Everyone knows that a tiger would absolutely maul a gamecock, no question. But surely a million chickens with some basic scheme could take down a full-grown tiger. So, what’s the number? What is the minimum amount of cluckers that’s simply too much for the jungle beast?

Let’s dive into this issue in a non-scientific, couch-conversation type of way that will get you to question the number of brain cells you have left.

A group of 10 chickens or fewer would be a tiger’s version of a box combo from Raising Cane’s. By the time you reach 15 chickens, you’re only just hitting Caniac combo level (no slaw, extra Texas toast). Either way, it’s the big cat’s version of a Tuesday lunch.

According to a completely biased, vegan-promoting, fried chicken-hating website, chickens are as smart as a four-year-old human. Although this is a completely questionable statistic, it means that some basic strategy can be implemented.

Two hundred chickens is when the tide begins to shift. The real goal is for the chickens to peck into the tiger’s legs until it falls to the ground before the tiger can eat them all. An underrated factor of this idea is how long it takes a tiger to eat an entire cock, which is at least six or seven seconds. Obviously, the tiger can eat one and keep moving, but he needs to consider the entire clucking army of flightless birds.

Venue consideration is also critical for this main-card matchup. A UFC-type octagon would be optimal; otherwise, the tiger could readily flee when the going gets tough. The tiger must eat his way out, not run.

In an octagon, any number over 250 would just be too overwhelming for the ferocious cat. Anywhere it steps would be filled with bucks and pecks, leading to death by a thousand clucks.

No matter what your number or circumstances are, it takes a healthy handful of gamecocks to take down a tiger. But in a scenario where you put 11 of each on a football field, I think anybody could guess who claws out on top …