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B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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(03-22-2017, 05:28 AM)Apollo Wrote: @Pantherinae 

Both Bheema and BMW's son weighed in at 225 Kg at 2.5 years. Im not sure whether they weighed exactly 225 Kg round figure or they bottomed a 225 Kg scale (like Konda and Banda). I think @Pckts can clarify it.
I was thinking exactly that!!!

There is a high chance that all of them maxed-out a 500lbs (226.79kb) scale, otherwise the numbers 225kgs & 2.5yrs are just coming up too many times...
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(03-22-2017, 07:38 AM)YRishi Wrote:
(03-22-2017, 05:28 AM)Apollo Wrote: @Pantherinae 

Both Bheema and BMW's son weighed in at 225 Kg at 2.5 years. Im not sure whether they weighed exactly 225 Kg round figure or they bottomed a 225 Kg scale (like Konda and Banda). I think @Pckts can clarify it.
I was thinking exactly that!!!

There is a high chance that all of them maxed-out a 500lbs (226.79kb) scale, otherwise the numbers 225kgs & 2.5yrs are just coming up too many times...

http://wildfact.com/forum/topic-modern-w...ild-tigers

I'd assume most were weighed on the 225kg limit scale used for Banda and Konda.
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Ookhan resurfaces after 4.5 years of absence from Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.


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Four years on, missing male tiger of Tadoba reserve spotted. The journey to adulthood I had previously shared about the Circuit Gang family of Moharli range. Born in 2009, the four cubs of father Yeda Anna and mother Tara (or Nakkatti as she later came to be known), were seen together till 2011. Sadly, one of the male cubs, Circuit, did not make it to adulthood, while Choti Tara moved on to make a territory for herself in the Tadoba range, and is one of the most famous and recognizable tigers of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve today. Remaining two cubs from the litter, male Ookhan and female Imli, were never seen or recorded post 2013. Surprisingly, Ookhan, one of the male cubs was recently photographed on a camera trap near a village named Pathri. This village is near the Ghodazhari area, where safaris were recently started, and falls under the Brahmapuri division. After separating from his mother, Ookhan was regularly seen at Vasant Bhandara. He was a young male, and this was not his territory. Young males wander as nomads, till they are old enough to establish a territory for themselves. When Katezhari male (or better known as Tyson) and Gabbar started visiting Vasant Bhandara area regularly, Ookhan, too young to challenge the older dominant males, had to move out. His whereabouts were a mystery, until the camera trap image recently surfaced. It is a known fact that male cubs generally travel farther away from their mother’s territory to establish their own territory. This prevents inbreeding among tigers. Ookhan would have travelled between 80 to 100 km to reach Ghodazhari. This is not a great achievement by any means; tigers have been recorded to travel more than 600 km. But the way Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve is set, surrounded by villages and fields on all sides, it is difficult for a tiger to survive outside the park. In the absence of the usual prey animals, they mostly have to kill livestock, which puts them on the villager’s radar, and there is a constant threat from the poachers. For a tiger to survive cunningly against all odds is nothing short of a miracle. Ookhan would be around eight years old now, and hence is in his prime. This could mean that this area where he was photographed, could be his territory. More photographs from the area are required to prove this. But if one tiger has made it outside Tadoba, who known how many more ‘missing’ tigers from Tadoba are out there.



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with a sufficient prey base in Brahmapuri, no doubt he took advantage of the habitat and grew to his max potential. big powerful male! 


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Large Kaziranga male from the Western range - March/2017


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T57 - the king of Ranthambore - June/2016


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T-58 the brother of T57 from Ranthambore - March/2017


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Khursapar male of Pench, MH sighted near Khursapar gate - Feb/2017


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Matkasur male on the move - Feb/2017


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Matkasur male near Khatoda  - Jan/2017 


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Raja the king of Bandipur - Feb/2017


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the biggest male of Ranthambore, T42 aka Fateh of Zone 10. Jan/2017


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T42 aka Fateh
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Kaziranga tigress - March/2017


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close-up


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her four cubs on a kill


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feast time - March/2017


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same tigress in her prey rich habitat - March/2017


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March/2017


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Habitat shot of Kohora range where KZT085 rules.






