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Young tigress 'Elena':
This young tigress killed and ate a bear: https://livebir.ru/siela-miedviedia-i/ http://amur-tiger.ru/ru/press_center/news/1477/ She also chased ( possibly hunting ) huge bears which scattered in panic from her:  *This image is copyright of its original author https://mirnov.ru/rubriki-novostey/yeto-...ossii.html 
Siberian specimen patrolling on snow.
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Male tiger 'Obor' at night time, and Alexander Batalov in the same place during daytime:
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A large, powerful looking wild male tiger from Northeast China:
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Huge male tiger from Northeast China: ( 2020 )
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In the Russian far east and Northeast China ( Manchuria ) the tiger, for tens of thousands of years, has been the top predator. To the aboriginal Manchu-Tungus people tigers are the masters of the taiga. In the Amur-Ussuri region the Nanay, Udege, Orochi and Ulchi peoples revered Amba, the tiger, as a totemic animal.
Udege were often called 'Tiger people'. Natives were so much in awe of the tiger that they did not even dare mention its name. If they came upon tiger tracks in the forest, they would bow respectfully and quietly retreat.  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A...frontcover The indigenous population of the Russian Far East revered the tiger as a sacred animal - the master of the taiga - and never hunted it. If people had a chance to encounter a tiger in the taiga, they prayed that the owner would not touch them. http://tigerstrail.ru/about/
Large, muscular male Amur tiger from Northeast China:
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You could tell me that's a Kaziranga male and I wouldn't question it. What an incredibly robust male. Tfs!
How heavy is the largest contemporary wild Amur tiger? Is it still the 212 kg one or has the weight increased?
(07-16-2021, 11:16 PM)Sully Wrote: You could tell me that's a Kaziranga male and I wouldn't question it. What an incredibly robust male. Tfs! When it comes to very large tigers from modern times, Bengal tigers get most of the attention now, but looking at more and more recent camera trap photos and videos from the Russian far east and Northeast China, they show that there are some huge male Amur tigers that easily rival the size of huge male Bengal tigers. Modern Amur tigers size is underrated by many people. Amur tiger biologists and researchers have not captured a large sample ( conclusive ) of full-grown healthy male tigers and weighed them, their samples included some young males and some emaciated, unhealthy animals. If modern biologists actually weighed a conclusive amount of full-grown healthy adult male tigers, I would confidently put my money on it, that the average would be over 200 kg for modern Amurs. I have no doubt. And if some modern Amur tigers are still reaching very large sizes today, despite suffering from severe prey depletion, then imagine the sizes of tigers a century ago, when prey was far more abundant. I could easily see those reported 300+kg wild Amur tigers back then.
Tiger 'Beast' competes in height with a ( large male ) brown bear ..
Alexey Gotvansky, an employee of the scientific department of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Zapovednoye Priamurye”, continues monitoring the territories of the Anyui National Park. Over the past week, he has explored the Pikhtsa basin. This is a difficult section in all respects, moreover, it had to be passed under extreme conditions - at an air temperature of + 35 and hordes of all kinds of gnats. “On one side of the site there is a large river Pikhtsa, which flows into Lake Gassi, on the other - the Sikhote-Alin forts. Here, the place is untouched, there are no roads or even paths. Yes, besides, there are mari and swamps all around, - says Alexey. “Therefore, we managed to reach only seven traps, having walked about 95 kilometers in four days along these wonderful places. But the results were worth it." Closer to the upper reaches of the Pikhtsa River, a camera trap installed by Alexey on the larch mari produced excellent shots. In May, the device recorded a struggle for supremacy between the permanent inhabitants of these places - a bear and a tiger. True, the clubfoot worked on it after the photo session - tore off the device and left it on the ground. “This large bear has been living here for a long time. He cannot be confused with anyone because of his height and power. And the tiger, which has already become a celebrity, is the Beast, says Gotvansky. - Comparing photographs, among other things, one can understand how close the bear is to the gigantic size of a tiger. Nevertheless, they have been dividing this territory for many years without conflict. They just flaunt each other, trying to leave their scent marks on the so-called "post" tree one above the other. " The monster tiger according to the observations of the monitoring specialist, walks along the entire Pikhtsa, and the bear does not need a large territory. He has a plot of several tens of kilometers with an abundance of food - and that's enough. By the way, after checking the first 35 camera traps of Anyui National Park in April this year, 19 of them were spotted with tigers. This is a good indicator. In total, about 70 devices are placed on the territory of the Anyuisky National Park.  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.facebook.com/zapovednoepriamure/?hc_ref=ARRDgNOaCIHaRwLBQZH26kvABXs3vOp9g4HVjlnoAedS8CVTwqfnJPGV7ajJOMOl8Fw&fref=nf&__tn__=kCH-R
Amur tiger from Northeast China: Photo by Jilin Provincial Forestry Department
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Juvenile male tiger cub "Light":
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