(08-18-2017, 08:56 AM)Wolverine Wrote: That's interesting. I thought the wild buffaloes were exterminated in Sundarbans by British hunters in the end of 19 centuries. But probably you are right - its not possible to hunt down all buffaloes in such vast and tick mangrove jungles. In any way I think there is nothing wrong to try to reintroduce water buffaloes in Sundarban, they are semi-aquatic animals, excellent swimers and could survive among mangrove forests. I mean a real giant wild buffaloes from Kaziranga, not degenerated semi-domestic animals everywhere in the subcontinent. That's gonna be good for that endangered specie and good for local tigers.

(08-18-2017, 03:32 PM)Rishi Wrote: I know that here are some "Feral" buffalos that the tigers do hunt, atleast on the Indian side of Sundarbans there are. Also, buffalos (like cats) are never truely domesticated.

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(08-14-2017, 01:51 PM)Rishi Wrote: [quote pid='43553' dateline='1502686695']

As far as "professional" man-eaters are concerned, the ones actively raid human habitations, were few & behaved similarly to the rest of the world's.

Some used to swim to the villages. They either returned to the forests themselves or were tranquilised, caged, treated & released deeper inside the forest.

(12-03-2017, 10:16 AM)Wolverine Wrote: However the largest predator in Sundarban mangrove forests is not the tiger, but one other creature, the largest reptile in the planet - the saltwater crocodile, a monster who has come from the Age of dinosaurs.

Rishi, could you tell us more about that Sundarban's creature and its role in the delta's ecosystem in the section of crocodiles?:
https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-saltwater-crocodile-data-pictures-and-videos