Big Kaziranga male protecting his kill from the scavengers.
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huge male from the western range of Kaziranga - March/2017


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beautiful habiat shot - March/2017


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the biggest of all Bengal males, KZT085 of Kaziranga near Bagori range - March/2017


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Kaziranga tigress and a rhino face off - January/2017
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Big male from the eastern range of Kaziranga - February/2017


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Kaziranga male - March/2017


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Kaziranga sub adult tigress stalking a rhino calf, can you spot the tigress? February/2017


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sub adult cubs stalking a rhino calf - february/2017


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sub adult Kaziranga tigress - January/2017


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something caught her attention


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climbing the tree
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@Roflcopters  Kindly repost the Kaziranga tigress and tiger feeding post at "Tiger Predation" thread too.

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Can you imagine that this absolutely enormous male was killed, by an even larger male? 
Anybody having some info on where this picture is from? And who is this male, and what would the giant who killed him look like?  

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(03-25-2017, 12:20 PM)Pantherinae Wrote: Can you imagine that this absolutely enormous male was killed, by an even larger male? 
Anybody having some info on where this picture is from? And who is this male, and what would the giant who killed him look like?  

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This picture was taken in Kanha & the guy standing with him is Hugh Miles. http://hughmiles9.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02...-fish.html
They were filming a documentory for BBC on the tigress Laxmi & her 3 cubs..This was their father, stated as a 10feet male (anybody who knows his code plz add) 

During the course of the documentory, he was killed in a territorial fight with an invading intruder, Konda as far as i can remember!!!
This is  screenshot of him in the documentory...

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PS: That docu. showed for the first time that tiger cubs can be adopted by their step-sisters (Laxmi was presumably dead, atleast out of the picture, after a voilent bout with the new tiger)
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(03-25-2017, 01:45 PM)Rishi Wrote: PS: That docu. showed for the first time that tiger cubs can be adopted by their step-sisters (Laxmi was presumably dead, atleast out of the picture, after a voilent bout with the new tiger)

As far as i remember, there was a text passage at the end of the documentary stating that Lakshmi survived and was found in good condition 2 months after shooting time. I watched the german version over and over again as child, that gives some good old nostalgic memories...
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Shivaji the legendary male of Kolsa - Summer 2012.

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the hefty rhino killer of Dudhwa - Feb/2017


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Ravan of Satpura - Feb/2017


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male tiger from Dudhwa - March/2017


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same guy from a far distance - March/2017



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Tigers killing full grown Rhinos is seldom heard though Rhino calfs do sometimes fall prey to tigers. However a tiger in the terai region of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve has the distinction of killing at least two full grown mature rhinos in the last three years. 'Rhino Killer' is the name that has been given to this tiger. Mahouts who patrol the Salukapur Rhino area describe the feline as a very robust male having large paws. In the first week of February we sighted such a male tiger on the Gulerighat road which runs along the rhino area. This tiger walked ahead of us for about 1.5 km and we a were able to photograph him. Obviously the tiger was on a routine area patrol sniffing here and there from time to time. As he walked and at one tree stump he found the smell of a female in estrus. The result was a classic Flehmen response on his part opening the mouth wide while constricting the upper lip and the nasal area. Our photographs reveal that his 3 canines ; the left upper & lower and right lower were broken while the remaining right upper seemed to be slightly chipped. Feb/2017
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( This post was last modified: 03-27-2017, 01:28 AM by Tshokwane )

And to think it takes at least two lions(probably more) to be able to do the same...

What an amazing feat of strenght and might. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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quite unusual indeed, I have never come across a male tiger that actually preyed on full grown rhinos. that's almost unheard of. just imagine the risk factor involved, too much to loose and the risk of injury is just not worth it and doing that feat twice. Amazing. I remember Steve Winter said he sighted his biggest male ever on a rhino kill! I believe this was the picture, it's a couple years old from Kaziranga, apparently the male fed on it and later he let his female and cubs join the feast. 




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judging by the picture, rhino's horn is missing and this rhino was most likely killed by poachers.
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T-17(munna).2013

Kanha tiger reserve.

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Another shot from Ranthambore in end March 17, T-19 male tiger, what I liked apart from reflection is the Crocodile nicely at mirage. Liked the composition...!
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