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

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I agree with @Jimmy 

In that instance, Matkasur dominated the entire affair. The mother Sloth Bear did manage to survive but not without many deep wounds and she had an offspring to protect, when Matkasur tired out he decided to break it off and suffered little more than a couple of cuts, he controlled her the entire time, made her carry his weight, bit her at will and controlled her position, she was tenacious and kept her vitals away successfully, she lived to fight another day but, Sloths are victims for Tigers, to my knowledge no adult Tiger has been reported to have been killed be a Sloth Bear, but tigers can and will predate on Sloth bears fairly often. That shows that one is a defensive combatant while the other is a predatory combatant.
Most decent sized prey species can and will put up successful defense against their Carnivorous counterparts, not all the time but it happens quite often. Warthogs can fight off Lions, boars can fight off Tigers, I've seen badgers and wolverines fight off much larger predators and so on. There is no rule of thumb, a bear that fights off matkasur one day can easily fall to him the next, a bite that was unsuccessful in finding it's mark one time can deliver a killing blow the next. Reply