(12-11-2019, 06:19 AM)Ashutosh Wrote: ...the biggest tiger is Kauva Ghatia male. They showed me his picture on the phonephone.

(12-11-2019, 12:14 AM)Roflcopters Wrote: I am with you on that @Pckts 

the way it stands, both have similar prey option available to them. again same type of forest cover, tall grass and a perfect habitat. I feel like both groups rival each other more than any other group. personally if i had to choose, i would be in favor of Dudhwa over Kaziranga just because of that verified weight by the Wildlife Institute of India. however, i still can’t ignore the giants i have seen from Kaziranga. furthermore i think if a male from Kaziranga gets tagged, that would explain a lot of things. 

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KZT085

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Unknown male

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KZT023

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KZT083

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Kaziranga male that was shifted to Manas
 

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just my two cents.

(12-12-2019, 03:51 AM)Ashutosh Wrote: @Roflcopters Nagarhole is where I saw my first tiger on my fourth safari. It was a female. She is called Tank Tigress or TT for short. What was weird was I had seen two melanistic leopards before I saw my first tiger! The tigers in Kabini are very shy. This would be 2015. 

The Raja poaching was just so weird because the snout was missing and then these grazers took out his teeth. But, all his body parts were intact. Since then, Bandipur has had other issues with wildfire concerns, man-animal conflict is pretty high (not just tigers) and lately it’s about the roadway that goes through it. 

What is commendable is that the wildlife department have gone about their duties in the background, and this was seen in the tiger census. Both Kabini and Bandipur have reached their carrying capacities (which means more tigers on the fringes, more movement in search of territory and more intraspecies death). Nagarhole’s plan to add 200 sq.km to the park has been approved, I am guessing there is something similar for Bandipur as well. Together, there are about 240 tigers in 1500 sq.km. (plus plan for additional 200sq.km). That is one of the best tiger densities in the country. The new challenge is how to ensure that space and corridor are intact. Considering these two parks have a whopping 6 different haplogroup markers of Bengal subspecies, it is absolutely imperative that their diversity is conserved for the whole Western Ghat-Nilgiri belt. 

On a personal note, I am glad that Bandipur has had this gap of exposure as the FD can go about their jobs without the additional focus on them because that focus will definitely be back on them after a couple of years.

@Rishi, I know. I was naive to think I will get to see tigers myself and I can take their picture then(I am horrible with a camera, though).

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(07-08-2019, 09:10 AM)Jimmy Wrote: In response to @Rishi, saying the male tiger in Kathmandu zoo is about as large as a German Shepherd, I will tell you my experience with it, i am basically 10 minutes walking distance away from the zoo and used to go often during my school days, there was a big male which was the most popular attraction, then that tiger sired 3 Cubs, One of those cubs survived to maturity, most of the pictures from Kathmandu zoo in google are from him (with  big cheek ruffs) or his father (big male which didn't had ruff but huge round head nevertheless). I haven't truly noticed the size of the son tiger but he is big also. The father was an absolute huge one, when he came out from his den every visitors, foreigners included were in awe of his size it looked like a lumbering cattle than a cat, and at a food time it would let out a loud growl at his handler, ( the roar is so loud that the whole enclosure just keeps vibrated a few seconds- it sounds like deep voiced  ghwaaaaang ghwaaang you can really feel that energy) this tiger can't be compared in anyway to a German Shepherd he is just gigantic, personally I find the size of the male tiger is almost similar to swamp deer and blue bull.

(12-23-2019, 10:45 PM)Pckts Wrote: dudhwa_unofficial
Wildly Framed! - The T E R A I Tiger? - Untamed Dudhwa ?
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The dominant male tiger of Kishanpur - Sharda Male framed between his own kingdom. The tiger just came out from the Jhadi Taal after a drink and on his territory patrolling track before going down to the Sharda river.

‎Sujit Chakroborty‎ 
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