Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Ashutosh]

@BorneanTiger, think of it this way, Bornean. Humans come in all sizes and shapes. But, if only the strongest ones survived, would there be a chance for a smaller human to survive? You could say that this human could move to a place with no human and setup it’s iwn territory.

This tiger is not big, infact, it’s quite small compared to the ones who already have established territories. He could be an excellent fighter and opportunist in his tiger ways to get one of these territories and hold it from other challengers, but what would be the odds of that? low and highly improbable. That is the reason he has been pushed to the outer extreme of the forests and preys on domestic cattle.

Now, when India’s tiger population had dwindled in 2006 to 1400, this tiger would have been fine because it would have just gone to an open part of the forest and established a territory. But, Bandipur and Nagarhole have reached their carrying capacities of tigers, which means unless he finds open territory of his own, he is unlikely to survive and so he turns to the easiest preys there are - humans. And, from my estimation, the closest place where he can find a territory would be 300 kilometre away, and he doesn’t seem adept at making the journey. Reply