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

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@Matias 

Quote:Shouldn't this paragraph be included in your conclusions? 

Yes, thanks for reminding me. That slipped my mind. I'll add it to my conclusions.

Quote:Or just in general terms? 

He means in general, for the reasons explained by Aramilev, he strongly favours an adult male tiger over any brown bear (even the biggest bears) in a fight. According to him, the male tiger will always win this fight, due to being a natural born killer and far more skilled and accustomed predator.

Only young tigers or females can lose to a large male brown bear. But even in a fight against a young tiger or tigress, he only gives a slight edge to the big male brown bear.

Now, although I also strongly favour a male tiger over a very large male brown bear in a fight, I do not agree with Aramilev, that an adult male tiger will "always" kill a large male brown bear. A large brown bear weighing 400-600 kg is a very formidable opponent for any tiger, and the tiger will not "always" win this fight. A fight like this is extremely dangerous for both animals.

Kucherenko reported: only a 'very large' brown bear is capable of defeating a tiger in a fight. However, in fights between tigers and huge brown bears, the tiger is more often the winner:

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https://www.m24.ru/articles/lekcii/05052014/42860

http://maxima-library.org/mob/b/468094?format=read

This makes more sense. There's no doubt, that in some cases, a huge male brown bear (weighing 400-600 kg) will defeat a tiger in a fight, but according to the experts, the male tiger is the clear favorite in this fight and more often kills the big male bear.

Quote:Thank you for your search for facts that enrich the debate. What remains in my thinking about this is that a unique/definitive answer has not yet been found, because the victory of the adult male tiger over an adult brown bear (or usurri) cannot be made unambiguous.

I appreciate it.

To some extent, I see where your coming from.

All I can say is ....most experts, biologists and naturalists favor the tiger in a fight, all the fight statistics show that tigers win most fights against brown bears, in some statistics dominated the brown bear in fights (Rukovsky), experienced Russian hunters and locals also report that tigers win most fights against brown bears, and some expert testimonies indicate that male tigers usually defeat huge brown bears in fights.

Take from this, what you will. Reply