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

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(03-01-2018, 11:09 PM)Upeter Wrote:
(03-01-2018, 02:57 PM)Spalea Wrote:
(03-01-2018, 01:52 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Is the story "Amba" in book form? Would Sysoev be the author? 

Amba" ? It's the Siberian name given to the tiger, the tiger's name which even the hunters pronounce by whispering... I remember to have seen the movie "Dersou Ouzala" by Akira Kurozawa, from the book of Vladimir Arseniev. Amba, the tiger, fearsome spirit of the forest...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersu_Uzala_(1975_film)

In Dersu's world, the tiger was 'Amba'. The Udege also use this word.

The short story named 'Amba', however, was written by Sysoev. It was first posted by 'Grahh' from AVA in the thread 'Male bears are not our of the predatory reach of tigers if of similar size' (the title could be slightly different). Last time I visited AVA, it was still there. 

Sysoev's story is about a male tiger. The tiger was robbed more than once by a brown bear. As the bear was very large, he was unable to do anything about it. When another, smaller, bear also tried to rob the tiger, a fight erupted. As the description was very detailed, my guess is that Sysoev could have seen a fight between a brown bear and a tiger himself. I once read he saw four, but that seems unlikely. Anyhow. The brown bear, an emaciated 'Schatun', won the fight and killed the tiger.

Although written in Russian, there is an English version. I'll try to find it, but it might take a while.

In the meantime, my advice is to buy 'Dersu the Trapper - A True Account by V.K. Arseniev'. The first English edition was published in 1941 by E.P. Dutton & Co (New York). A new version was published in 1968. In 1996, an edition translated by Malcolm Burr was published. This is the one I bought (ISBN 0-929701-50-X or 0-929701-49-6). Highly recommended: 


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Thanks a lot for your valuable information, I think that a big Brown Bear is too much too powerful for any Tiger
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