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10-22-2015, 10:31 AM( This post was last modified: 10-22-2015, 10:33 AM by Dr Panthera )
(03-25-2015, 11:52 PM)faess Wrote: Really doesn't have to be footage of the attack, maybe a book describing the details of a Tiger taking out an adult gaur face to face would be enough.
When a solitary big cat whether a lion or a tiger attacks an adult large bovid gaur-water Buffalo- banteng- Cape Buffalo a frontal attack makes the cat vulnerable to the bovid formidable horns with which the cat could get severely injured or even killed, a pride of lions can use team to work to immobilize the Buffalo by biting the spine above the tail, weaken it by biting the spine and flanks , and eventually applying the killing bite on the wind pipe or muzzle.
Solitary attacks by lions and tigers on adult healthy bovids involve hamstringing the victim or biting its spine immobilizing it and mostly starting eating it alive from the rump.
When the cat sees a possibility of a frontal attack in case of a weakened, sick, pregnant, old, or young bovid it may attempt a throat or muzzle bite but more often than not attacking the rear and stirring away from the lethal horns is the way
Can a male Tiger have a successful face to face kill on a Adult Bull Gaur?
