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joe
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joe asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 6 months ago

what is the 'most' apex predator on land today excluding humans?

some apex predators are out of others league like eagles or are co-apex like wolverine and mountain lion, and some are known to kill other apex predators out of competition or even spite like lion and hyena. what is the most apex predator in the world on land, that is truly uncontested by anything but man?

Update:

@JazSinc, polar bears inhabit the land around hudson bay, and rely on it for their staging during summer when the ice sheets break apart and melt and they are stranded from the deep arctic.

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  • Ray
    Lv 6
    6 months ago
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    Polar bears are massive apex predators, on land pretty much nothing gets on them. 

    In N. America it is the brown bear. 

    In S. America it is the Jaguar. 

    In Africa it is the lion, in groups they are a force. 

    In Eurasia brown bears and large tigers, but i lean towards brown bears. 

  • 6 months ago

    Polar bears.  The only things that kill polar bears are people and other polar bears.  They might be disqualified by dint of the "on land" part.

  • Anonymous
    6 months ago

    Siberian tiger. They are known to kill brown bears occasionally. The polar bear can kill just about any land animal. 

  • ?
    Lv 4
    6 months ago

    Apparently, it´s mosquitos that kill the most humans

     

    also cats, they kill anything that moves

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