Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

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(01-23-2019, 06:43 PM)Rishi Wrote:

(01-23-2019, 06:31 PM)Shadow Wrote: I noticed this one. Maybe old news, but it is no news that tigers are not as agile as leopards.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/k...576794.ece

Looks like, that D. Rajkumar in that article is the man here in next link, so looks like to be quite credible article.

http://enarada.com/committed-to-a-passio...-wildlife/

Along with the link, copy-paste the contents like this as well. (But always download & re-upload pictures here. The forum has lost many old images because the original source was removed after sometime.)

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Tiger found dead in freak accident in Nagarahole

R. Krishna Kumar
MYSURU:, AUGUST 25, 2015

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A tiger was found dead under a culvert at Balle in the D.B. Kuppe range of Nagarahole National Park due to injuries sustained in a freak accident.

The tiger’s carcass was found late on Sunday night and post-mortem and examination of the scene on Monday indicated that there were injuries on its face, which had a deep gnash near the eye, apart from internal haemorrhage due to shock or injury.
The injury itself is said to have been caused by a fall from a significant height while chasing another predator — suspected to be a leopard. D. Rajkumar representing the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to ascertain the actual sequence of events, told The Hindu that a territorial fight took place past midnight on Saturday at Balle.

“Forester Shekaraiah, who was asleep in his quarters, woke up with a start with the sound of terrifying growls followed by the rattling of the windows and shattering of the glass panes.
He panicked when there was movement on the roof top of his tiled house and screamed for help, following which RFO Vinaykumar and driver Krishna were alerted and informed of predators in the vicinity,” according to Mr. Rajkumar.

On Sunday morning Shekaraiah, who ventured out of his house, found blood stains on the window and broken panes.

The Forest Department staff fanned out and combed Mastigudi, Barballe, and Kakanakote, but there was no trace of the animal. However, they stumbled upon a broken piece of canine, which was suspected to be that of a tiger. By evening, the forest guards and officials stumbled upon the carcass of the tiger at Karadihalla, below a culvert.

It is suspected that the leopard jumped to the rooftop to escape from the tiger, which persisted in chasing it, climbed a nearby mound of mud and heaved itself to reach the leopard only to come crashing down, its face injured by the edge of the window, while the leopard escaped.

“There were pug marks of the tiger on the mound and the gnash on the face was from the fall, which corroborates our suspicion,” said Mr. Rajkumar. Besides, the broken canine and a portion of its nails found nearby matched with the tiger, he added. “It is the first such death of a tiger I have witnessed since 2009,” he added.

Hmmmm.... I try with this one.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/t...443203.ece

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Tiger, leopard found dead in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

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D. Radhakrishnan

UDHAGAMANDALAM:, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 23:58 IST
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 14, 2011 03:55 IST

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Forest staff examining the carcass of a tiger at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, near Udhagamandalam on Sunday. Photo: M. Sathyamoorthy  


A tiger and a leopard were found dead in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here on Sunday.
Field Director, MTR, Rajiv K. Srivastava, told TheHindu that anti-poaching watchers had come across the carcasses of the tiger at Manjukaadu near Moyar along the MTR-Sigur border and the leopard inside a bamboo clump.
Pointing out that the tiger was a sub-adult female aged about four years and the leopard was a male aged about nine years, he said that preliminary investigations aided by the blood stains found on the spot indicated that the two had died about 24 to 30 hours ago in a fight.
The leopard had sustained extensive injuries.
“Though there were no indications of poisoning or any other kind of foul play, we are not taking any chances”, Mr. Srivastava said and added that the carcass of the tiger would be kept in a freezer.
A post-mortem was conducted by a forest veterinarian.


Rishi, there should be same article also with photos of that leopard, maybe in article written in hindi? Do you know that, it would be interesting to see also that leopard.

i've never heard of two leopards killing each other,two lions killing each other or two tigers killing each other let alone a 4 yr old adult tigress and male leopard killing each other this and the death of the backwater male and others are among the most suspicious deaths i've seen over the years..they don't make sense..like what?

Why it wouldn´t make any sense if there is a tiger trying to kill a leopard, that both dead? I don´t understand what is so special in that?

I mean, both have sharp teeth and claws, if not able to get upper hand, there can be a situation where both get big cuts and badly injured, I think, that you have seen wounded predators in photos many times. If a wild boar can inflict wounds killing a tiger, what do you think, that a leopard can do if/when tigers attack isn´t 100% success? It is obvious, that tiger gets injuries too, smaller or bigger if leopard is fighting of it´s life and gets any opportunity to claw back etc. It has more than big enough claws to penetrate tiger skin too.

For sure tiger usually has upper hand, but big leopard is no joke. Not even for a tiger even though it flees when possible. When cornered, any animal give everything it has to fight for life. And leopard happens to have what to give. Reply