A pretty damn cool lizard, don't ya think? Not much info available as far as official weight charts go,
but hey, they're the big boys of the lizard world. I believe the heaviest was 360lb's +. Truth be told,
these gluttons can eat a shiite load at one sitting (80% of their body weight). Thats more than my
mother in law! 
 

Want some feedback on this. Truthfully, I would love to raise a pet lion or tiger cub 
some day. Kind of torn on the moral issue though. It won't be till later in life, if ever
Seeing the friendship some trainers and keepers have with these animals makes me
yearn to experience it. I enjoy the the thought of it. 
 

Just read a 103 yr old Orca affectionately nicknamed "Granny" was spotted off the
coast of Western Canada. Sea world claims orcas can live up to 20 yrs and most die
within  4-5 yrs in captivity. As a result of this sighting, conservationists are calling for
the release of all captive orcas for obvious reasons. Wild orcas can swim long distances
on a daily basis, thus providing the necessary exercise to remain vibrant and healthy,
leading to longevity not found in confined, captive specimens. I agee 100%   

This is amazing story when a male and female tiger and tigress have to back up from a fierce mother(sloth bear). This is incident on April 2011 When one of our most famous wildlife photographer Dicky Singh from India capture all the moments in his camera. Dicky Singh is very respectable wildlife photographer and wildfact community truly appreciate his work.


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9th April 2011. In the morning safari some jeeps saw a pair of tigers walking from Ranthambhore national park towards the Kalapani anicut in the Kundaal valley at the edge of the national park. In the evening we found the mating tigers (T24 male and T39 female – both young adults) in a rocky plateau across the Kalapani anicut.
 
 

The plateau had a short grass cover and some low trees. The sun was behind the tigers and the back light was very strong. Most of the time the tigers were in the shade and were no good for photography. After about half an hour the tigress suddenly got up and started stalking towards the edge of the plateau. 



 A mother bear with two small cubs riding on her back was walking towards the mating pair of tigers and the tigress had gone to confront them. By the time the bear realized that there were tigers close by, the tigress had got very close to them. That’s when the mother became aware of the tiger’s presence. 

 

The bear appeared to be in serious trouble and we expected the bear to bolt away but the bear had other plans. The bear cubs flattened themselves on the mother’s back while the mother charged at the approaching tigress. 

 

I don’t think that the tigress expected the bear to charge and tried to get out of what was by now a messy situation for both of them. The bear blocked the tiger’s path and stood up on her hind legs to confront the tigress. By this time the tigress desperately wanted to get out of the confrontation and kept backing off. T 39 in a young tigress who probably did not have the experience to take on a desperate mother. 

 

The bear started screaming loudly and got increasingly aggressive. Soon there was a loud slanging match between the two, which the bear won. The tigress beat a hasty retreat while the bear stood her ground. 

 

By this time the male tiger who was observing the drama from a little distance decided to get involved. T 24 is about 4 years old and had just come into dominance. We were worried for the bear. 

 

We had seriously underestimated the power of an angry mother. T 24, the young male star of southern Ranthambhore, could not even budge the bear. These two had another loud slanging match that went in the bear’s favour. 

 

T 24 soon realized the fury of an angry mother and started backing away from a now “one sided” fight and did not stop till he reached a safe distance. 

 

All this happened in exactly two minutes and 10 seconds. When the clock started it seemed that the mother bear had got herself into a very dangerous spot. In ten seconds she had taken control and two minutes later she had forced two tigers to back off. The victor walked off leaving behind two sheepish cats. 

 

Pardon the large watermarks but these pictures have been downloaded and used by far too many people / agencies without any credit.
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This show how a desperate mother can go to any limit to protect her cubs.
All copyright and credit belong to Aditya Dicky Singh. here is his blog http://www.dickysingh.com/

Please make sure you post videos only and not pics.
I personally think videos gives a better idea on tiger sizes than pics.
There is far less problems with the angles.

I have read conflicting stories about how Konda actually died.
I have heard(read) from a couple of people that Konda was killed by Munna and Copters has told me he was killed by his two sons after he was injured.

Hear is what Tigers of Kahna had to say
"That guy (doesn't matter who he is talking about) has put in total Garbage such as: Konda was the biggest tiger in Kanha, and had his paw not been cut off, he wouldn't have died from an attack by his 2 sons, K1 and K2, or Munna is much smaller than Konda and K2, and he just took advantage of K2 and Konda's death to rule the meadows, Naak Kata and Pattewala male are way bigger than Munna, Wagdoh is the biggest tiger in Central India....The shit goes on, and is too long to mention them all here. Truth is, Konda was a small tiger of Kisli range, not in Kanha meadows, that was in fine health and right in his prime when he was slaughtered by Munna, a much bigger male in Jan 2008. The fight was completely one-sided, with Munna suffering not a visible scratch. K1 and K2 are makebelief names given to the link 7 bros, sons of Banda, not Konda. And one of them, the one called K2 by (doesn't matter), was believed to be killed by Munna in march 2009. "


Here is what is said on Konda's biography
Name               : Konda
Location           : Kanha National Park
Year of Birth    : 2001
Ancestry           : Son of Old Mukki male and Kitra Kudri female
Status               : RIP
Sex                   : Male
Species             : panthera tigris tigris


Konda was one of the biggest tiger at Kanha who could bring down with ease a one ton bison. He was master of a large territory of the reserve and slated to rule for a long time. No other tiger could match Konda's hunting prowess nor his power and strength. In his prime he sired many cubs.

He could have disseminated more of his prime genes had not tragedy befallen upon him. In spite of being the best managed park in India, Kanha National Park is subjected to poaching incidence now an then. This time the victim was Konda who was trapped in a poacher's snare and injured. The snare damaged his paw but not so much that he could not hunt.

In the meantime two males probably sired by him had reached adulthood and separated from their mother, hence were keeping together for some time as young male tigers often do. They hunted together successfully and grew stronger. Konda's presence in the area was not a welcome sign for the pair as he was a strong adversary and could come in their way of carving out their own respective territories. Tigers live a solitary life.

Eventually a territorial fight ensued with Konda alone in against the young but matured pair. The pair could have been no match for Konda but the injury took his toll and he was killed in a fierce fighting that terrified the forest guards in jungle camp nearby.

What is unfortunate is that territorial fights not always lead to the death of the adversary as there is plenty of room to run away before a deadly injury results fro





Is there anybody else who has other knowledge on this?

 

 

Starting an online video business of tigers, please contact ASAP for more information.

You will be making a percentage of the proceeds.

We will have all rights to the videos, by permission or paid rights.

Requirements:
1) Knowledge on Tigers
2) Ability to upload MP4 (or other video files)
3) Email or Skype to chat on this.

Please PM me if interested, thanks.

 

"The paintings are done in natural colours that have hardly faded despite the years. The strangely carved figures are seen holding weapon-like objects and do not have clear features. Specially, the nose and mouth are missing. In few pictures, they are even shown wearing space suits. We can't refute possibility of imagination by prehistoric men but humans usually fancy such things," the archaeologist said. [img]images/smilies/confused.gif[/img]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india...435091.cms



 

 

 

Ok so this is just a follow up topic for Pckts and myself to discuss and shed some light on reality because the people Pckts has been quoting are the same people that make absurd claims about tiger sizes and most of these "in the know" are actually people that followed most of my and Tiger_Lover's work on the original AVA. 

I'll put some up pictures, tell me if you still find their opinion reliable after looking at them. 






 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/p...rom-a?bffb
After his mate died, this polar bear has just given up on life. And his enclosure looks disgusting.
Sad to see