Felids Interactions - Intraspecific Conflicts

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(12-29-2019, 10:33 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: idk i can't see that happening in the wild a tigress can def kill a sub male bout a year old but a 2.5 and up not likely at least not when on guard @Pantherinae  @Shadow

I´m in things like this quite down to earth. If in some situation a tigress can be furious and put "all in", it´s when protecting cubs, this can be seen with almost all other species too. I don´t see anything too special in it, that in some occasions male tiger can be surprised in such situation and even get killed. Not often, there aren´t that many possible cases. But Thapar doesn´t seem to be only person mentioning, that tigresses can protect cubs fiercely. And in this case he writes about adult male, not subadult. Thapar is alive and well, maybe he can be emailed or something if interested to find out more. 

And since it looks like Thapar isn´t only person mentioning this kind of behavior, if there is interest to know more it shouldn´t be impossible to find out if there are more cases and what kind of outcomes. Reply