ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[Apex Titan]

@Shadow 

I just wanna add one more thing. Like I said before, its not clear that adult male brown bears are always "avoided" and have "nothing to worry" about from tigers, as the accounts I posted in my previous posts suggests otherwise and the following accounts.

Vaillant, who interviewed many experts ( biologists, zoologists, locals ) stated that: "There is no creature in the taiga that is off limits to the tiger."  Amur tigers are known to kill and eat everything from salmon, ducks to adult brown bears:

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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WGvV...rs&f=false



There's also this confirmed account of a tiger that hunted and killed a male brown bear:  ( Its possible that this male bear was an adult bear )


"In the winter of 1982, the main forester of the reserve Kirst and A.D Saiko observed the pursuit by a tiger of a male brown bear for more than 500 meters. Attacking a bear running away along the valley of the key from the terrace of the narrow end of the water business, and without killing him, the tiger slipped to intercept the bear hundreds of meters from where it made a new attack from an ambush, trying to cling to his neck, the tiger managed to get a male bear as a result." 

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication...is_altaica



There's also this account of a tiger that hunted down, attacked and mauled a huge brown bear: ( Most definitely a very large male brown bear )

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"At one point he turned aside and describing a semicircle obviously headed to intercept the bear. Tigers always do that."...

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"There was blood on the snow, and tufts of the bear's coat all over the place."...

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There's also this account of a tiger hunting down a large brown bear, possibly a big male bear:


"We sped along, and as a result almost missed a tiger spoor - yet another one, and in this case along the path. It was following the fresh bear track!..."

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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SoAM...h.&f=false

This account specifically mentions that the tiger was "steadfastly" following after the large brown bear. i.e. Hunting in an unwavering and determined manner.

Based off evidence and some reliable accounts, it indicates that some individual experienced male tigers will attempt to hunt and kill an adult male brown bear. I don't think a large male brown bear is "immune" to predation from an experienced adult male tiger. Reply