All about Gaur (Bos gaurus)

[Shadow]

(01-09-2019, 05:48 PM)Jimmy Wrote:

(01-09-2019, 12:50 PM)Shadow Wrote: Gaur(s) notices something disturbing and getting rid of it....  It is good for tigers, that when fleeing, they run longer distances than when making attacks usually.

It's always a trade-off for prey either you have to be nimble and outrun your predator or be big to confront it or shakeoff an attack. Gaurs fall in latter catagory, if the tigers can't surprise and attack gaur will turn against it, for the solo hunter, a herd of females or a  big lone bull is a challenge, lone female possibly pre or post birthing is fair game though, which misses the critical above mentioned catagory -neither nimble nor brute and likely fall on the mix catagory. On the mix catagory are other prey like wildboars, eland, moose, roan antelope, even zebra or large sambars etc which may repel small predators with their size like leopards but is too slow and cumbersome for an adult male tiger or a lion. Their bulk won't deter these largest cats. Tigers know this they can't outchase fleetfooted deer unless they make tactical adjustment and run them towards water then the chase can continue against gaur, chasing won't work, not that they are unapproachable, I think tiger can get them but you really don't want head on confrontation and give your game away.
This is not what you want

This is what you want - element of surprise

Yes, it can sometimes be easy to forget, that most of the times big cats fail in hunting and need to make many attemps until able to get prey. "Full frontal" against big prey like gaur is so very unlikely to succeed like your second video show too. Looks like, that ambush from behind has been successful or gaur has maybe injured itself when escaping and immobilized. There is a risk when escaping in woods, that breaking leg etc. and after that there is nothing to do. Or then tiger is successful to hurt hindlegs enough to immobilize them. It is cruel of course, but also a proof how dangerous pray big herbivores are for big cats. Reply