There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
One day an adult male tiger encounters an adult sloth bear that is more determined to save its life than the tiger to kill it. And the tiger gives up. But the fight/skirmish was witnessed and filmed, and the people will be amazed by the sloth bear's fighting spirit.
An other day, the same adult tiger is really starving... Its path crosses once again the sloth bear's one. But the tiger, much more determined prepares its ambush, waits for the decisive instant to attack and kills the sloth bear in five minutes. Not a single human witness to relate that. The perfect crime will remain unknown of the networks.
The circumstances determine the outcome of the fight. A fight between an animal A versus an animal B isn't a boxing match for which the two fighters got prepared to be at the top form at the "T instant". One day even a more or less decided tiger could be ridiculous against a smaller opponent, an other day the same tiger would triumph against the most hardest foe (an adult bear or gaur) he could encounter. There isn't absolute rule "who triumphs against whom ?" in the animal world.