B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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(10-17-2017, 11:18 AM)Apollo Wrote:

(10-17-2017, 10:41 AM)Rishi Wrote:

(10-17-2017, 04:36 AM)Roflcopters Wrote:

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Khali from Agarzari Buffer, May/2017

Agarzari is buffer of Tadoba, & this was clearly not taken in Corbett...
How many Khalis are there? What is the current status of Corbett's famous Khali?.. Anybody knows..?

 
The Khali from Corbett would be dead by now (most probably).
This is a different Khali from Tadoba, he is said to be a tall tiger.

But remember the Khali from Corbett is a massive monster in size compared to the Khali from Tadoba.


Among the known central Indian tigers, Waghdoh is undoubtedly the biggest male in its prime.
Here is a info from a guy named Sanjay Nair. Who as seen prime Waghdoh, Khali and the mighty Tyson.
He talks about all 3.


"Although I am a couple of years late in this discussion, and there is no denying the fact that Wagdoh is huge, I have seen bigger Tigers in the sub-himalayan foothills. There was a tiger called Khali (Named after the wrestler) in Corbett who was immense. This was in 2011 when Wagdoh ruled the Tadoba grasslands. Similarly, there was an unnamed tiger in the Dhikala area who was as big as a baby bison. So, yes, I admit that spotting Wagdoh is always special, but he’s not really the biggest male Tiger in India. And if you are heading to Tadoba now, he’s in the buffer zone. :)"

The Original Khali as Apolo said was from Corbett. He was the dominant male tiger in the Bijrani region of the park and was most active during year 2008-2010. During the flood of 2010 many thought that he died but he was again sighted in 2011 officially.

He never lost any fight officially so we can assume that the old chap just died with glory due to old age. His fight with Bhola got pretty famous and I am sure alot of you must have seen that video. Khali (he was past his prime at the time of the fight) absolutely dwarfed Bhola.My father has seen both Khali and Bhola and he said Bhola was not a small tiger by any means. So we we can assume how huge Khali was.

The Khali name is these days used alot for new male tigers that are huge by any means.


Tyson was a big male who came after the reign of Khali in the park. He was being photographed even before he was 2 years old and at that time he was as big as any dominant male tiger in prime. I had the privilege of seeing Tyson and the images didn't lie. Being a subadult he was huge. But I haven't seen any recent images of him myself.

Growing up around Corbett I can assure you there is not just Tyson rather many baby bison sized males in Corbett but tigers are hardly tracked in the park and therefore no information is available on them.

Infact at present rumour is that there is a giant (by Corbett's standard) male in the 'Gairal' region but no one has any information on it. Corbett and Kaziranga has the biggest males around and yet these two parks have the least amount of research done on the same.

Anyways I myself have seen Wagdoh.He is magical. But yes just as everyone says he is not the biggest Indian tiger. Infact the late Pandit(Son of Sharmelee) was bigger than him as a subadult. Reply