Sloth Bear

[brotherbear]

(11-22-2016, 06:22 PM)brotherbear Wrote: http://shaggygod.proboards.com/board/38/felidae 
Encounters between sloth bears and leopards are rare, often occurring in the evening at and around kill sites.

In 1968, Kurt and Jayasuriya report of a sloth bear eaten by a leopard at Yala National Park, India. The details? The bear victim was either a young adult or sub adult female sloth bear described as three-quarter grown. The encounter occurred by a palu tree but whether the leopard was hunting the bear or if the meeting was a chance encounter is unclear. The authors stated the park staff were have to recorded only one other meeting between these two species in Yala National Park where a leopard was killed by a bear. The seriously injured bear was later destroyed by park officials. No other details of the encounter were provided.


Kurt, F. and Jayasuriya, A. (1968). Notes on a dead bear. Loris, 11: 182-183.

Here ( from post #40 ) are two separate leopard-sloth bear interactions. First one - a leopard kills and eats a young sloth bear. Second incident - a sloth bear kills a leopard, but in so doing was so badly mauled that he ( the bear ) had to be put down. There is no doubt that the sloth bear is a fighter.
By the way - calling the grizzly fat - no problem. So was Andre the Giant. Reply