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Biologist Dr. Feng Limin on Amur tigers and Bears 

Here's a video with a recent interview of Northeast China's leading tiger expert, researcher, and field biologist, Dr. Feng Limin.

Feng Limin says that according to their analysis, data, and findings, bears (both Ussuri brown bears & Asiatic black bears) make-up 10% of the tigers diet throughout the year. Through DNA data analysis of tiger feces, biologists found that bears make-up a large portion of the tigers diet in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park. They found that the main food of tigers, in addition to large and medium-sized herbivores such as wild boars and sika deer, is actually large carnivores such as bears.

Here's the report:

https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1823004...5%E7%86%8A

It's also mentioned that cases of Amur tigers killing and eating both leopards and bears are constantly being recorded. Feng Limin also mentions that in the past, their infrared cameras have recorded shots of tigers chasing bears.

Due to their recent observations, data, and findings over the years, biologist Feng Limin and his team now have a more in-depth understanding and knowledge about the relationships between Amur tigers, leopards, and bears in this ecosystem.

Go to 0:55 in the video:

Just like in the Russian Far East, in Northeast China, the Amur tiger is the undisputed apex predator and dominates the other carnivores (bears, leopards, wolves) that share its habitat, and also regularly hunts and eats both black and brown bears, and kills and eats leopards whenever the opportunity arises.

Bears making up 10% of the Amur tigers annual diet in Northeast China is a significant percentage, considering the fact that both Ussuri brown bears and Asiatic black bears hibernate for about 4-5 months in the Northeast China taiga forests, which makes bears much less accessible for tigers to hunt throughout the long and very harsh winter months.

Regarding this recently captured footage of a young tiger chasing a large adult male brown bear last year; Feng Limin says the tiger was young, and had not yet mastered the skills of hunting brown bears:

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