Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

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(01-24-2019, 05:49 PM)Pckts Wrote: Anything is possible but it's still extremely unlikely. In fact, I have never seen or heard of a big cat dying from that type of wound inflicted by another. Big cats are built to fight one another, they can generally withstand a lot and if you watch any cat that prefers the grapple technique like Leopards and Tigers and you'll see it quite often. Imo the more dangerous technique is when a cat goes for the throat and the other cat is able to bring its rear legs up and claw the face of the aggressor, I'd bet that and the random paw swipe are the major contributors to lost or damage eyes.

Yes it is rare, otherwise we would have information about such cases time to time. But for instance this news:

https://www.bigcatsindia.com/7-tiger-died-nagpur/

There we have 7 dead tigers and explanations about causes of death, some certain, some suspected. But when trying to find some research or documentation telling more than "55 tigers killed to natural causes".... very difficult. Or if there is mentioned "34 tigers killed in fighting" I guess, that it means tiger vs tiger, but it would be interesting to know more. I hope, that someone finds something more some day. Now we have obviously many cases which have been more or less investigated, but how come we have no documentation to look closer, that what kind of cases are confirmed and what are suspected and why? From jungle it is much more difficult to get as much footage than from savannah, it is easy to understand. What is more difficult to understand is that there looks like to be information but so difficult to find it. Some glimpses here and there. Or does someone have a good source maybe, which I have missed? :) Reply