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more toxic news..this is almost as bad as the leopard and tigress supposedly killing each other case..sloth bears aren't grizzlies or polars which are way stronger than any big cat big male sloth bears would have trouble killing a leopard despite being more powerful let alone a tiger,bears in general are'nt efficient killers like the big cats are they rely on raw power sloth bears don't have big cat killing power atleast adult big cats in the form of tigers or lions..now how did it supposedly kill this tiger did it break the neck did it get a throat grip? i don't by that need to see more shots of tiger and this sloth bear
04-18-2019, 08:41 AM( This post was last modified: 04-18-2019, 09:24 AM by Rishi )
(04-18-2019, 07:25 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: now how did it supposedly kill this tiger did it break the neck did it get a throat grip?
Nobody said anything about "killing"... The report is pretty clear on the nature of death; The dead tiger had serious puncture wounds on its head, one of its eyes was completely damaged and the claws were injured...
...the head and neck of the animal showed multiple punctured wounds leading to massive hemorrhage and shock from fighting with another large animal's teeth & claws.
Most tiger deaths by infighting happen later, due to excessive blood loss or detoriation of wounds. They assumed it was another tiger (until they found no other pugmarks) so I'm guessing something similar happened. The bears have short fuse & long claws...
04-18-2019, 09:56 AM( This post was last modified: 04-18-2019, 10:46 AM by Shadow )
(04-18-2019, 08:41 AM)Rishi Wrote:
(04-18-2019, 07:25 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: now how did it supposedly kill this tiger did it break the neck did it get a throat grip?
Nobody said anything about "killing"... The report is pretty clear on the nature of death; The dead tiger had serious puncture wounds on its head, one of its eyes was completely damaged and the claws were injured...
...the head and neck of the animal showed multiple punctured wounds leading to massive hemorrhage and shock from fighting with another large animal's teeth & claws.
Most tiger deaths by infighting happen later, due to excessive blood loss or detoriation of wounds. They assumed it was another tiger (until they found no other pugmarks) so I'm guessing something similar happened. The bears have short fuse & long claws...
The tiger's body was found in a waterhole, where he may have been resting.
One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but could swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of the neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
04-18-2019, 11:12 AM( This post was last modified: 04-18-2019, 11:13 AM by Rage2277 )
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote:
(04-18-2019, 08:41 AM)Rishi Wrote:
(04-18-2019, 07:25 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: now how did it supposedly kill this tiger did it break the neck did it get a throat grip?
Nobody said anything about "killing"... The report is pretty clear on the nature of death; The dead tiger had serious puncture wounds on its head, one of its eyes was completely damaged and the claws were injured...
...the head and neck of the animal showed multiple punctured wounds leading to massive hemorrhage and shock from fighting with another large animal's teeth & claws.
Most tiger deaths by infighting happen later, due to excessive blood loss or detoriation of wounds. They assumed it was another tiger (until they found no other pugmarks) so I'm guessing something similar happened. The bears have short fuse & long claws...
The tiger's body was found in a waterhole, where he may have been resting.
One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but could swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of the neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
i don't bye that ridiculous account either..one lucky swipe?,come on really and also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
(04-18-2019, 07:25 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: now how did it supposedly kill this tiger did it break the neck did it get a throat grip?
Nobody said anything about "killing"... The report is pretty clear on the nature of death; The dead tiger had serious puncture wounds on its head, one of its eyes was completely damaged and the claws were injured...
...the head and neck of the animal showed multiple punctured wounds leading to massive hemorrhage and shock from fighting with another large animal's teeth & claws.
Most tiger deaths by infighting happen later, due to excessive blood loss or detoriation of wounds. They assumed it was another tiger (until they found no other pugmarks) so I'm guessing something similar happened. The bears have short fuse & long claws...
The tiger's body was found in a waterhole, where he may have been resting.
