Big cat and Bear tale

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(07-20-2019, 11:05 AM)P.T.Sondaica Wrote:

Sorry i mean 70% face to face Tiger run from sloth bear..because Tiger scary..male or female sloth bear intimidating all tiger

Ok, naturally when looking all videos, where these situations can be seen, that kind of impression is understandable. Tigers are obviously very careful with sloth bears. They aren´t same kind of prey as some small antelope, they are capable to fight back and naturally tigers know it. Same thing as with gaurs, many times tigers flee especially when bull charges tiger. But I wouldn´t use the word scary, I see it as common sense. If not in desperate situation, why would tiger make an attack against most dangerous animals when ambush fails. Same is with other big cats, their success rates in hunting are actually very low. Just look at information about lions, leopards and other big cats.

So if you want to say like you do now, you could say most probably, that sloth bears win 90-95% of "fights". But that would be twisting things. Tigers fight, when it can´t be avoided, but they are calculating big cats and in hunting preferring ambush. Then again in tigers as in all species there are individual differences. Some individuals can make exceptions and more risky attacks than others. 

But what comes to sloth bears it´s obvious, that we see often how tiger let it be, when sloth bear notices it too early. In some cases it´s hard to say if tiger has been even seriously trying or just more or less practicing stalking. But if we talk about fighting and mean situations, where they really fight, then there is no doubt about it that tiger is clear favorite. Different people can give different probabilities, but if not favoring tigers, then it can be asked, that do they know at all about what they are talking about :) This is how I think about these animals overall, based on all things I´ve seen. Reply