Tigers are the true king of the Jungle

No way dude, Chuck Norris is obviously the king of the jungle! I'm joking, but my opponent seems to assume that I think the lion is king of the jungle. I do not. I choose the elephant. This resolution would have been easy to take advantage of by semantics, but I've decided to stay away from that so we can have a good debate here. Now let's begin. I will make my arguments first, then rebuttal. Arguments:C.1 Elephants would win in a fight.-My opponent himself stated that this debate is almost about who would win in a fight. I think my opponent would have a hard time proving that a tiger could kill a six ton[1] elephant. In fact, I'd say the idea would be almost silly. The elephant would easily kill the tiger by trampling it or goring it with it's 61 Kilogram tusks.[2] -According to one article elephants are responsible for 300-500 deaths per year.[1] The article also estimates that big cats are responsible for 800 deaths per year, but note that includes lions and lionesses as well. -Elephants have even been known too hurl objects at people for protection.[4]-Elephants are also very intelligent giving them an advantage in a fight as I will show in my next contention. C.2 Intelligence:Aristotle said of the elephant “The beast which passeth all others in wit and mind”. Other than humans elephants have the largest social network amongst land mammals. [2] Another article rates them as the most intelligent creatures on earth. Some even say their intelligence rivals that of humans. [3]Here is a list of abilities elephants are able to do; mimic sounds, self-medicate, play with a sense of humor, escape captivity, perform artistic activities, remove ticks by use of a stick, use tools and display compassion and self-awareness. [3] [4]C.3 A protector and helper:Unlike the tiger the elephant will actually help and protects other animals. In one case an elephant repeatedly tried to help a baby rhino out of the mud, even after the mother rhino charged the elephant. [5] Elephants will stay with other dying elephants and comfort them. If an elephant falls or gets stuck other elephants will come to its aid. [7]C.4 Long lifeAn elephant will live from 70 to 80 years old. [2]Rebuttal:Response to P.1: Hunting:While tigers are good hunters elephants don't need to hunt. If elephants were predators then yes this would be a good point, but elephants get their food in a different way than tigers. Plus elephants could easily kill other animals, as shown in my first contention. So if they needed to hunt they could.Response to pros statistics:I will ignore pros stats on lions as that is irrelevant. Tigers weight compared to elephants weight. The African savanna elephant can weigh up to 9 tons (8,000 kg).[5] According to pro, the heaviest tiger was only 423 kg. This is less than 1/16 the weight. Elephants easily win on weight.My opponent compares tigers to lions saying they weigh more. His point is that they are superior. Well since I'm arguing for elephants and not lions and since elephants weigh way more than tigers we can say that elephants are more superior in this way.//Lions are almost the exact same, and are capable of taking down bigger animals, but usually the "bigger" animal does not tend to fight back. //No evidence.Response to P3: A Fight?Well there's not much I can say here seeing as my opponent is comparing tigers to lions. So since whether a tiger would beat a lion or not is irrelevant please see contention 1 for my argument on whether an elephant would beat a tiger or not, thank you. I hand it over to pro. Good luck.Sources:[1] http://www.dirjournal.com...; [2] http://www.africapoint.com...; [3] http://www.andrews-elephants.com...[4] http://natureinstitute.org...; [5] http://advocacy.britannica.com...[6] http://scienceray.com...[7] http://saisdiary.wordpress.com...