Big cat and Bear tale

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(03-20-2017, 11:26 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Nice find Sanjay. Remember that the tiger is the predator; the aggressor. The sloth bear stood his ground in defense. It seems odd to me the sloth bear's habit of facing his enemies rather than scurry up a tree like a black bear. They are capable of doing so. I understand it with a grizzly because they are simply not good climbers. Those little guys can be brave in the face of danger.

Brother there is some legit accounts of sloth bears and tigers, and all sorts of bears, it seems from what I saw, that the bear comes into the fight with its head down, so its throat is protected.  So you see that as the bear charges the tiger, its head is down, the tiger ends up clawing the top part of the neck and head, this is a winning strategy for the bear and accounts show it works, eventually the tiger will become worn down not able to get to the throat and bear will over power it.  This is true even for blackbears as well, all sorts of bears.  Bears by nature seem to be the tougher, but again a larger tiger is hard to bet against, because there is just a lot of speed and power there. Reply