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I have been studying tiger food habits for the past 14 years and have found several bears killed and eaten by tigers. Some tigers specialize in eating bears and they will kill both Asiatic black bears and LARGER Brown bears. We radio-collared one male tiger who ate bears all summer and lost weight in the winter presumably because he couldn't find his favourite food. Recently, people have been killing bears because of an increased demand for bear feet and gall bladders, and I worry that this will effect tigers as well because bears are an important food source for tigers in summer.
I've seen tigers prey on all shapes and sized of black bears and up to the LARGEST and HEALTHIEST female brown bears.
Found Linda Kerley's email from another forum - originally from Big Bons in the late AVA.
The average female Ussuri brown bear at 416 pounds outweighs the 298 pounds.
According to Linda Kerley, the largest and healthiest female brown bears is what the tigers go for. Therefore larger brown bears refers to females (including large females). Proves tigers avoid male Ussuri brown bears.
Bear Interactions with Other Predators
