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This thread is dedicated to report any story, images, videos or any kind of information that tells about Unusual or bizarre behaviors of animal like Big cats, Herbivores, Marine animals, Insects and Birds.
Some time animals do weird activities which is very uncommon in scientific study. So I request you to post your findings in this thread. Please do post proper information, not only links

I will start,

Male Tiger Mates With 2 Females at a Time

This is an unusual and rare incident that took place in Tadoba National Park, India. As reported by The Bamboo Forest Safari Lodge:

Recently, a rare natural history moment was recorded in the park by one of our lodge naturalists.

It is a dream for everyone to witness special behaviours of the tigers in the wild. Similarly, our guests were delighted to see a pair of tigers mating during one of their safaris at Alizanza zone. To their luck, they actually saw something very rare and surprising.

‘We saw a male tiger lying on the ground on a hot afternoon, he was calm and relaxed. He got up and stood the ground when our guide saw a tigress raising her head in the stream bed glancing at the male. She immediately got into the mating position and the male tiger mounted on her. They heard a loud roar as they ended their mating.

The female lied down on her back, like typically cats do; and the male sat down next to her. Within next few minutes, another female appears from the thickets and offered him the mating position. The male took an opportunity to mate with her too. Once the mating finishes with the second female, the male sits as a barrier in between the two females to avoid conflicts between them.

We have heard about tigers mating for days together but, to see two females mate with one male at the same time was something rare!’, says Arjun M Bharadwaj  Naturalist at The Bamboo Forest Safari Lodge.

Below is the some images, credit to Arjun M Bharadwaj










Original source: https://www.facebook.com/thebambooforest...5436785408

Manyeleti update

It’s been an incredibly interesting week in terms of the predator dynamics within the reserve and some big changes seem to be happening, and fast!

The 2 Orpen males continue to push more south and are now visually and vocally making their way more and more into the Manyeleti. Both males were mating with two of the Nharu females this week, and this is just what the pride needed. Meanwhile we viewed the 6 young males of the Nharu pride for the first time in a while around S8 dam. This morning we found them very close to Tintswalo lodge and they were in the presence of the old Avoca male. All 6 look in amazing condition and if they stay together will be a huge force in the area in the future. 
Two of the Talamati females were found in the south with their 4 cubs. The cubs provide amazing viewing entertainment as the play with each other and with their mothers, a real treat for any guests to witness.
Still no sign of the 12 Mbiri members, and we wake up each morning hoping and wondering if they have made their way back from the Kruger National Park. They are probably wary of coming back into the area due to all the activity of the Orpen Males.






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https://www.facebook.com/TintswaloSafariLodge/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARBGq1TmXC39SRfD9Ljc3STZnkaUTDTv5-hNADJxYR0eJUw7E_39U-hXfNbLENPKBrZptKFjFxjABcBf&hc_ref=ARSXtjMWGmWpEs2ipbWDf3wZBiQeTIJRaNzWzitMYfM6NJOR8OES-HY-57ZXy4nvVcM&fref=nf&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCzDrnIb9v3s2H2dgsbm6m_WrsbeMMQFEKnFI0eh0qjzzP3sywbwcbHxvmyofwOPu3OgbyE59M0PJrMCKuhiLX9GEccOmKFyii90w8gUcLneLSA8A9hPDgJ85-EInzhnoko0j1RcKgL2_foyEJPGa0GqlmsUHtuF-IMHoeGdqhWyXvSy8z4GJ_eZpeQ4NHeYUwdb5G-tw1-gJ7beaihG7eemh2uGrJD-ghuQIh8Hl0lyMHwmv5LMNLsveX6r_6dYRFMTmFyZmOVd3oBjdkCj8UakTw4SKmL9Be5awohtVM7LOlBQ4-FM_ZBlsjBUt0K2D2gvKYQZB_r7YCp0aGFDYZQvngJBpvUMv892ospP_jbOeIdSwpq9fnh

Post anything you can find on cougar predation on this thread.  Both new and old accounts. 

https://billingsgazette.com/outdoors/ferocious-appetites-study-finds-mountain-lions-may-be-eating-more/article_d9cf046b-2c47-539f-a267-972e72e570b6.html   

Here, one cougar kills 18 moose in less than a year, pretty impressive for them.

