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(12-30-2017, 06:20 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Whenever a tiger is found feeding on the carcass of a grizzly, or a grizzly is discovered feeding upon the carcass of a tiger, I come to no rash conclusions. Especially if both animals are mature males. I do believe that such killings take place in the Russian wilderness - both ways - but I believe that such primordial battles between these two Lords of the Russian taiga are uncommon. It is also interesting that both the tiger and the grizzly hunt, battle, and kill the giant Russian wild boar. A highly aggressive and dangerous prey choice yet a favorite of both predators.
The bears are opportunists who are not so picky about the preys, and it would eat whatever it is available to them.
Even the bones of the Cave lions were known to get chewed by the more herbivorous Cave bears, so the scenario of the bears feeding on the big cats' carcass on the wild shouldn't be that uncommon. On the other way around, the big cats were also infamously known for feeding on the hibernating bears.