Felids Interactions - Intraspecific Conflicts

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RE: Big Cat Fued Galary - Spalea - 10-19-2016

@Majingilane:

about #77: at least as much as the size, the self-assurance relies heavily. A sub adult tigress, at that level, is not a all an adult one. The male leopard felt it.

RE: Big Cat Fued Galary - Apollo - 10-20-2016

Wow
Leopards being very cautious and alert animals, I cant beleive how it slept off when the lion was so close.
That lion couldve killed that leopard in no time.
That was one lucky leopard.

RE: Big Cat Fued Galary - Tshokwane - 10-20-2016

(10-20-2016, 12:50 PM)Apollo Wrote: Wow
Leopards being very cautious and alert animals, I cant beleive how it slept off when the lion was so close.
That lion couldve killed that leopard in no time.

Well, it is quite a statement on his behalf.

I mean, the Bicycle Crossing male has been a dominant male since he was three years old; now he's fifteen.

So it's like he has seen it all in his life and maybe he thought that boy wouldn't make much difference.

As much as they get labeled, rightfully in many cases, as shy animals, dominant male leopards can be an extremely confident and sometimes even arrogant bunch, which of course can get them into trouble like it happened this time.

RE: Big Cat Fued Galary - Tshokwane - 10-21-2016

Notch 2 vs Grimace of the Notch coalition.

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RE: Big Cat Fued Galary - Tshokwane - 10-31-2016

Credits to Adam Bannister and Jason Grimsley - Londolozi.

Leopards Fight: Camp Pan vs Tugwaan Male: Date: August 2012.

It was the perfect sighting! We managed to track down a female leopard who had successfully killed an impala, dragging it over a hundred meters into the nearby riverbed. Mid track, Solly pointed out that the female tracks had now been replaced by those of a male. A male must have stolen it from her. We found the culprit. The Tugwaan Male a.k.a Shorty was still dragging the carcass when we came up behind him. Running back to the car we raced ahead, just in time to watch him perfectly hoist his stolen kill. Exhausted from the climb he fed briefly and then fell asleep on his prize!

After successfully stealing this impala from the Dudley Riverbank Female, the Tugwaan male proceeded to drag it to a nearby tree

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Once hoisted the Tugwaan Male began to feed on the impala carcass.

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Whilst in the middle of feeding, he was attacked by his greatest foe…the legendary Camp Pan Male. In split seconds Camp Pan had scaled up the tree and in a brutal assault leapt towards Shorty. Unlike the Maxabeni female, the Tugwaan male was prepared to defend his stolen carcass. The two huge male leopards came to blows in the branches of the Jackal Berry. The branches could not take their combined weight and out they fell.

Camp Pan Male resting in the long grass. Easily distinguished by the little scar under his right eye.

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They hit the ground still tangled in each others claws. The sound was horrific. In a flash the two arch enemies just tore into each other cartwheeling across the ground. The action was so close to me that I struggled to film the action with the lens I had on; in addition to this I must admit that all the action had me shaking somewhat! I also had my visiting mother diving for the floor beds of the vehicle in fright. It was chaos. It was incredible to watch! Without doubt one of the most awesome leopard sightings I have had to date.

Camp Pan won this battle and was left feeding on the now 3rd hand carcass in the tree. The mighty Tugwaan Male was left fuming. He growled and snarled, circling the tree. Death stares exchanged from both sides. The incredible audio experience continued for over 30 minutes as they embarked on an incredible verbal battle. Camp Pan would leave with a full belly, Shorty on the other hand, had to be satisfied scent marking every square inch of ground underneath the tree.

[Tugwaan male, or "Shorty", is Londolozi's name for the Bicycle Crossing male.]

RE: Big Cat Fued Galary - Tshokwane - 11-08-2016

Maxabeni male vs Kashane male. Credits to Kevan Dobbie and Maria Sancho-Fox.

RE: Jaguar-Cougar encounters - Sully - 11-16-2016

Yea Like Pckts said Arizona probably had many more Jaguars before meaning more encounters that were just not recorded. It would've been interesting if they were recorded as all data on carnivore interaction seem fascinating as the relationships are so unique.

RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Tshokwane - 11-18-2016

Credits to Corlette Wessels.

When the king of the red dunes eat - he does not like to share...

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RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Pckts - 11-20-2016