One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but could swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of the neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
i don't bye that ridiculous account either..one lucky swipe?,come on really and also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
You are entitled to have your opinion naturally. I just don´t see anything so special in this case. Tigers and sloth bears are known to fight time to time and this time then tiger wasn´t lucky one. That is how I see this case based on current information available. You see it differently, no problem :)
04-18-2019, 11:49 AM( This post was last modified: 04-18-2019, 12:07 PM by Rishi )
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just plain wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors & see what type of claw wounds they can cause. Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
That was just an example about it, that many things are possible in right conditions :) When looking at animals it just can´t be ignored, that they all have certain spots, which are lethal if wounded there. When it happens, game over. That is the fact concerning all mammals and tigers and lions are no exceptions. When considering what is possible and not, that is quite relevant to remember, imo :)
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just plain wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
not surprising sloth bears can rip humans to shreds..we have very soft skin compared to a tiger,deer ect which have very tough hides
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just plain wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
not surprising sloth bears can rip humans to shreds..we have very soft skin compared to a tiger,deer ect which have very tough hides
I can share some links to animals clawed badly by bears if you like to see. Not so beautiful to watch gaping wounds of course, but if you have doubts?
04-18-2019, 03:28 PM( This post was last modified: 04-18-2019, 03:34 PM by Pckts )
(04-18-2019, 11:49 AM)Rishi Wrote:
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just plain wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
Their claws are definitely not designed to rip and hook the way a big cats are, this is without question. Human skin isn't comparable to animal flesh, we have 0 protection.
Just watch the Tiger Canyon fight where the tigers are interlocked while their back claws Rip into each others stomach, you can even hear it and still they are unable to penetrate the skin, imagine the same thing happening to human being, what do you think the result would be.
In regards to Matkasur, he was never in danger, all bites or claws were defensive by the bear until the end when Matkasur tires and decides to disengage, but compare the wounds sustained to the bear to matkasur and it's not even close, the bear is bloody all along the face, neck and chest and lucky to be alive tbh. The tenacity of the bear and Matkasur inability to inflict a killing bite is what saved the bear but that's not always the case as bears fall victim to Tigers fairly regularly while the other way around is almost unheard. Just compare two situations, Matkasur is unable to kill a mother sloth bear protecting her young while the original KG Male of Kanha killed a mother sloth bear protecting her young in a matter of seconds, it just depends on the cat.
This is quite off topic from the news article though, and if a team of vets come to the conclusion that a large carnivore killed the tiger, the cat had puncture wounds and that is all, nothing about a sloth bear being the culprit, then to claim any animal besides another Tiger killed it is nothing more than a attention grabber but finding a cat days after it's been killed, then setting up camera traps which would take time to get then after all that you see a sloth bear within 150 meters is hardly a "smoking gun."
"But the bear had scratches"
Bears have scars all over their face, I didnt see a sloth bear that didnt have some damage, and they walk very gingerly regardless, they are an awkward animal.
So to assume that a bear is the culprit because it's near a watering hole that is frequented not only by bears, but other tigers and any other animal India has to offer.
"But they didnt find tiger pugmarks"
They didnt find bear pugmarks either, the Tiger was found in the water so it must of gotten their somehow and searching for pugmarks in the forest is impossible unless you see them on the dirt tracks or in a wet/muddy area where the print can be sustained and even then they're very difficult to see.
I know exhaustion or blood loss can kill a cat and that is possible, Its not being ruled out but according to the autopsy that wasn't the cause of the death so that's all we can go off of.
Lastly is the wound location... which animal between the 2 is notorious for attacking the head and neck region with their large canines?
I'll leave my opinion at that and wait for more news, then go from there.
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just plain wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
Their claws are definitely not designed to rip and hook the way a big cats are, this is without question. Human skin isn't comparable to animal flesh, we have 0 protection.
Just watch the Tiger Canyon fight where the tigers are interlocked while their back claws Rip into each others stomach, you can even hear it and still they are unable to penetrate the skin, imagine the same thing happening to human being, what do you think the result would be.
In regards to Matkasur, he was never in danger, all bites or claws were defensive by the bear until the end when Matkasur tires and decides to disengage, but compare the wounds sustained to the bear to matkasur and it's not even close, the bear is bloody all along the face, neck and chest and lucky to be alive tbh. The tenacity of the bear and Matkasur inability to inflict a killing bite is what saved the bear but that's not always the case as bears fall victim to Tigers fairly regularly while the other way around is almost unheard. Just compare two situations, Matkasur is unable to kill a mother sloth bear protecting her young while the original KG Male of Kanha killed a mother sloth bear protecting her young in a matter of seconds, it just depends on the cat.
This is quite off topic from the news article though, and if a team of vets come to the conclusion that a large carnivore killed the tiger, the cat had puncture wounds and that is all, nothing about a sloth bear being the culprit, then to claim any animal besides another Tiger killed it is nothing more than a attention grabber but finding a cat days after it's been killed, then setting up camera traps which would take time to get then after all that you see a sloth bear within 150 meters is hardly a "smoking gun."
