Lions and Tigers in India

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I am sure a young rhino is a Tigers definite first choice. Still a large animal and much less of a threat than a full grown rhino. I am amazed that Tigers target and kill full grown rhinos as much as they do. Even in the article about chitwan, they still mention that tigers specifically target the largest prey base available, they would leave the smaller deer and other animals alone for the most part and target the buck chital deer which are still 500lb plus animals. I think any tiger reserve that has tigers over 225kg needs a large prey base with large animals readily available. I wonder what the tiger predation on elephant calves and adults has been in Chitwan, I'm curious what prey tigers prefer and in what areas do they prefer them in. Like you said, Kaziranga has the same prey base as Chitwan but the tigers target rhinos, adult and youngsters much more frequintley over there. Maybe the fact that the Tiger densisty is so high that the males might feel like whomever can make the largest kill to share with possible female prospects as well as grow stronger than the rest,  will have the highest success rate in such a densely populated area. Which also seems like common sense to me as well.

I would love to see that book "21 century tigers" but I am not sure what the best way to receive it from you. Reply