Ursidae
Male polar bears weighed , and females weighed (DeMaster and Stirling, 1981). In Alaska, in the 19th Century, a polar bear weighing about was shot.
Large brown bears may rival polar bears in size. In 1866, in what is now Valley Center, California, a Californian grizzly bear weighing about was killed.
In November 2010, an American black bear weighing about and was shot in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and had been the biggest of black bears killed since 1992, that weighed at least , in Pennsylvania.
Speed
Bovini-bovinae
American bison may run up to .
Styles of attacking or fighting
When attacking or fighting, a bull would thrust its head, which is armed with horns, upwards, whereas a bear would swoop its paw, which is armed with claws, downwards.<ref name="Investopedia"/> For that reason, in Economics, if a market has a downward trend for a prolonged period of time, then it is called a "bear market," whereas, if it has an upward trend for a prolonged period of time, then it is called a "bull market".<ref name="Investopedia"/><ref name="Fontanillsetal2001"/> However, these are not the only styles that they may use.<ref name="adw2011"/><ref name="Smith1993"/>
Bears
In addition to claws, bears have canine teeth, with which they can bite flesh or food.<ref name="Smith1993"/><ref name="Lariviere"/><ref name="Predation2006"/>
Brown bears may predate on cattle, bison or deer, and consume carcasses of bison and deer.<ref name="adw2011"/><ref name="headsmashedin2008"/><ref name="bearbiology2002"/> They are usually the only predators in North America, besides groups of Grey wolves, that can kill the largest bovidae, including adult bison.<ref name="Smith1993"/><ref name="adw2011"/><ref name="headsmashedin2008"/><ref name="bearbiology2002"/> However, Brown bears tend to predate more on calves and yearlings, and in forests, rather than in open areas.<ref name="Smith1993"/>
American black bears are omnivorous, eating both plants and animal matter. As for animal matter, they may consume carcasses, and kill bovidae, including calves and adult cattle.<ref name="Lariviere"/><ref name="Predation2006"/>
Bears may predate on predate on victims, by biting them on the head, neck or back, and eating contents in the abdomen,<ref name="Smith1993"/> or using their paws to break those parts, or their bones.<ref name="Predation2006"/>
Bulls
When locking horns, which involves using their strengths, fights between bulls are not normally fatal or injurious, as they tend to aim for each other’s horns, rather than their bodies. In addition to horns, which they can swing with their necks, bulls have hooves with which they can kick opponents. Due to the arrangements of their bones, their limbs can have wide angles of flexion and extension, but lateral movement is limited.<ref name="adw2011"/>
The sheer size of bulls would make them less vulnerable to predators like bears, than calves.<ref name="headsmashedin2008"/> For example, in North America, Brown bears tend to prey on calves, more than adults,<ref name="headsmashedin2008"/><ref name="Smith1993"/> and Black bears tend to prey on calves.<ref name="Lariviere"/> However, even then, Brown bears may occasionally fight or kill bulls or adult bovinae.<ref name="headsmashedin2008"/><ref name="Smith1993"/><ref name="bearbiology2002"/>

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