"But the bear had scratches"
Bears have scars all over their face, I didnt see a sloth bear that didnt have some damage, and they walk very gingerly regardless, they are an awkward animal.
So to assume that a bear is the culprit because it's near a watering hole that is frequented not only by bears, but other tigers and any other animal India has to offer.
"But they didnt find tiger pugmarks"
They didnt find bear pugmarks either, the Tiger was found in the water so it must of gotten their somehow and searching for pugmarks in the forest is impossible unless you see them on the dirt tracks or in a wet/muddy area where the print can be sustained and even then they're very difficult to see.
I know exhaustion or blood loss can kill a cat and that is possible, Its not being ruled out but according to the autopsy that wasn't the cause of the death so that's all we can go off of.
Lastly is the wound location... which animal between the 2 is notorious for attacking the head and neck region with their large canines?
I'll leave my opinion at that and wait for more news, then go from there.
This is a good example how differently some situation can be seen. But what comes to tigers they get wounds as any other animals. Bears can injure them, that is clear :) This was interesting case for many reasons even thoughts tigers tend to rise passions
04-18-2019, 05:08 PM( This post was last modified: 04-18-2019, 05:09 PM by Shadow )
(04-18-2019, 03:28 PM)Pckts Wrote:
(04-18-2019, 11:49 AM)Rishi Wrote:
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just plain wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
Their claws are definitely not designed to rip and hook the way a big cats are, this is without question. Human skin isn't comparable to animal flesh, we have 0 protection.
Just watch the Tiger Canyon fight where the tigers are interlocked while their back claws Rip into each others stomach, you can even hear it and still they are unable to penetrate the skin, imagine the same thing happening to human being, what do you think the result would be.
In regards to Matkasur, he was never in danger, all bites or claws were defensive by the bear until the end when Matkasur tires and decides to disengage, but compare the wounds sustained to the bear to matkasur and it's not even close, the bear is bloody all along the face, neck and chest and lucky to be alive tbh. The tenacity of the bear and Matkasur inability to inflict a killing bite is what saved the bear but that's not always the case as bears fall victim to Tigers fairly regularly while the other way around is almost unheard. Just compare two situations, Matkasur is unable to kill a mother sloth bear protecting her young while the original KG Male of Kanha killed a mother sloth bear protecting her young in a matter of seconds, it just depends on the cat.
This is quite off topic from the news article though, and if a team of vets come to the conclusion that a large carnivore killed the tiger, the cat had puncture wounds and that is all, nothing about a sloth bear being the culprit, then to claim any animal besides another Tiger killed it is nothing more than a attention grabber but finding a cat days after it's been killed, then setting up camera traps which would take time to get then after all that you see a sloth bear within 150 meters is hardly a "smoking gun."
"But the bear had scratches"
Bears have scars all over their face, I didnt see a sloth bear that didnt have some damage, and they walk very gingerly regardless, they are an awkward animal.
So to assume that a bear is the culprit because it's near a watering hole that is frequented not only by bears, but other tigers and any other animal India has to offer.
"But they didnt find tiger pugmarks"
They didnt find bear pugmarks either, the Tiger was found in the water so it must of gotten their somehow and searching for pugmarks in the forest is impossible unless you see them on the dirt tracks or in a wet/muddy area where the print can be sustained and even then they're very difficult to see.
I know exhaustion or blood loss can kill a cat and that is possible, Its not being ruled out but according to the autopsy that wasn't the cause of the death so that's all we can go off of.
Lastly is the wound location... which animal between the 2 is notorious for attacking the head and neck region with their large canines?
I'll leave my opinion at that and wait for more news, then go from there.
One thing: "I know exhaustion or blood loss can kill a cat and that is possible, Its not being ruled out but according to the autopsy that wasn't the cause of the death so that's all we can go off of."
I understood, that autopsy gave results, that blood loss was major factor. Is there more than one report or do we understand something so differently?
What comes to walking of sloth bear, I dare to assume that these people know the difference between normal sloth bear movement and when it is not normal, don´t you think? I mean aren´t these people considered to know a bit about animals they are dealing with?
