B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

[Ngala]

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"Hulk of Ranthambhore"

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[Rishi]

(03-31-2017, 07:31 PM)Ngala Wrote: Photo and information credits: Sunil Sharma
"Hulk of Ranthambhore"

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Hulk here looks frail & in pretty bad shape...I failed to ID him though, who from Ranth is of that age??!!!  Reply

[Pckts]

T28 I'd guess Reply

[phatio]

@Pckts he's not T 28 Star male, He is T-3 Bahadur son of Machali. 

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one of the oldest male tiger in Ranthambhore right now. Reply

[phatio]

T64 Bajrang, brother of Bheema (RIP) in 2015

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the late Kingfisher June 2015

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someone is getting bigger, Mahaman male tiger from Bandhavgarh, feb 2017

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Raja with his massive arms as usual, looking for a place to spray, 2015

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cute little bird (Red Wattled Lapwing) posing in front of Matkasur, Tadoba june 2016

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injured Matkasur after got into a fight with Gabbar aka Leopard Face over Maya tigress

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rare photo of a male bengal tiger from himalayan foothills. this is one of the most remarkable photographs of wild tigers taken by F.W. Champion in the 1920s. 

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F.W. Champion was a forester and a pioneer of camera trapping system.

old photos of Banda junior from Kanha back in 2008

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little Somanshu aka Mr.X as a cub (the second cub in the video) checking his kingdom, 2013

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[Pckts]

That's Pandu with the injured nose I believe not matkusar Reply

[Roflcopters]

Matkasur and Pandu are same tigers, Tadoba guides can't stick to one name.. Reply

[Pckts]

I tjought they were different but it's definitely confusing.
A discussion here.... but I'm almost more confused after reading it haha

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Not sure if the images above are showing since I posted on my phone? Reply

[Roflcopters]

I can't see the pictures but Matkasur and Pandu are the same, just two names given to the same tiger. Reply

[Roflcopters]

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Matkasur male - March/2017

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Matkasur near C97 waterhole - March/2017

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Matkasur on the move - March.2017

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Narasimha near Pandherpauni - March/2017

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the massive Narasimha - March/2017

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Kankajhari male of Kolara buffer - March/2017

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Bmw - March/2017

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Kzt085 near Bagori range - (March/7/2017). the same giant male that killed one of India's biggest tiger in May/2011. 

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here's KZT023 few months prior to his fatal fight with KZT085

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KZT023 in early 2011. 

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Kaziranga male from the eastern range in 2011, I'm sure most of you have already seen this picture. Reply

[Pckts]

Ok, I'll post it when I'm in front of a pc, I'm sure you're right though.

So Pandu is known as P4 I guess, he is the brother of P1, P2 and p3.
Does matkasur have 3 siblings as well? Reply

[Roflcopters]

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Khursapar male of Pench, MH - father of all of Durga's cubs. March/2017

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Mukhtar from Mahrashtara is possibly one of the biggest male of Central India and according to Varun Thakkar, he saw Mukhtar as a young cub at Bakari lake and that entire area was under Khursapar male's control for the last five years so he's most likely the father of Mukhtar.

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female from Dudhwa - March/2017

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Rhino killer of Dudhwa - Feb/2017

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flehmen display

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@Pckts : you're right pckts, Maya had a brother called "Pandu" the original Pandu and he hasn't been sighted in a long time. possibly lives on the fringes of Tadoba in the buffer areas and very little is known about Matkasur's siblings, he was fathered by Katezari male and the old jamunjhora female on April/2012 and was born in a litter of 3. not sure if the other two cubs were male or females. there's almost no record of them. check post #380 that you made here, http://wildfact.com/forum/topic-tigers-o...ia?page=26. Reply

[shaileshsharadnaik]

Friends,

just completed Tadoba tour , 2 weeks back. Update of Taboda

• Mohurli range - Bajrang , the dominant male tiger is going strong. Sometimes he is seen travelling far away areas into Tadoba range. Recently he was seen mating with Sonam again at telia lake. Sonam's last litter; 2 male and 1 female cub ( May 15 born) has separated from mother. All these 4 are seen in and around telia lake separately. I think one of the her cub ( most probably the female cub) has taken a liking of swimming across telia lake. She was spotted multiple times crossing it. Never saw earlier tigers doing this because lakes have crocs too. Waghdoh area have shy and elusive tigers; Waghdoh female and her sub adult cubs are spotted in this area but very rarely. Devdoh female have a new litter of 3 cubs. She is seen occasionally in and around Khatoda gate.
   
• Tadoba range - Matkasur male dominates this huge area. he is spotted very often, sometimes with choti tara and cubs as family and sometimes mating with maya. But few other males are also seen occasionally  like Narsinha, Navegaon male, kankazari male.  Vasant bandhara area is closed , so Katezari male isn't seen. Last seen was more than 1 year back.  Guides told me, he has moved still deeper inside in area called Bhanuskhindi. Gabbar is supposed to be inside Vasant bandhara. He is not spotted after July 16. Maya is often spotted. He male cub of last litter, Bhola ( May 15 born) is separated and occasionally spotted after a brief skirmish with Matkasur male in Feb 17. Maya may be pregnant. The most happening and most sighted family is Choti tara and 2 male cubs ( 8 months old and very bold). They are around jamni lake and meadows. I spotted the cubs twice in 4 days. In and around kolara and navegaon buffer few other tigers are also occasionally spotted
•  Kolsa range - Shibvanzari female and her 4 cubs are often spotted but in first week of march, 2 of the cubs were fitted with collars and hence sighting deceased but now again they are back. Kuwhani female and her 7-8 moths cubs are often seen. Hirdi nala tigress  and her 3 cubs are often spotted. On one lucky day , forest guards spotted these 9 tigers together near sukdi bodi water hole ( 2 tigresses with 7 of their cubs) . They were walking together like a large lion pride. What a view it would have been. But no photos of that. As usual kolsa males like Bunty and Gangaram are rarely photographed but often spotted by villagers and forest guards
• Buffer - Devada, junona and agarzari buffer have sightings of Madhuri and 4 cubs. Waghdoh male has moved away and seen very occasionally. Othe two females aishwarya and sharmillee too occasionally   I also witnessed a wild dogs hunt as devada lake.
  

In short Tadoba is rocking. from now on till 15 June is the best time to visit there. Posting a photo of Choti tara male cub clicked by my friend and co-tourist shashank kadam on 20 march Reply

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[Pckts]

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