Tiger Predation

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(08-21-2024, 07:04 PM)Apex Titan Wrote: A couple of years ago, the young male Amur tiger Wandashan No.1 killed a huge male Ussuri wild boar.

Judging by the tusks, and the large size of the boar's head, which researchers said was 'quite impressive', the killed wild boar was estimated to weigh over 300 kg!

It's mentioned, that the young tiger can successfully prey on adult wild boars weighing several hundred kilograms. Although (as mentioned in the video) wild boars are also very ferocious, the tiger has the strength to completely subdue and kill them.

Russian biologists have also found and reported several cases of juvenile Amur tigers and tigresses (Kuzya, Elena, Pavlik, Borya, Uporny) killing large male Ussuri wild boars with no problem. The 1.5 year old juvenile male Amur tiger 'Kuzya' killed a large male wild boar in a fight. He fed on the big wild boar for 4 days.

In an Amur tiger documentary, it is mentioned that the tigress 'Katya' easily takes down and kills 500 lb wild boars, almost twice her own weight. Unfortunately, the documentary is no longer available on youtube.

This video provides the English translation (subtitles); Go to the 7:05 mark:

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The wild boar is 150 kg, not 300 kg. (English subtitles shows 300 kilograms, but the Chinese subtitles shows "斤" rather than "公斤", this should be a translation mistake.) Reply