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

[peter]

(10-02-2018, 06:18 PM)P.T.Sondaica Wrote: @peter amba kill by male brown bear is real?

Some 8 years ago, there was a debate about Sysoev and his story ('Amba') in the thread 'Male bears are not out of the predatory reach of tigers if of similar size' on AVA (Animals Versus Animals - Yuku - now Tapatalk). Most posters involved in the debate thought the story was fictional.

One of the posters who participated, Alexious3, was well-informed. He said he knew of 2 male tigers killed by male brown bears in the Russian Far East. One incident happened in 1960, the other in 1972. There's no info on the second incident, but the first was described in a newspaper published in 1960. An English version of the report was posted by Grahh. The report said the tiger had been a young adult male.

Rukovsky also referred to a fight between a male tiger and a bear described as 'very large'. The struggle had been prolonged. The skull found in the snow indicated that the tiger had been about 4 years of age. Alexious3 thought it could have been the same incident described in the newspaper report, but he wasn't sure. If you want to know more, my advice is to read the thread mentioned in the first paragraph.  

The story written by Sysoev has a lot of details not seen in other reports. These suggest that Sysoev might have witnessed a fight between a tiger and a bear, but it's also possible he talked to others. We don't know. What is known, is that Sysoev had a lot of experience. Reply