Felids Interactions - Intraspecific Conflicts

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mahendrajain2015-Brutality of the Wild World (a Video Film will be released on this story soon) - Ranthambhore - 2019.

It was a bright and sunny afternoon. Termperature was upwards of 40 deg C. 
As our vehicle slowly continued in our pursuit to spot a wild cat, we saw Noor resting in a water body.

We continued enjoying the sighting. All of a sudden, about 50 feet away, we saw another tiger approach the water body with caution. This was Noor’s daughter - Sultana. Noor soon got out of the water body and started to walk away. 
Sultana then got into the water body, albeit briefly. She got out within a couple of minutes and to our surprise started walking in the direction of Noor. It didnt take us long to realise that she wanted to have a fight with her mother and it would be one of those brutal territorial fights.

It wasnt long before Sultana caught up with Noor and what followed thereafter is difficult to explain in words. I have never witnessed such a brutal fight in the middle of the forest path, not far from where our vehicle was. They roared at each other and fought vigorously. To our surprise, Noor gave up in the end and Sultana won the battle. Sultana was a little under 3 years old and she managed to win the fight against her mother and managed to claim the territory as hers. 
Noor was earlier also chased away from her previous territory. What happens ahead - only time will tell. There was news that Noor had mated a few weeks back. There was hope that she would deliver cubs soon. Hope Noor recovers from this shock and continues her journey in this brutal wild world.  Reply