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An amarous male tiger. It was under the partial darkness, overnight Chota brought down a bison calf right in the heart of Chikalwahi female's (P3) territory. The presence of two huge transient males in rather a close proximity was felt. While Chota Matka inspected his food and went inside only to be seen again on a late afternoon, a herd of spotted deers far away behind the behind the hill began with loud alarm calls signalling the presence of a big cat. It took hardly few minutes as all the vehicles stood still at Umrikhora, the bison kill made by Chota was stolen by another transient male, Mowgli. 

A young male tiger in heat is always the most dangerous, the most threatening. For the whole of this season Chota gave some tough times to Maya and family and eventually left Pandharpauni during the late summer. While it was believed that Chota mated with the Bhanuskhindi female and settled in the non tourism area, he suddenly appeared in the buffers of Navegaon. With the absence of Ghinaji and most of the resident females without thier cubs, it seems that Chota is here to stay. A new chapter in the magical land of Tadoba unfolds. Reply