Tiger Predation

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I don't know if this tiger predation was posted here before now. I hope it's interesting.

Photo and information credits: Wildlife art of Szabolcs Kókay. Jan. 2016, Ranthambhore National Park
"Within 30 mins on our afternoon safari this scene was waiting for us at Rajbag lake. Our guide,who is out there almost every day, has only 1-2 such sightings in a year."

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"Within 30 mins of our afternoon safari, we arrived to this scene by the Rajbagh lake. The 2 years old daughters of our morning Tigress had a Wild Boar kill. The smaller one, Arrowhead was probably the one who caught it, as her fur was very wet and muddy."

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"The wild boar was hunted 10-20 mins before our arrival. The smaller tiger was vet and muddy, so probably she killed it. But the other on the right is dominant, so didn't let her eating from it. Watching 2 tigers arguing over the prey from 10 meters was chilling experience. We could even hear the crushing of the bones."

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"The bigger, Lightning, was clearly the dominant. She didn't let her sister eat from the boar. There was quite a tension between the 2 Tigresses, quite often they growled at each other. Watching from 10 meters in an open jeep was quite an experience, we could clearly hear the crushing of bones."

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"After a while Lightning pulled the carcass into the high grass to continue feeding at peace. Only the sound of the grass told us that a Tiger is closeby."

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