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Tiger Predation
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Raju Panday
From my Archive , Kanha TR 2009 : The Indian Gour was ill and for the predator it was a great opportunity ,and he did so,it was very terrible to witness ,but its the jungle ,"SURVIVAL OF FITTEST ".  *This image is copyright of its original author
Thought this would be cool to add
Malayan Tiger and saltwater crocodile tie in fight (malaysia)  *This image is copyright of its original author
#Collarwali with a sambhar kill in #Pench
She had been trying to make a kill for almost 3 days before she was spotted with her #prey. For a tiger, appx. 5% to 10% of the hunt results in an actual kill. #TigerThursday #tiger #wildlife #mptourism #Safari Photo credit: Pugdundee Safaris  *This image is copyright of its original author
 *This image is copyright of its original author "Tigers" J. Seidensticker 1996
Older video,
Looks like the tiger was trying to weed out an individual and had the tables turned on them. Bandipur
Paresh Deshmukh
The Andhari river! Translated from local language, it simply means a place filled with darkness! The jungles gods must have trusted her with so many of their secrets, for her course is covered with tall teaks, and the banks with thick bamboos, which make it absolutely certain that no piece of water or earth is exposed to any sunlight, thus making her a perfect place to tuck away the mysteries of the forest! And even she, living up to the expectations of those immortal powers, seldom lets any of the secrets slip through her thicket. On that hot June evening though, she had been kind enough to let us take a glance at the eternal treasures! Wandering along her bank, we came across a small opening which let us take a peek at the river which otherwise would have been impossible. To our surprise, what we found there was a forest giant – a male Gaur – who had slipped off the unforgiving rocky walls of the river bed and had broken its leg. It was on its side, making attempts at getting up, but failing constantly, and wearing itself out in summer winds! Such an unlucky individual! Certain for a slow death, starving for food and water! As we looked further through the opening, we saw a bright patch of orange, contrasting beautifully against the dark, walking a few hundred metres further up the river. It didn’t take us long to realise that it was the queen herself, and we followed her along, wondering how she hasn’t noticed this easy meal yet. We only had gone a small distance, when, suddenly, our nostrils were filled with the unmistakable odour of rotting flesh! Having already lost the sight of the tigress to the bamboos, we kept on moving in the direction of the scent. The winding road took us to yet another opening, through which, a small puddle of water was visible. Moving ourselves around, and tilting our heads to get a clearer view, when we finally saw the puddle in its whole, we realised that there lay a half consumed carcass of another Gaur, resting in the water, rotting, and smelling! This is where the tigress was headed, and it didn’t take her long to reach her meal. As she devoured her kill in front of us, I couldn’t help but feel for the first Gaur, as for the one in front of us, death had already brought the relief from pain, but for him, the horrors of watching its death walk by every night as he lay there helpless were still on! It was not that the tigress had not noticed him. She was just saving the fresh one for later! Tadoba, June 2017  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tiger with water buffalo kill in the North..
 *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress with gaur kill in the South..  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (01-30-2018, 08:50 PM)TheLioness Wrote: Never saw Anvitas image but that is T67 male with his Gaur kill. Here are some more: About to make the kill  *This image is copyright of its original author making the kill  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author and feeding  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Here's the page where a lot of them are posted https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-tiger-p...on?page=65 I have never seen the first one though, nice find.  (01-31-2018, 12:47 AM)Roflcopters Wrote: @ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/artic...C%7Csortby# |
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