Male Tigers with Cubs

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(06-21-2023, 09:51 PM)Ashutosh Wrote: Except you don’t see Baisanghat even now in Mukki as most of his territory is still in the non-tourism zone. He is barely photographed at all even now. As @Rage2277 noted we barely know about any of his mates or cubs.

And, for all of Uma’s supposed dominance how many cubs did he father and protect? A male tiger’s reign isn’t just based on territory size. If you compared Bheem’s territory from Bandhavgarh or Bajrang’s from Tadoba, they both had territories 2.5-3 times bigger than Uma’s. Not to mention both of those have fathered and raised many cubs. Uma couldn’t do that. 

Baisanghat on the other hand has successfully protected and raised a couple of litters that we know of (most probably has done more in the non-tourism area). He was seen in and out of Mukki but how many times did Uma confront him about it? Garhi used to do the same. Their territories were big enough for them to patrol and protect. They weren’t being expansionist when they ventured into Mukki.

T-46 is photographed far more often in Mukki now, just look at the last 2 years. You have way more images of him than you had from 2018-early 21’

Uma has 4-6 cubs alive I believe atm and he fathered more but not all made it. As well as mating with multiple females/multiple seasons so who knows how many cubs he actually sired. Not to mention, what exactly would that have to do with his dominance? He dominated the most prolific territory in Kanha, there’s no denying it.

And where are you getting your territorial size claims? Kanha is much larger than both Tadoba and Bandhavgarh with a larger Tiger population. And within Kanha, Mukki is probably the largest core zone and was dominated by Uma, so I’m not sure your math works there.

T-46 also has no confirmed litters raised until recently where we still don’t even know they are his. 

The fact is that when it comes to Kanha “Mukki particularly” No Tiger was more dominant than Uma for modern times.Hence why he frequented there his entire life while all others came and went or are completely gone. Reply