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RE: Big cat and Bear tale - sanjay - 02-09-2024
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RE: Big cat and Bear tale - Apex Titan - 03-12-2024
Referring to this account:
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In addition to the eyewitness Arun Kumar who said this was a fully-grown adult sloth bear killed. Other eyewitnesses who were 5 meters away (very close) from this tiger killing the bear, also said the bear was an adult:
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RE: Big cat and Bear tale - Apex Titan - 03-19-2024
Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging
Bear safety messaging is based on bear behaviors that are both intrinsic and extrinsic to the species. For example, it is known that sloth bears, irrespective of location, have an innate defensive-aggressive response to surprise (sudden) encounters. This intrinsic response is likely due to having co-evolved with tigers, a formidable predator which opportunistically prey on sloth bears.
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Sloth bears do not have many predators and while a cub or very young bear may be at risk from leopards (Panthera pardus) or wolves (Canis lupes pallipes), the only natural predator of adult sloth bears is the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). Tiger scat studies revealed that sloth bears can comprise up to 2% of their diet.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07974-y#:~:text=On%20the%20Deccan%20Plateau%20and,and%20crop%20harvests%20have%20ended
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359141739_Sloth_bear_attacks_regional_differences_and_safety_messaging
Tiger and sloth bear interactions in Bandhavgarh National Park
The reason for the sloth bears high aggression, is because they have to contend with tigers and leopards, especially tigers who prey on even large adult sloth bears:
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Wildlife biologist Tahir Ali Rather, who studied tiger and sloth bear relations around Bandhavgarh, observed that tigers harass and kill sloth bears. Mother sloth bears do not feel safe for their cubs if tigers are present in the same habitat.
Biologist Tahir also found that in Bandhavgarh, the bullying tigers had pushed the sloth bears into the fragmented edges of the protected area and the buffer zones close to human settlements:
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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Eight_Bears_Mythic_Past_and_Imperiled_Fu/MQWUEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=tiger+eating+a+sloth+bear&pg=PT42&printsec=frontcover
In some areas and reserves, sloth bears are often killed and eaten by tigers. Tiger conservationist & biologist, Dr Raghu Chundawat observed that tigers in Panna, regularly killed and ate sloth bears:
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RE: Big cat and Bear tale - Apex Titan - 04-04-2024
Tiger hunting and chasing an adult male sloth bear:
RE: Big cat and Bear tale - Apex Titan - 05-01-2024
An Amur tiger and a male Himalayan black bear were both found dead next to a fallen electric power line support in the Pozharsky district of Primorsky Krai. Experts like Sergey Aramilev and the hunting department suggest that the tiger was hunting the bear, the bear running away from the tiger, climbed the power line pole to escape from the tiger, which caused it to collapse and electrocute both animals.
Another theory is the tiger may have died from other reasons like illness, and the bear, as a scavenger, came to check the carcass and was electrocuted. But this scenario is very unlikely, as a bear would definitely be aware of an electric power line fence. Most likely, out of fear and panic, the bear desperately tried to escape from the pursuing tiger, climbed the power line pole, it collapsed and electrocuted and killed both animals.
Anyway, the dead tiger and bear will be sent for further examination, where the cause of death will be determined.
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https://www.vesti.ru/article/3928727
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/20681261
https://ren.tv/news/v-rossii/1215210-tela-amurskogo-tigra-i-medvedia-nashli-vozle-upavshei-opory-lep-v-primore