Big cat and Bear tale

[Shadow]

(04-18-2019, 12:37 PM)Rage2277 Wrote:

(04-18-2019, 11:49 AM)Rishi Wrote:

(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.

That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.

(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall

No. That statement is just plain wrong! 

Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.

not surprising sloth bears can rip humans to shreds..we have very soft skin compared to a tiger,deer ect which have very tough hides

I can share some links to animals clawed badly by bears if you like to see. Not so beautiful to watch gaping wounds of course, but if you have doubts? Reply