Tigers hunting and killing large pachyderms

[Vegeta San]

(09-05-2018, 08:31 PM)chaos Wrote: I myself believe any full grown tuskers or rhinos killed by tigers, would be either elderly or ill. I also believe more tigers die in encounters with healthy said animals than said animals themselves. With that being said, it's entirely possible a tiger could prevail, only in very rare instances. Just my humble opinion.

Not really. If they animal died was suspected to be a sick or injured individual, they will definitely mention that on their post mortem reports. And gives atleast information to media, like this account.

"Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Biodiversity), felt that it was unusual for a juvenile elephant to be killed by tiger. Though incidents of elephants attacking cubs had been reported, killing of juvenile was uncommon.

The reduced prey base in the evergreen forest might have forced the tiger to hunt the elephant. The animal might have been sick and weak, making it vulnerable to the attack, he said." 
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehind...7.ece/amp/

But it's not in those reports. And there's no dead tiger in this process.

It's not that difficult to imagine what happened. Just like we saw lion attacking buffalo, rhino or hippo. Predator leaps on prey and maul it to death. 
But tiger hunting is a bit more serious than Lion hunting. Probably won't leave until death... Reply