(07-17-2014, 01:59 PM)'Apollo' Wrote:

(04-26-2014, 06:15 AM)'Apollo' Wrote: 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 from the fight. But this could not be as his injured paw must have immobilized him after the exhaustive fight with pair. A magnificent tiger in prime was later discovered as dead. Konda died on 22nd of December 2007.

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Some more info on Konda.
Konda was born to Old Mukki male and Kitra Kudri female in 2001.
He took control of the Kisli range in 2004 by killing the "Laxmi's male"


This is the pic of the male killed by Konda (Credits to Rofl)

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Konda also killed another male in 2007 here is the pic of that male (credits to Rofl again)

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Konda finally died in a territorial battle with the Link 7 brothers (Arjuna and Bhima).

 

Quote:"Irrelevant discussion?" This is absolutely relevant and this is a Tiger directory, we are speaking of a specific tiger. 

I was the one who asked the question, and its not biased at all. Its from the FB page of Tigers of Kanha and they are the ones who see these tigers daily.
Sorry you don't agree with most others eye witness accounts, but I have far more backing munna's size.

Just out of curiousity, why do you still deny this fact after so many have now backed it?
Or are you just upset because you where intially wrong in your opinion of munnas size?

(07-17-2014, 10:26 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: This is one of the Brothers?

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Right flank - link 7 male (Kanha zone 08/02/14)

 


 

(07-18-2014, 03:54 AM)'Pckts' Wrote: I was going to say that he looks to young to have ever tried his hand at Konda.

Link 7 female was said to be massive, this is Munna with her

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Since the time I came to know about the Link 7 tigress cub killed by a male tiger, I was very curious to see the male, and here it is... The link7 female with the male that had killed the cub. He is huge fellow, people who had seen the link7 tigress know how huge she is and here in the picture one can see she's looking like a cub in camparasion to the male.


Was munna the one who killed the link 7 tiger brothers?

 

(07-17-2014, 10:24 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: Gaur Singh, the legendary male of mukki range between 1998 and 2004, and father of Minkur female. A very huge tiger, he specialized in preying on Gaur, hence the name. He was found dead with a throat injury in 2004, the same year that Limping male moved into mukki range. It's unclear whether Gaur Singh's mortal wound was inflicted by a gaur or by his rival. Photo credit: Yamini Nafde.

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(07-20-2014, 09:41 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: i wonder what he was feeding on? He looks gorged for sure. 

 

(07-20-2014, 11:53 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: Some people have said that Ranthambhore has taller tigers, I think most tigers would stack up though. Waghdoh, Raja, Munna etc.. All from different areas and all are very tall. 

Romeo was defeated and ran off by T25, correct?