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(02-28-2017, 11:49 PM)Apollo Wrote: Mr.X recently fought with Mahaman male and defeated him. Mahaman male was later driven off from his territory and Mr.X took control of it. I think Mr.X as started to show off his presence and dominance at Bandhavgarh.


Mr. X (T37 aka Bamera's son) male tiger killed a 20 month old tigress by jumping over a 12 foot fenced enclosure at Bandhavgarh


A full-grown male tiger scaled a 12-foot fence and killed a 20-month-old tigress inside an enclosure in a protected forest in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, an incident experts said was the result of a battle for territorial dominance.

In the wild, male tigers are known to fiercely protect areas they mark for themselves and fend off intruders they see as competitors for food.

Bandhavgarh tiger reserve deputy director KP Bangar, however, said it is rare for tigers to go to such extremes like jumping over a 12-foot fence to kill another tiger.

“It is a rare incident. In my career as a wildlife officer, I have never come across such an incident…”
The tigress was shifted to the enclosure on November 22 from the reserve’s buffer zone — an area which separates the core area from human habitation – where she was seen as a risk to the life of humans and livestock.

Bangar said after killing the tigress, the male tiger — officially known as T37 — kept venturing near the carcass for a long time.
“The tigress had deep wounds on her head. The post-mortem will be held on Wednesday,” he said.

The Bandhavgarh reserve, sandwiched between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges in Umaria district, has one of the highest tiger densities in the country with 61 adult big cats and 12 sub-adults.

Sanjeev Siva

Mr. X.
They call him Mr. X for a variety of reasons. One appears to be a mark that looks like alphabet 'X' on his left cheek. Two, because he's special - born to a legendary tiger, the late Bamera and the late Kankati in 2011.
And, three is the interesting part. This prodigal cub went missing in late 2013. He was officially listed 'missing' for close to two years, before he makes a grand re-entry in the summer of 2015.
2 years is a long time that a missing tiger's killed in territorial conflicts or poached. Where he was for this period, remains a big mystery - the X-factor.
He drove out the Mahaman male, a then resident tiger, and carved a territory for himself, that he loves a lot, for the cattle he preys on, regularly.
The image was shot post sunset, using a Fujifilm X-Pro2 camera, which outdid my Nikon fullframe, in capturing the colors, and contrast.
Mr. X | Bandhavgarh TR.
— with Banty Bandhavgarh and 2 others.

*This image is copyright of its original author

@Tshokwane and I were talking about a hypothetical clash between him and Bheem... or even Mangu or Jobhi..
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