Tiger Predation

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Here's an EXTRAORDINARY account of a Sunderbans Tiger killing a large Saltwater Crocodile, by Dr Sanyal, a pioneer of project Tiger in the Sunderbans area.


"As the boat ambled on, Dr. Sanyal told of an eyewitness account reported many years ago: Crossing a broad river, like this one, a tiger had been followed by a crocodile. Maneuvering alongside the tiger, the crocodile thrashed its great tail, striking the tiger across his nose. Here Dr. Sanyal straightened his back and raised his head imperiously; unconsciously, he assumed the mien and manner of the hero-beast. "Tiger had blood coming out of his nose," Dr. Sanyal said, majestically. "But he did not say a thing. He kept on swimming. As soon as he got to the other side, he put one paw on the ground, and he turned with the second paw and came up under the crocodile's belly, and flipped him"-eighteen hundred pounds of estuarine crocodile, which the tiger then ripped open. There was a pause while we savored this tale of strategy and courage. Dr. Sanyal had regained his own gentle manner. "And this is why we love Tiger," he said."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/tigerland

The Sunderbans Tiger is considered to be the smallest out of all the Bengal tiger populations, and still...its able to easily kill a large adult Saltwater Crocodile! (Which is the largest sub-species of Crocs in the world) Reply