Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

[Jimmy]

incredible find @Pckts i would like to add what @peter said about the interaction between amur tigers and russian bears. In Russia, bears hibernate through cold, so tigers do tend to stalk these individuals out or a bear that has just come out of a den, also being a much prey-scarce region tigers should be more willing to try and eat whatever they can find. These may be the best two reasons for the bear killing instances we see in Russia. In India, tigers seeking out a sloth bear (esp. females ^i think that's what in the photo) is going for a potential food source while male sloths and Himalayan Black bears may be seen as a potential threat due to their size (they are still a bear and carnivore) and thus attacked. Bears on the other hand have much easy life in this part of the world, they dont hibernate, are in good health food is all year round can survive eating on vegetation, honey, carrion etc. so they dont' suffer as much as tigers being injured. Tiger definitely has more to lose in these confrontations, so giving up makes sense. Reply