If I can jump in a cage with a wild tiger, or a giant pot of boiling water, hands down I'll die by tiger.

Nature has a lot of horrible deaths, don't get me wrong.

But boiling sensory wise (at least for humans) is similar to immolation (being burned alive) and it unfortunately takes longer to actually kill the person than burning them alive.

Tigers naturally kill prey quickly to avoid injury, often going for the neck.