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

[peter]

(11-28-2017, 09:38 AM)Wolverine Wrote:

(11-02-2017, 01:31 PM)peter Wrote: [quote pid='46560' dateline='1509501300']

I want to meet people in the know. Specialists. Another goal is to measure skulls in the natural history museums of Chabarowsk and Vladivostok. I want to talk to people who can open a few doors. If you have ideas, please let me know.

That's the right man you need! Batalov's entity is specialised on wildlife photo-safaris, as well on hunting depending on the type of client. This guys will help you with snowmobiles, trucks, modern equipment, forest bungalow to sleep and accomodate and most important - great knolidge about tigers and forest wildlife. They could bring you really close to wild Amur tigers. I think if you make a safari there, Mr Batalov have the influence and links in Habarovsk to help you to open some doors of Habarovsk museums, where you cane make measurments of skulls you want.
This kind of business is well developed here in British Columbia, many companies offer photo-safari of grizzly bears, cougars (with dogs) and wolves and in same time hunting of moose and bighorn according to the client desire. I have twice used such company for timber wolves in BC. But safaris are never cheap...

Concerning video. The male tiger Ockarik (in Russian mean "the one with eye glasses"), the father of Rashel's cubs here is translated to English nickname "Four-eyes", "Ockarik" and "Four-eyes" is one and same animal - minute 15-17. Batalov explained that Ockarik (Four-eyes) has killed a bear a month ago, so probably he is a kind of "bear-killer" tiger, and that fact is probably also known to Hlamida....now I understand why Hlamida decided to leave Rachel alone... But the father of Rachel's cubs hunt probably only ordinary bears, Hlamida is not ordinary, he is a giant bear...
Unfourtunately Rashel herself and Hlamida are not shown and not mentioned in this video, because the film was probably prepared and finished before Rashel-Hlamida interaction started. Here aside of Ockarik (Four-eyes) are shown other tigers - male Obor, and females Kyia and Baksa.
Bear hunting season is gonna finish in 3 days, so if Hlamida escapes hunters this week (hopefully) and survives, next spring we can wait for the continuation of bear-tigress story. Who knows.

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Excellent again. As my Russian is far below par, I would appreciate if you could contact him. Tell him someone wants to measure tiger and bear skulls in the Chabarowsk and Vladivostok Natural History museums. As there are hundreds of them, I expect to be busy for quite some time. When done, I would like to visit his place.

As to the tiger with the eye glasses ('Ockarik'). Any particular reason he would need four eyes? Reply