Big cat and Bear tale

[Apex Titan]

(04-28-2022, 12:23 AM)Spalea Wrote: @Apex Titan :

Yes, agree with you, if the tiger is firmly determined to killing the sloth bear, it will kill it, no problem... But it would be a serious fight, not something to be taken lightly. One of the sloth bear's behaviour particularity is to sleep on the ground, not into a den, but directly on the ground. And this in a biotop, a place, inhabited by the tiger. Thus, the sloth bear doesn't live in the constant fear of being aggressed by the striped felid. If the tiger on the hunt can choose its prey, it will not select this bear.

The dangerous predator is the predator which doesn't want to be detected. If the tiger is spotted, the smallest antelope wouldn't fear it, being aware of its higher speed. If a sloth bear cross a tiger which isn't attempting to hide from it, it knows that the fight will not occur. A skirmish in most cases (like in the video I posted...).

I agree with your points. Interestingly, although some Bengal tigers have been known to habitually hunt and kill sloth bears, and often hunt sloth bears in reserves like Panna, the Amur tiger, although co-existing with larger species of bears like brown bears and Himalayan/Ussuri black bears, is much more aggressive towards bears than Bengal tigers are. Reply