Ladies and Gentlemen,

This table is produced by Robin Hurt, in his book, HUNTING THE BIG FIVE, Published by Safari Press, ISBN 1-57157-095-0

Eyesight

Lion, leopard = 100
Buffalo, crocodile = 75
Forest elephat, both forest and savannah, black rhino, white rhino, hippo = 25

Hearing

Buffalo, both variety of elephants, both variety of rhino = 100
Leoprad = 90
Lion = 75
Hippo, crocodile = 50

Smell

Buffallo, both variety of elephant, both rhino = 100
Hippo = 80
Crocodile = 75
Lion = 50
Leoprad = 25

Ferpcity on contact, when startled or sick

Forest elephant = 100
Hippo = 80
Savannah elephant = 75
Lion, buffalo, black rhino = 50
Leopard = 25
White rhino = 20
Crocodile = 0

Aggressiveness when mating or in family groups

Both elephants = 100
Lion = 75
Leopard, black rhino, hippo = 50
Buffalo = 25
White rhino = 20

Determination to retaliate when they feel man is attacking

Buffalo, forest elephant = 80
Lion, savannah elephant, leopard, hippo = 50
Black rhino = 35
White rhino = 10
Croc = 0

Cunning, concealment, patience or agility

Lion, buffalo, forest elephant, leopard = 100
Black rhino, hippo = 75
Savannah elephant, white rhino = 25

Difficulty to stop a charge or attack

Buffalo, forest elephant, leopard = 100
Savannah elephant = 75
Lion, hippo = 50
Both rhinos = 35

Man-killing ability when so inclined

Lion, buffalo, both elephants, both rhinos, hippo, croc = 100
Leopard = 50

Possibility of becoming rogues or habitual man-killers

Crocodile = 70
Lion, both elephants, hippo = 50
Buffalo, leoprad, wbalck rhino, 25
White rhino = 0

Safari hunting opportunity

Buffalo = 100
Leopard = 80
Savannah elephant = 60
Lion, hippo, croc = 50
White rhino = 20
Black rhino = 0

Unprovoked charges or attack

Black rhino, hippo = 100
Buffalo = 80
Both elephants = 75
Crocodile = 70
Lion = 50
Leopard = 25
White rhino = 10

Danger factor and possibility of injury from following a wounded animal into heavy cover (maximum points are 400, instead of 100)

Leopard = 400
Buffalo = 380
Forest elephant = 290
Lion = 250
Savannah elephant = 240
Black rhino = 200
Hippo = 190
White rhino = 120
Croc = 0

Total score

Buffalo = 1,315
Forest elephant = ,1230
Leopard = 1,095
Savannah elephant = 1,075
Lion = 1,050
Hippo = 950
Black rhino = 895
White rhino = 585
Crocodile = 570

Thanks Saeed. It is fun looking at these types of data/opinions.

Too bad I haven't hunted enough of them to argue to the contrary!!

Will

Interesting but from my very little experience, and only looking at buffalo, lion and leopard and assuming you are going to get a charge, I would rank lion as #1 and then leopard and then buffalo.

My rational in this would be the difficulty in placing a stopping shot on rapidly moving cats.

Welll, this table is all fine and good, but where does Walter fit in? I mean, he's gotta be hard to stop!

Only if you're between him and the buffet.

better watch out walter will be allover you like rosie odonnel on a cristmas ham