Tiger Predation

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Ustaad, Matkasur, Tadoba Male on night drive, T57 from Ranth, Khali and the list goes on. All videos and accounts are mentioned on the Bear/Tiger interaction thread along with many adult Tigress being run off as well.

There is nothing “flawed” about it. We have far too many eye witness accounts. And the idea of Amir’s regularly preying on Bears is far more flawed. You have very few individuals mentioned who have allegedly done so with not a single one actually seen first hand. Who knows how the interaction actually went?

And it doesn’t matter what region or sub species you’re talking about, none of their diets consist mainly of bears, or even close to that. For one, Bears are apex so their numbers are much less than ungulates and two, they’re far more dangerous so they’ll be avoided more often than not. 

Wagdoh is a special Tiger, huge and with years of experience, the Bear he killed may have been adult but was much smaller than he, it’s easily seen in the photos. And no one is saying Tigers can’t prey on Bears but they certainly cannot do so without a major risk of injury which is why Bears can run off adult prime males no matter which sex of the Bear. But the fact remains, I’ve seen a large male Sloth Bear up close and I’ve seen enough interactions between them on video to put 2 and 2 together and there is absolutely no way a Big male Bear vs a Big male Tiger is going to have the same outcome every time. Both are going to get the better of exchanges from time to time. Reply