If veterinarians in India say, that injuries fit to be caused by sloth bear.... can someone here say, that it isn´t possible? Details can be of course discussed upside down and back many times, but when looking at known facts now... well, some see it in one way, some in another way. Every detail in this case can be naturally questioned, but I find it interesting, that there are two injured animals in same area same time, I do trust that these people know difference between healthy and injured bear.
(04-18-2019, 09:56 AM)Shadow Wrote: One good case here to remember is that from Ankara zoo, where a tiger managed to get a lucky shot and kill a lion with swipe of paw as far as zoo personnel told and can be believed. So it was separated from lion but cold swipe with paw from between the bars and managed to hit and cut open jugular vein causing that lion to die. So there was no "death grip" from throat or back of neck. Just one very lucky tiger like some lottery winner and one very unlucky lion. These animals are after all flesh and blood, sometimes they can take unbelievable beating and survive, sometimes then not, one wound in wrong place and bye bye tiger or lion or bear. Anyway there are many ways to get killed by another animal and if some animal dies to massive bleeding caused by another, then it is usually said, that it was killed by that another animal. Of course it can be said, that it died to injuries caused by another animal if that sounds better.
That's irrelevant here. A big male sloth bear flailing away its 5 inches to writhe out of a tiger's grapple can cause serious injuries. There were several in this case.
(04-18-2019, 11:12 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: ...also while sloth bear claws are long and strong they're not designed to grip and tear flesh like cat claws,they do more damage with their teeth as could be seen with the matkasur and bear fight where matkasur sustained puncture wounds on his arms and chest area no visible claw marks i can recall
No. That statement is just plain wrong!
Look up images of sloth bear attack survivors (mostly maulings) & see what type of claw wounds they can cause.
Matkasur got out of it with surprisingly mild damage... i don't know how, but don't expect it to always be the case.
Their claws are definitely not designed to rip and hook the way a big cats are, this is without question. Human skin isn't comparable to animal flesh, we have 0 protection.
Just watch the Tiger Canyon fight where the tigers are interlocked while their back claws Rip into each others stomach, you can even hear it and still they are unable to penetrate the skin, imagine the same thing happening to human being, what do you think the result would be.
In regards to Matkasur, he was never in danger, all bites or claws were defensive by the bear until the end when Matkasur tires and decides to disengage, but compare the wounds sustained to the bear to matkasur and it's not even close, the bear is bloody all along the face, neck and chest and lucky to be alive tbh. The tenacity of the bear and Matkasur inability to inflict a killing bite is what saved the bear but that's not always the case as bears fall victim to Tigers fairly regularly while the other way around is almost unheard. Just compare two situations, Matkasur is unable to kill a mother sloth bear protecting her young while the original KG Male of Kanha killed a mother sloth bear protecting her young in a matter of seconds, it just depends on the cat.
This is quite off topic from the news article though, and if a team of vets come to the conclusion that a large carnivore killed the tiger, the cat had puncture wounds and that is all, nothing about a sloth bear being the culprit, then to claim any animal besides another Tiger killed it is nothing more than a attention grabber but finding a cat days after it's been killed, then setting up camera traps which would take time to get then after all that you see a sloth bear within 150 meters is hardly a "smoking gun."
"But the bear had scratches"
Bears have scars all over their face, I didnt see a sloth bear that didnt have some damage, and they walk very gingerly regardless, they are an awkward animal.
So to assume that a bear is the culprit because it's near a watering hole that is frequented not only by bears, but other tigers and any other animal India has to offer.
"But they didnt find tiger pugmarks"
They didnt find bear pugmarks either, the Tiger was found in the water so it must of gotten their somehow and searching for pugmarks in the forest is impossible unless you see them on the dirt tracks or in a wet/muddy area where the print can be sustained and even then they're very difficult to see.
I know exhaustion or blood loss can kill a cat and that is possible, Its not being ruled out but according to the autopsy that wasn't the cause of the death so that's all we can go off of.
Lastly is the wound location... which animal between the 2 is notorious for attacking the head and neck region with their large canines?
I'll leave my opinion at that and wait for more news, then go from there.
This is a good example how differently some situation can be seen. But what comes to tigers they get wounds as any other animals. Bears can injure them, that is clear :) This was interesting case for many reasons even thoughts tigers tend to rise passions
Absolutely, there are no rules in the wild.
But that's not what this is about, it's possible a sloth bear could kill a tiger. But this istance isn't something you could use as a scientific example for that, this is an unsolved case atm.
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