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B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India
B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India
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B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India
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  *This image is copyright of its original author The Hulk of Tadoba. The size of a tiger is an indicative figure of the size and type of prey base in that particular range. Male tigers reach their primes by 8 or 9 years of age, when they look the biggest in their entire life. While evolution drifts an animal towards larger body size, extinction bias caps that body size. The current size at which tigers are capped is a result of this fragile balance. Additional factors (other than prey size), such as climate, adaptive radiation to prey size, metabolic constraints on islands, inter and intra-specific competition have influenced the growth factor (though the growth wasn't linear across the time line). Following Cope’s rule – lineages tend to increase in body size over evolutionary time, it is understandable that modern day tigers are bigger than their ancestral counterparts such as the Genus Panthera Zydanskyi (Longdan tiger) or the Clade of the Species Panthera Tigris Amoyensis (South China Tiger) and following Bergmann’s rule – species of larger body size are found in colder climates, the Bengal Tiger and Amur tiger are the biggest extant tigers on Earth today. This is in addition to the prey-size. In my observation (substantiated with evolutionary laws) certain tigers (intra –species) have shown the ability to grow to exceptional sizes. As most biologists would concur, tigers spend a whole lot of energy on hunting prey. Tigers don’t hunt smaller prey as the energy required to hunt would outdo the energy they gain from it. The bigger the prey, the longer it lasts and the longer the time needed by a tiger to hunt again. (A genomic imprinting - the genes of a big male tiger being carried forward in the lineages, and not supressed by the female tiger is also responsible for the bulking of tigers). Photographed is the Matkasur male tiger (will talk about his origins later), that is the most dominant tiger of his range, bringing down bigger prey such as Gaurs and Sambhars. He is still a couple of years away from his prime, and my best bets is that he will grow into one of the biggest tigers the range has ever seen. Matkasur male tiger | Tadoba Andhari TR | March 2017.  *This image is copyright of its original author Matkasur male and Maya mating - April/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Matkasur and Maya - April/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Matkasur and Maya - April/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author after successfully pushing out Namdev, Old Navegon male, Gabbar and other males from his territories. he has one of the biggest territory in the entire park. March/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Matkasur on the move - March/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Bajrang - March/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author the giant known as Wagdoh male - March/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Umarpani male - March/2017 
so that matkasur brat pulled it off after all..now both him and bajrang are the lords..looks like things might be quite for a while
Roar falls silent: Prince of Bandipur tiger reserve died of starvation
The tiger was first camera trapped at Bandi Kallara road in Hediyala range on Jan 16, 2009.  *This image is copyright of its original author Bengaluru: In a big blow to Bandipur tiger reserve, male tiger 'Prince', a huge crowd favourite at the reserve, was found dead near Lokkere, Elachetti section of Kundkere range. According to sources, the tiger reportedly died of starvation. Prince, alias Kunta alias BPT 222 (identification by tiger biologist K Ullas Karanth) was twelve years old. The tiger was first camera trapped at Bandi Kallara road in Hediyala range on Jan 16, 2009, and had an estimated long range of 35-40 kms. The Bandipur staff, which called him 'kunta' (due to an injury to his front paw) are shocked over the tiger's death.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Good bye, old man. You were one of the best and we will not forget you. 
I don't come on here often anymore. But I just want to acknowledge what a huge loss this is. The legendary Prince has captivated all of us for so long on each forum. He is one of the tigers from that golden generation thay we were so privelidged to witness and study. The guar killer was enchanting and his reign was long and supreme. Now is a time to celebrate his life, and appreciate what a beast he was.
I'm happy he died naturally though. As it should be and what should've happened with Machli.
 *This image is copyright of its original author here's my tribute video for Raja. India lost one of its most legendary tiger today, RIP Raja. you'll never be forgotten. Bold and beautiful Prince will be missed By Praveen Siddannavar | Express News Service | Published: 05th April 2017 01:14 AM | Last Updated: 05th April 2017 04:56 AM | A+A A- | BENGALURU: The death of South India’s bold and handsome tiger, most commonly referred to as ‘Prince of Bandipur’, is indeed a big loss to nature lovers, researchers and of course wildlife photographers.
I was fortunate to have had close encounters of Prince during every visit I made to Bandipur. During the early days in 2009-10, he seemed the dominant male and this continued until recently. I named him Prince in 2010, since another huge dominant male named Agastya was ruling the tourism zone of Bandipur. But soon he perished and Prince took over almost the entire tourism zone.
As per the research and camera traps records, Prince migrated from Begur range to Bandipur tourism zone. Despite so many safari vehicles plying in the tourism zone, Prince never bothered to shy away and went about his business like territory marking. He simply loved water and most of the time he was seen resting in a waterhole.
He also holds records of hunting down large prey like the Indian bison (Gaurs) on many occasions. He was known to even hunt down cattle that ventured into the protected forests.
