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12-30-2019, 11:21 AM( This post was last modified: 12-30-2019, 11:22 AM by Shadow )
(12-30-2019, 09:20 AM)Rishi Wrote:
(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
Have you noticed that submitting tigers are often so aggressive!
It's rather the dominant animal who moves away, satisfied with establishing dominance & not looking to escalate the situation.
Also, remember a lioness killed her mate &father of 3 cubs at Indianapolis Zoo (October 2018)?... Males don't have Kevlar skin, if an experienced matriarch can get to its throat, it's in trouble.
If in some situation male tiger can underestimate tigresses determination, capability and will to fight if have to, it´s obviously when tigress defends cubs. Many tigresses might not dare to do that and submit to watch how cubs are killed. But when there is a tigress willing to do all it can to save her cubs, it´s another thing. In such situation it´s easy to think, that male tiger can hesitate split second in wrong place and time and then pays the price, smaller or bigger.
All in all, Thapar writes in his book(s) about one case. Indian Forester mention, that such cases are known to have happened. Some other places also have such indications. People are, as always, free to decide what they keep reliable and what not. I will ask from some places if they can give more information, I hope that someone else does the same too. Maybe this isn´t too difficult mystery after all.