B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

[Roflcopters]

(10-16-2015, 09:24 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(10-16-2015, 08:06 PM)sanjay Wrote: This is another strange behavior of tiger that is very surprising. I think @Roflcopters will also like to add this incident in thread of Great tiger father. TFS, the first image is so fabulous

You can actually watch the video of this interaction as well.
I will say that the cubs and noor still seem uneasy with each other, you can see submissive behavior from the cubs towards noor and once T57 stands up for a bit, all eyes are on him.
Time will tell if this peace will last, but it almost seemed like noor was communicating with them that it may be time to leave the nest. 
I hope it all works out, they are as large as their mother at this point so it wouldn't be a death sentence if they left the nest.

I think the fact that she bred with him makes it easier for him to accept the cubs, as long as they submit to him, give way during feeding and not try to "play" with him like they would their father, it could work out.

(11-11-2015, 12:06 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(11-10-2015, 10:31 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: Tigers anywhere north of India and anywhere in Nepal always seem more impressive than Central Indians and Southern Indians. that's for sure.

I agree with Copters here. The number of studied N. Indian Tigers are relatively low, correct? But we still got Madla and some large boys from Assam (not sure where)
But I think if we got more Tiger numbers from the North, we would probably see larger Madla type tigers. I can only go off of Kanwaar since he's the only person I have spoken with in regards to variations between areas. He has said very enthusiastically that the largest tigers he has ever seen is Corbett and Kaziranga and the Kaziranga tiger he filmed was the largest tiger big cat that he has ever seen in his life.
But that of course isn't an end all statement, just one that I go off of. I look at Kaziranga and I don't think that they are any taller or longer than other tigers but I certainly believe they are heavier when lb for lb. But this is just an observation only.


In regards to Copters Request

Here are my top 10 Central  (Not according to size, just my favorites)
10. Namdev (Saturn)
9. Jai
8. Bheema (bandhavrgh)
7. Bamera
6. Bhima (kahna)
5. Red Eye
4. Shivaji
3. Kingfisher
2. Waghdoh
1. Munna

Now for the tough one, who do I think is the largest...............

As of now, I think Bhima (from kahna) is the largest tiger in central india, but I could say Waghdoh was, Bheema (bandhvargh). Kingfisher or even Jai all APPEAR to rival in size.
If Jai was actually weighed than he isn't in the talk of largest, but like you, I have many doubts of the claim that he was actually weighed as of right now so I will include him in the talks of "Largest" just because he's such big guy any way.

What about yours Copters?

@Pantherinae Great video of Munna, btw. He is a monster tiger, thats for sure.

I think anywhere with large quantities of males will have larger tigers IMO, more competition breeds larger competitors. Thats probably why I think Kahna has the largest of C. India atm.

Decent list but im shocked about Bhima being your largest tiger in all of Central India.

My top 10 biggest

1) Jai of Umred Karhandla - his weight of 220 kilograms was nothing but a gross under estimate by Dr.Bilal Habib. Jai is far bigger than any central Indian male and people of Central India are well aware of his extraordinary potential. (Check Varun Thakkar's facebook timeline for his latest video of Jai next to a fairly large tigress). Hes abnormally huge.

2) Wagdoh of Tadoba - this legendary male needs no introduction, hes well known for his freakish size and he's been a subject of many articles as a result of that. He was also featured in a documentary and people that have seen Prime Wagdoh would agree that he was on a league of his own. Only now im beginning to think that Jai in his prime has officially surpassed Wagdoh's size.

3) M62 - the only known survivor from Madla/Hairyfoot ancestry, only saw a glimpse of him once in a video and saw a handful of his pictures. his large framed body and a huge head was enough for me to know the obvious. hes still out there somewhere and even Wildlife Institute of India stated that he was a rather Large male. a while ago it was revealed that a "ghost" tiger might have sired some of the cubs in Panna because their dna samples didnt match with any known males that were introduced to the park and according to WII. he was the last of his kind before tragedy struck the Panna tigers and the local population went extinct. 



I had a very hard time picking my top 3 so its fair to say that i cant continue any further, every big tiger pretty much rivals a bigger tiger and to be fairly honest. I think most tigers easily compare with each other. 15-20kg difference max is hardly visible but something that is far bigger than all the others is a bit obvious to the naked eye and so this does it for me. Jai, Wagdoh and M62 are my ultimate Central Indian Tigers. Reply