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07-01-2019, 07:07 AM( This post was last modified: 07-01-2019, 07:12 AM by peter )
(06-29-2019, 09:43 PM)Shadow Wrote:
(06-29-2019, 08:44 PM)Sully Wrote: An excerpt from @peter post in the "Tigers are social animals?" thread
"Remember the information about a tigress with four cubs followed by an enormous male brown bear in Russia? Wolverine posted about it in the tiger extinction thread some months ago. The bear stalked her in order to confiscate her kills. Rangers knew and considered hunting the bear, as there was no need for him to stalk the tigress for so long. Before they acted, tigress 'Rashel' did. They heard her complain. At least, that's what they thought. They had never heard the sound she made before. Within days, a male tiger appeared. In the video Wolverine posted, you can see him and the tigress. He was definitely reassuring her. The bear got wind of the changing tide and decided to move. Could have been a result of the hunting season, but my guess is there were other reasons."
Do we have any other accounts of similar vocalizations? This sounds out of the norm, especially the fact the guys hadn't heard the sound in question before
As far as I know, this is only case, where is suspected that tigress would have in some way called help. And I haven´t seen any information about it, that what kind of voice that might have been. Was it a coincidence or did it actually happen, I think that any guess is as good as some other. If someone knows other case(s) it would be really interesting.
In the Russian Far East, conservation is taken very serious. This means that poachers are caught and jailed. Newspapers and stations quite often report about arrests. Everything I read and saw (videos) strongly suggests that rangers are motivated and well-informed. This, most probably, is the reason they knew about tigress 'Rashel', her cubs and the large male brown bear who followed and robbed 'Rashel' for some time. Quite something in a region where tigers need large territories.
Before the rangers had taken a decision on the bear, tigress 'Rashel' acted. They heard her call more than once. They had never heard a similar sound and guessed it was either a complaint about the bear or a call for help. A few days later, the father of the cubs visited the tigress. The videos that were posted suggest he was trying to reassure her. Not much later, the bear disappeared.
I never heard of a similar case before. In order to find out a bit more, one of us needs to contact those involved.
