Tiger Predation

[Apollo]

Before entering we saw a huge male leopard moving on the ridges near the gate. This time he was in my range but light was low and got a record shot. Then we headed to enter the gate. On the way to entry gate, we realised a rotten kill but we did not wait and check. After the formality we were about to enter but Shiva said that why other three gypsies are not coming, who were during the leopard sighting. We were contemplating whether to go back and check but finally decided to go back and check. 

To our utter surprise, something around 15 gypsies were there and watching T-24 on a sambhar deer kill. Basically, the leopard we saw had lost that kill to T-24. Lost means T-24 has snatch. This guy (T-24) was sitting just next to the main road but we missed. Sometimes i fell whatever has been written in “Bhagavad Gita” is absolutely correct “ jo hota hai accha ke liye.........”. If we would have seen T-24 on the kill, we could have missed the whole episode. He was in a small cluttered area which was too clumsy also.

With slightly presence of mind, we decided to park the gypsy around the small water body. It is natural that tiger will come to drink water after eating the kill. Our prediction came exactly right. For the first time we spend couple of hours with T-24 and for the first time we got some excellent photography opportunity without entering the par. Entire safari we spent outside the park. 

 



[font]The dejected leopard after losing his kill to T-24.[/font]

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Morning Breakfast - A Sambhar

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