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

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(07-03-2017, 07:24 AM)peter Wrote: JIM CORBETT AND OLD INDIA - 1


I had prepared a number of posts on tigers and bears in Russia, but when looking for recent information on the internet I stumbled upon a number of videos I want to post right now. The reason is the never know when these videos will be removed. Some of the videos are old, but that doesn't mean they were posted a long time ago. Some, in fact, were posted recently. They are unique.

When I had seen a few and tried to find a few more, I ended with a few videos of Jim Corbett. And a movie in which he features. It was broadcasted on the BBC a number of years ago. I'm not saying the books are better, but a ful llength movie about Jim Corbett is a must see. 


1a - Videos of Himalayan tigers

Before moving to Jim Corbett, I want you to see a few old videos in which Himalayan tigers feature. Those who read books about tigers in India written a long time ago know that many of them had reports about large tigers. This was in particular true for the northern part of what was then British India, where tigers of ten feet and over seemed to be quite common.  

My guess is most biologists didn't take these stories very serious. This, as Ullas Karanth wrote, was a result of the rumours about 11-inch tapes, Maharajahs demanding giant tigers, unreliable methods and all the rest of it. When I posted the 20 tables about the size of tigers in old India a year and a half ago or so, the arguments used to dismiss these records out of hand were discussed at length.  

Here's a few old videos in which tigers shot in northern India feature. Large males:   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghnCdYooF5U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snJ77yWVD1w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbtP4FzN9yY

Here's a few recent videos of tigers shot in the same region:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcC8hkOAlDM

Tiger of the third video was huge Reply