Felids Interactions - Intraspecific Conflicts

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(12-30-2019, 04:04 AM)Pckts Wrote: Cuts to the pad are one thing but there was only one dominate animal there. He's trying to mate not kill cubs or her, shes in no position to Kill him while he could of decided to go for the throat at any time.

Here you can see when the male means business and not worried about mating.
This is Machli and Romeo 

Maybe you missed that I already mentioned, that not too serious fight. Point to share that was to show, that tigresses can fight when protecting cubs. In that case which I shared it was quite obvious, that cubs weren´t right next to adults. Everyone can imagine how some female tiger can behave, when cub is in immediate danger. It has been said in different places, that fights which have caused deaths of males by tigresses have been when cubs have been in danger and male tiger too close. That is also logical, when looking different species. Mothers are often ready to do desperate things fiercely, when cubs are in immediate danger. Tigers seem to be no exception. 

Bringing in fights in which males win proves nothing. That is normal way to go, because they are bigger and stronger. What Thapar told and Indian Forester also mentioned are about incidents, which happen time to time, not all the time.

But let´s see how much more can be found out about these interactions in which tigresses are forced and willing to protect their cubs, there seems to be more to be found, when time to check more closely. Reply