Sudeep Sunderban Travels

DEAD TIGER & MISSING TIGRESS RAISE QUESTIONS OVER KANHA RELOCATION.....
NAGPUR: Killing of a hand-reared tiger by another dominant male 'Kankatta' and the disappearance of a female in Kanha Tiger Reserve has once again raised doubts and debate among conservationists if hand-reared tigers should be released in the wild?
Kanha deputy director OP Tiwari confirmed it was two-and-half-year-old male tiger with multiple fractures and deep wounds on its limb. Excessive bleeding caused its death. "The collared alpha male died in a territorial fight on Wednesday," he said.
Tiwari said another collared beta female is missing and was last sighted by forest staff and locals on Maharashtra border. He admitted that radio collar of the beta has encountered problems and signals are not available.
The Kanha field director JS Chouhan has written to Pench (Maharashtra) field director MS Reddy to trace the female. "I have received the letter, but my staff has not seen a collared female. We will deploy camera traps and staff to trace the tigress," Reddy told TOI.
Forest officials had rescued three 3-month-old cubs — one male and two females — from the park after their mother died in September 2012. These cubs were first hand-reared in a small enclosure at Mukki for six months before being shifted in a 56 hectare enclosure at Ghodela.
Of the three, a male and a female were radio collared and released in Kanha's Kisli and Mukki zones, respectively, on October 23, 2013, when they were over two years. The park management made a big noise after 'successful' release of the tigers.
Experts involved in the process have termed it a managerial disaster. They questioned why were the tigers relocated in Kanha, that already has high density of tigers. According to official sources, there are 90 adult tigers and around 24 cubs. "Both the tigers were planned to be released in Panna but owing to internal politics they were later released in Kanha," a source said.
"Releasing orphaned cubs back in the wild is full of problems as captive animals get hand-reared and are not expert at finding their own food source. They can therefore turn into cattle lifters or man-eaters," said Abhay Kochar, working for corridor conservation between Balaghat-Kanha.
"The female moved out of the park after one month of its release and was last seen in Mukki on November 23, 2013. The male too used to frequent near villages after its release. It must have hardly remained inside for 15 days. Whenever the tiger moved near villages, staff used to push it inside the park with the help of elephants. Before getting killed in the fight, the tiger was pushed in Kankatta's territory," said sources involved in the operation.
Experts say when the satellite collar fitted to the tigers give signals every two hours, why forest officials failed to save the tiger. "They could have captured the tiger and save it," they said.
Tiwari said nothing can be authentically said about tiger behaviour. "Earlier, a similar experiment of Kanha tigers released in Panna was successful," he said.
source : toi, 15.03.2014.
pic: file picture.

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RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Pckts - 11-23-2016

A different image of the KF vs Uma fight

Save the Tiger
In a territorial fight a young male tiger trying to establish its own territory was killed in a fight with another older Tiger at Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve.

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RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Tshokwane - 12-06-2016

Credits to Mariana de Klerk.

The territorial fight between two leopards:

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On my early morning drive on Sunday I came across two leopards lying approximately 30 meters apart

Immediately the older one was identified as being a male and I assumed that the younger one must surely be a female because two males would never lie so close to each other so peacefully. When the younger one stood up and walked towards a tree with a warthog kill in it, I noticed that it was also a male

Straightaway I knew trouble was on the cards.

These pictures tell the story of the territorial fight between two leopards

Younger leopard enjoying his meal up in a tree while being on constant lookout

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The older male watches the young male from a distance

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After having finished eating, the younger leopard finds a shade of a tree to relax

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The older male starts to stalk and comes closer without being noticed

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Then he starts to run towards the young male who has no idea of what was coming

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The moment of impact happens so fast behind the bush (which I really didn’t mind because it’s not for the faint-hearted like me...)
Loud growling can be heard and within a few seconds the fight is over

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The young one shows signs of surrender and they separate

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Damage to the face of the older leopard. Luckily no serious damage was caused and the older leopard walked away

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RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Pckts - 12-07-2016

KF vs Uma photos

Uma Chasing KF
Shaurya Reshamwala This is right before the first fight which happened in the bushes....this male crossed first...we could only hear the first fight

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The Fight

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from the Same Photographer
This is Katezari chasing off Gabbar
Shaurya Reshamwala
January 18, 2015 ·

Tadoba Leopard face crossing

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January 18, 2015 ·

Second male crossing in Tadoba chasing the first male

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Shaurya Reshamwala Yea he was chasing gabbar. ....There are are pics of him as well in this album he was growling like crazy

RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Tshokwane - 12-15-2016

The Battle of 5 Lions: Written by Declan Kelly, an Amakhosi Ranger
Pics: Philip Khumalo
Video: Sven Paton

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The night before, the King of the Jungle had met the usurper to his throne, a young Male lion had been cornered high on a lookout spot. But it wasn’t just the old male that the youngster had been fighting it was the whole pride!

Instead of supporting the usurpers claim, the three females rallied around their king and the youngster was surrounded, he mounted a valiant defence but in the end realised he was outnumbered and ran to the safety of the bush.

The following day, after hearing about this incident, I made the decision to investigate further whilst on a game drive. I was accompanied by several guests and we immediately headed to a high point up a hill to get a better view. Just as we reached the top we spotted a very majestic looking adult male lion. He was surveying his kingdom and appeared relaxed and regal.

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Looking down the valley we noticed the three females lying in a clearing in the bush, they couldn’t have been more than 200 metres from the road. We seized the opportunity to take photos before making our way back down to continue our drive. We didn’t get far, one of the guests let out an excited shout, “it’s him!! It’s the young male again!!”

He was using our departure to escape. He had been hiding in the bush that whole time, too afraid to move.
Suddenly the king appeared and the youngster came to a stop.

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The young male was tired of running and wanted the matter decided now. The atmosphere was tense, would the old male allow him to join the pride, knowing that one day the usurper will again try to oust the old Male from power, or will the pride kill the usurper in one swift move

The old male beckoned the pride to his side and as the females appeared it became obvious that the young male had little chance of escape. Despite the odds stacking against him, this young male proved to be no pushover, he stood his ground and it began…

I was honoured to have witnessed it

Now remember, if you found this account interesting, just imagine how much better it is when you’re here in person!

RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Tshokwane - 01-02-2017

Credits to Jackalberry Tented Camp Namibia.

2 big lions chasing another lion. This episode happened in April 2016 inside Nkasa Rupara NP, meters away from Jackalberry Tented Camp. Footage by Mateja and Dominik Wehner.

RE: Big Cats Feud Gallery - Tshokwane - 01-11-2017

Credits to Lou Waldock Photography.

Lion Brothers having a serious discussion. Ndutu, Tanzania.