Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

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Odd words by Ajay Suri;

"Members of a particular tiger meta-population are generally accommodative of each other, and often behave as part of a single clan.
When two tigers from different meta-populations confront each other, they exhibit two characteristics — Less affinity and more anger."

"The first properly documented incident of tiger-cannibalism occurred a few years ago in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (also in Madhya Pradesh). This one picture, kept under wraps for long for fear of causing bad press to the Indian wildlife's poster-boy, showed in unmistakable detail a tigress partaking the carcass of another tigress whom she had defeated in a territorial fight."

Tigress Kankatti devours the carcass of Langdi. ©Firstpost/Ajay Suri

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...it did not end with Langdi's death. Two years later, her son returned and killed Kankatti.

Full article here, interesting read: https://www.firstpost.com/india/tiger-ca...29581.html Reply