On July 1, 2014, he chased a large herd of 21 domesticated buffalos near Moolapura waterhole and killed three of them. I still remember many of my friends not just from Karnataka but also other states and various countries visited Bandipur to have a glimpse of this amazing feline.
Prince will be remembered by each one of us forever and I will surely miss him. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/b...90012.html
that's KZT085! tfs
 *This image is copyright of its original author Wagdoh cooling off in Kunar tulao (devada buffer) - April/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Wagdoh - April/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Wagdoh - June/2016 with over 25 cubs sired with 6 different females, Wagdoh is one of the most successful tiger of this era. his bloodline is spread everywhere across Tadoba Andhari Tiger reserve, all the way from the tourism zone and buffer areas, his four noticeable cubs that have carved territories within the park are Sonam, Lara, Shankar and Bhola.  *This image is copyright of its original author Matkasur and Maya - April/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Choti tara with her cubs - March/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Choti tara and Matkasur's playful cubs - March/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Matkasur's family picnic. March/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Kankajhari male of Kolara buffer, half brother of Matkasur. March/2017  (04-06-2017, 03:14 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: that's KZT085! tfs Hello, Nice. I would like to say 2 things; 1) I have seen most of these large males of Tadoba; Waghdoh, Yeda anna, Katezari male, Matkasur. In their prime and past. In their prime, the most beautiful and one of largest tiger was katezari male. He is now 8-9 years. Waghdoh was also very large in his prime. Matkasur is big and have large territory but he may not grow as large as these 2 tigers. He is now around 6 years. And he got this area exclusively after last monsoon ie Oct 15. Since then Saturn/Namdev, Katezari aren't seen in this area. 2) I think matkasur and kankazari are not half brothers. Matkasur; also called new matkasur male because the original matkasur male was Saturn/namdev. Saturn is father of this New matkasur male. Kankazari is son of katezari male. If anyone compares the facial marks and other features, that will show. Anyway tigers are very mysterious creatures so no none can substantiate the facts though.  (04-07-2017, 09:01 PM)shaileshsharadnaik Wrote:(04-06-2017, 03:14 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: that's KZT085! tfs Have you seen any Kahna/pench males? Forgive me if you have mentioned it before, I forget. (04-07-2017, 09:01 PM)shaileshsharadnaik Wrote:(04-06-2017, 03:14 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: that's KZT085! tfs Hi Shailesh, as a young cub when Matkasur was first spotted around Panderpauni and the surrounding areas, many assumed that he was one of Namdev's offpsring from Kolara buffer but that information was later reviewed by Jignesh Patel and some others that I stay in touch with and I was told that Matkasur is actually one of Katezari and the old Jamunjhora female's offspring from their April/2012 litter, he was born in a litter of 3, the gender of the other two cubs are unknown but i suspect one of them was a female, not sure about the third cub. while growing up, Matkasur had run ins with Gabbar and was chased away. being a young male, he found it hard to survive around powerful males and there is evidence that he did lurk under the shadows until the time was right and he struck Namdev out of his territory and last year, when a fully recovered Gabbar resurfaced. Gabbar probably won the first round and refused to leave, Matkasur waited a few weeks and striked again, this time completely overwhelming Gabbar and became an absolute king of some of the bigger known areas of the park, since then only the old Navegon male tried to stick around Panderpauni and he was also taken out. being hardly 5 years old and not even at his full growth. I have no doubt he would reach his maximum weight, he's already headed that way and with all the record on hand, Matkasur is the king of the battle. (04-09-2017, 06:31 AM)Roflcopters Wrote:(04-07-2017, 09:01 PM)shaileshsharadnaik Wrote:(04-06-2017, 03:14 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: that's KZT085! tfs Helllo, Oh. that's new info. As I said above " Anyway tigers are very mysterious creatures so no none can substantiate the facts though". Yes Jignesh does lot of research on these lineages There. He does a great job of identifying old missing tigers and link them. But if you see facial markings and other features; new Matkasur male doesn't resemble Katezari male. I have seen katezari and Matkasur from very close . Katezari male had prominent mane since he was just 3.5 to 4 years old when I spotted him in Jan 2012. Anyway its tiger's mysterious world and that's why we are hypnotized by them. And when I saw katezari male @ 3.5 -4 years old , he was much more beautiful and muscular than current Matkasur male. Anyway that's my personal opinion though. (04-07-2017, 09:26 PM)Pckts Wrote:(04-07-2017, 09:01 PM)shaileshsharadnaik Wrote:(04-06-2017, 03:14 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: that's KZT085! tfs Hello, unfortunately I couldn't spot any male over at Pench and Kanha. Although had spotted tigresses there . 
Photo and information credits: Janardhan N Doraiswamy
"Its All in the Eyes....T-57 - The Dominant Male Tiger of Zone 2,1&6 who has taken over T 24 Ustad's territory ,a very shy but powerful @RTR"  *This image is copyright of its original author
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