Big cat and Bear tale

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"...Unfortunately, Ivan Seryodkin and his 4 co-authors were unable to attend the conference, so his presentation on the
Intraspecific relationships between brown bears, Asiatic black bears and the Amur tiger was graciously read by his colleague
Tsutomu Mano. The Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik in the Primorsky region of the Russian Far East is a unique habitat in which
brown bears, Asiatic black bears and Amur tigers co-exist. During this investigation, Ivan and his co-authors visited 427
tiger kills. Of these, 16.7% had been scavenged by brown bears, most of which were red deer. They documented 22 cases in
which tigers killed brown bears, 12 cases in which brown bears killed tigers, and 10 cases where the species fought but there
were no immediate fatalities. Encounters with black bears were unclear, but it was evident that all 3 species used the same
mark and rub trees..."
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