My friends, I have some bad news, once again, the Endangered Species Act is being attacked by government officials who are seeking to block, weaken, or remove protections for animals protected by the Endangered Species Act. Not the first time this has happened, but it's now happening like never before. These attackers have attacked this act quite often, all this pressure from states, industry, and congressional republicans has made the U. S Fish and Wildlife Service to withdraw or weaken protections for endangered species. I will provide the link to the Center of Biological Diversity where you can view the pdf, and a whole list of attacks on the act (they link it in the article) these guys have been defending this act with all they've got. Email them, ask them what you can do to help, @sanjay, @Rishi, @peter, and all you other moderators and administrators, perhaps a partnership can be made with them with this forum. I suggest this because like peter says in his quote above, animals are to be heard and respected. Therefore, we must give these animals a voice, we educate people on here, and make them aware of ALL threats to wildlife. So tell me this everyone, are you going to stand by on this? or are you going to do what you can do to defend the Endangered Species Act?  


https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/esa_attacks/

Even though sharks seem to get more attention, they have nothing to do when biggest predators of seas have disputes. Since many people enjoy to look closer conflicts between animals, in this thread could be gathered information about situations when biggest of the big have conflicts. Not even orcas can do every time what they want.

Big discovery in Kenya: remains of a very big and old lion "The simbakubwa" dated of 23 millions years and weighing 1500 kilos :

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2..._3244.html

I reproduce here the text, from "Le Monde" newspaper, in french:

Des dents et des fragments d’os vieux de 23 millions d’années ont permis d’identifier le Simbakubwa, sept fois plus gros qu’un lion adulte.

Des dents et des fragments d’os vieux de vingt-trois millions d’années découverts au Kenya ont permis d’identifier l’un des plus grands mammifères carnivores ayant foulé la Terre. Sept fois plus gros qu’un lion, pesant environ 1 500 kg et capable de s’attaquer à des animaux de la taille des éléphants et des hippopotames, l’inquiétant animal a été baptisé Simbakubwa kutokaafrika (pour « grand lion d’Afrique »). « Au vu de ses dents massives, Simbakubwa était un hypercarnivore », explique Matthew Borths de l’université Duke, auteur principal de l’étude publiée jeudi 18 avril dans le Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Les restes de l’animal – un morceau de mâchoire inférieure comportant une canine, une prémolaire et une molaire ainsi que d’autres dents et quelques os – avaient été découverts il y a des dizaines années, mais avaient été attribués à une espèce plus petite, Hyainailouros napakensis. Ils attendaient depuis au musée national de Nairobi.

Selon les chercheurs, l’animal est mort relativement jeune. Pourtant, sa mâchoire est beaucoup plus grosse que celle d’un lion de taille adulte. « Avec ses canines, il pouvait cisailler la chair, tandis que ses molaires lui permettaient de casser les os », précise un communiqué. Simbakubwa vivait au début du Miocène. Mais les conditions permettant l’existence de tels gabarits semblent avoir persisté pendant des millions d’années, précisent les chercheurs.

And I translate my best:

Teeth and remains of bones from 23 millions years allowed to identify the Simbakubwa, 7 times bigger than an adult lion.

Some teeth and fragments of bones from 23 millions years, discovered in Kenya, allowed to identify one of the biggest carnivore mammals having walked on the Earth. Seven times bigger than a lion, weighing around 1500 kilos and able to attack some hippo or elephant-sized-animals, the disturbing animal has been called Simbakubwa kutokaafrika ("big African lion"). According to its masive teeth, Simbakubwa was an hypercarnivore, explained Matthews Borths from the Duke university, main author of the study published Tuesday 18th April in the Vertebrate Paleontology newspaper.

The animal's remains - a piece of the lower jaw including a fang, a premolar and a molar as well as other teeth and a few bones discovered a few decades ago, but were attributed to a smaller specy, Hyainailouros napakensis. They were waiting since then at the national museum of Nairobi.

According to the searchers, the animal is dead relatively young. Yet its jaw is much bigger than an adult lion's one. "With its fangs, it could cut through the flesh, whereas its molars allowed it to break the bones", a press release stated. Simbakubwa lived during the beginning of the Miocene. But the conditions allowing such sized animals existence seem to have lasted during millions years, the searchers stated.

While the cougar in general is listed as Least Concern, this subspecies of cougar on the other hand is a different story, as it's estimated that fewer than 100 wild Florida Panthers exist in the wild.    Back in the day, they could be found across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, even parts of Tennessee and South Carolina. The reason for their endangerment is due to the fact that people thought they were a threat to them, livestock, and game animals (because goodness forbid the predators hunt game animals). Now, they face loss of habitat, inbreeding, fights with each other, and vehicle collisions. Post any other data, films, or photos on these rare cats. 


https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/floridapanther.htm   check this out

Are Prehistoric big cats is larger than American Lion?
Who is the largest cat?

American Lion's size is really 523 kg?https://hyperleap.com/topic/American_lion
Or smaller than 400 kg?