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04-25-2020, 04:25 PM( This post was last modified: 04-25-2020, 04:33 PM by Rishi )
(04-25-2020, 02:16 AM)OncaAtrox Wrote:
(04-25-2020, 02:11 AM)Amnon242 Wrote: "The tiger lowers its head and sticks to the ground which is typical submissive behavior. " No, submission is different, much different. See that picture with body postures above. When tiger flattes body to the ground, he is on alert, awaiting an attack. Which makes sense in context of the situation. And when he finally lies on the ground, his message is "leave me alone". But the lion did not respect that, so the tiger chased him away...so what submission?
Ok I'm not gonna start another lion vs tiger endless back and forth on here.
But lowering the head and sticking to the ground is classical submissive behavior, the tiger is not looking to attack otherwise it would be standing up with its shoulders high and his head straight to accept the challenge. The lion in that video also has a problem with his hind legs and even with that, it fended off nicely in standing position against the tiger. That is my conclusion about that video.
Not always, especially in a Tigers case.
Here you see both Umarpani and Jamuntoli sticking close to the ground before fighting.