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@Apollo

While Min ha may have been quick to exaggerate in past, he has recently gotten back from a Trip to Kahna, he has seen many of these tigers first hand. (Not sure if you are speaking of him directly, if not, I'm sorry)  But Im going to post his info about Munna and Kahna tigers in general. I know we have a thread dedicated to Munna already, this can be moved there if you'd like. But figured it was worth showing in response to the statement above.









Here is some info on Munna from Minha
" Re size, I always find Kanha tigers much bigger than BNP ones like Bamera Bokha etc. I even found tigers in Kanha larger than tadoba ones like Wagdoh or Yeda Anna. And Ravi Naidu has worked at kanha for several years plus he's highly praised by his peers as someone who knows tadoba like the back of his hand, so I decided to ask him what he thought of some indivdual tigers like Munna, Pattewala, wagdoh so on, all of which he has seen from time to time. He said Munna and Pattewala are the largest, with Munna being his favorite. Late last year a friend of mine on FB named Jason Fernandez who has seen Bamera and Wagdoh before at close quarters, managed to spot Munna after 4 years of tracking him. He said Munna is much bigger than Bamera, bigger than Wagdoh even and is the biggest he's seen. Ravi and Jason only stated the obvious, since kanha tiger's heads are the biggest I've seen, and the biggest tigers possess biggest heads, since head-to-standing-height ratios are pretty constant among all Bengal tigers."


leminh | over 1 year ago


And here is Kay

" Lots of interesting reading here. I will agree Kanha males are bigger than all in Bandhavgarh but dont believe the females are? As to a tough living in Kanha this is to do with dense forest and difficulty of hunting for sure as you suggest. I like the observation about sambar as I say sambar are prefered here too though Jhorjhora and Sita and Pyari being more linked to life in the meadow took a lot of chital before. Because meadows have changed or rather are now differently managed the tigers now hunt more on the fringes of the meadows and in the forest here and take more sambar, wild boar and are even tackling small gaur now though not too successfully.I agree Soo you would think big food would mean big body but maybe its more harder work big body? And as to so much water in Kanha that depends on area and kind of water sources I would think? If you come to Bandhavgarh in height of summer everything is off the hills but hunting is a lot more difficult due to so many eyes together and the heat and exhaustion of the hunt. This is why the lack of firelines in tall grass meadows have changed things so much. Easier because of numbers but harder because of other factors. We must appreciate tigers and all cats are lazy overall and like easy options regarding finding food. Hence why males steal off females, join meals, kill cubs over food etc. Often in Bandhavgarh tigers loose more weight in summer than monsoon when dispersal of prey makes it tough and there is less to share all road. Its also a time of high conflict too because the easy food is outside the park and cover is poor and people very active at exactly the time cats are."

KayTiwari | over 1 year ago

And we all can agree that Kay knows his tigers, thats for sure.

I also read one that a very well known photographer (can't remember which one, but Ive posted it before)
Said he mistakenly thought Red Eye was Munna since they were so close in size.



But I agree Kingfisher is a massive Tiger, no 2 ways about that. Reply