🐻 Grizzly bear vs Lion 🦁
The lion is about one and a half times as long as the grizzly bear. They are about the same.
| Row | 🐻 Grizzly bear | 🦁 Lion |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the lion yet. | 35 mph56 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight They are about the same. | 243 to 661 lb110 to 300 kg2 | 414 lb188 kg3 |
| Lives The grizzly bear usually lives about one and a half times as long as the lion. | 25 years25 years2 | 16 years16 years4 |
| Eats The grizzly bear eats plants and animals; the lion eats meat. | roots, berries, grasses, nuts, fish, insects and meat | zebras, wildebeest, buffalo and other grazing animals |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | the mountains and forests of western North America, from Alaska to Wyoming | the savannas of Africa, and one forest in India |
Which one? Grizzly bear or lion
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the lion yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/grizzly-bear-vs-lion
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Glacier, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (grizzly bear species profile), checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2015 (Listing Two Lion Subspecies), checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Lion, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Bears (brown bears), checked 30 October 2026.