ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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New account of an Amur tiger that killed a huge male brown bear 

Brutal fight to the death: Amur tiger killed and ate a brown bear in a nature reserve near Khabarovsk

Remains of the huge male brown bear killed and eaten by the male tiger 'Odyr': (November 29, 2022)

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The Amur tiger is an absolute predator. This means that he has no natural enemies, and he feels like a full-fledged ruler of the Far Eastern taiga. Only a brown bear can compete with him for this title. These disputes are most often bloody and cruel.


BLOODY MASSACRE

Traces of one of these fights were found in the southern region of the Bolshekhekhtsirsky Reserve. An impressive size bear (the width of the callus of the front paw is 18 centimeters) did not have time to hibernate. And this became a fatal mistake - the Amur tiger overtook the clubfoot.

- Judging by the traces, the fight here unfolded serious. The animals fought for a long time, but the tiger still won. He didn't get hurt. Such a conclusion can be drawn due to the absence of bloody stains at the place of his lying down - that is, rest, which we found next to the half-eaten bear carcass. The tiger will probably return here later to continue eating for a few more days, - said Yuri Kya, chief engineer for forest protection and forestry activities of the Bolshekhekhtsirsky Reserve.

WHO IS THE KILLER?

Experts suggest that the tiger Odyr killed the bear. The male most often prefers to walk in this area of the reserve. The tiger sometimes appears in the northern part of Bolshekhekhtsirsky. The female Zlata lives here, to which Odyr visits.

This summer, bears have repeatedly become the prey of tigers. The inspectors found the remains of the Himalayan bears and the excrement of the tiger, in which the claws of the clubfoot were found. Most often, the victims of the striped were one-year-old individuals. The tiger confidently defeats the Himalayan bear until the age of three.

https://www.hab.kp.ru/daily/27477/4684605/?fromrss=582

https://www.mk.ru/incident/2022/11/28/am...vskom.html

https://info24.ru/news/tigr-rasterzal-me...dnike.html

https://hab.aif.ru/incidents/tigr_ubil_m...vskom_krae

http://khabarovsk-news.net/society/2022/...77001.html

Here's the video and pictures of this incident:

https://vk.com/zapovedamur?w=wall-104014369_1614

The debate has finally ended. We now have a 100% (undeniable) confirmed account and report by specialists, of a tiger hunting and killing a large adult male brown bear in a fight. Huge male brown bears are clearly not immune to tiger predation, and this account confirms that some adult male tigers do hunt, fight and kill large male brown bears.

This case adds even more credence to the account (from biologist Alexander Batalov) of the tiger 'Ochkarik' killing the giant male brown bear 'Chlamida'.

The amazing thing is, the tiger was able to slaughter a very large male brown bear in a prolonged fight, without sustaining any injuries whatsoever. Incredible! Reply