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~~paul cooper~~ · 02-01-2018, 04:21 AM

Tiger died in a fight with another tiger (4 tiger canine marks)
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/k...66530.html

CrysOmega · 02-04-2018, 12:39 PM

Fredymrt · 02-06-2018, 10:44 AM

@sanjay

Opps Confused

my bad thanks for clarifying that Lol

Pckts · 03-01-2018, 10:08 PM

Male Lion vs Leopard

-Tarzan and the Jungle Boy 1968-

Captive incident and who knows the backstory but it shows the aggression we hear about so often in Leopards.

Pckts · 03-08-2018, 05:23 AM

Clash of titans. Two sub adult male tiger cubs sorting out territorial issues at Kanha Tiger Reserve. A long chase by defender resulted in this interaction which lasted a few seconds and he was successful in driving the message home at least till next time.

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Fredymrt · 03-09-2018, 02:55 PM

Credits to Wild Card, Megan Taplin, Arnold Ras & Jacques de Klerk.
Pictures by Jacques de Klerk

Magnificent male lion sees off a young rival

MARCH 6, 2018

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An inquisitive young lion is clearly no match for one of Mountain Zebra National Park’s impressive adult males. Especially when the king of the jungle is disturbed while courting. By Arnold Ras
Where? Mountain Zebra National Park
In the mix? Lion, lioness and three sub-adults
The Eastern Cape’s Mountain Zebra National Parkmight be famous for its cheetah tracking experiences and Cape mountain zebra, but lions not so much. Then in 2013 two adult bothers and one lioness were introduced to the park to help restore certain predator-prey functions. Soon after, in 2015, two more lionesses (sisters) joined the pride and cubs followed.
As this month’s photo sequence proves, visitors to Mountain Zebra can now look forward to some riveting lion sightings and interactions.
Wild Card member Jacques de Klerk arrived at the park as gates were opening. “We immediately headed for the plains. On our way up the hill, we came across an adult female and a male lion moving from the waterhole and across the road. As the lioness was constantly rubbing against the male, he stuck by her side. We watched them walking around and lying together for quite a while, but no mating,” says Jacques.
Three youngsters appear on the scene
While the male lion was doing his best to impress, Jacques spotted three sub-adult lions – one male and two females – in the distance. “They were trying to hunt black wildebeest, but did not succeed. Soon they turned their attention to the two adults. The seemingly peaceful situation soon took a turn when the young male decided to approach the adult male.”
The adult male quickly leapt up to defend his turf and headed straight towards the valiant young male – his mane still just a patch of fluff.

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Pictures by Jacques de Klerk

The lioness comes to the rescue
The adult lioness was not going to sit around only to witness a now full-on brawl between young and old. “She charged, striking and biting the adult male. The impact from her initial charge was so hard that she dived the adult male right off the sub-adult, giving the youngster a gap to run for the hills.”

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With the bewildered youngster now out of sight, the two sub-adult females retreated, keeping their distance some 100 metres away. “One or two more altercations followed between the two adults. The lioness was clearly aggravated.”

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About the lions
Megan Taplin, park manager at the time of the sighting, says all three sub-adults are the lioness’s offspring. “They were still dependent on the lioness for food and so associating with her. The adult male lion was displaying behaviour typical of an adult male lion – chasing away the younger male who is about to become his rival for siring new offspring. The lioness was still protective of her offspring and reacted aggressively towards the adult male lion to protect her sub-adult cub.”
The lioness, a first-time mother, was introduced to the park in 2015 at about three years of age. Either the pictured adult lion, or his brother, could have fathered her three youngsters. “The three now sub-adults were the first cubs to be born in the park,” says Megan.

strana · 03-20-2018, 01:04 AM

i believe it was not post before. I consider this to be the best one-one fight between lions

Pckts · 03-22-2018, 10:42 PM

Ameya Gole
The death of the Grand Matriarch of Kisli

On 13th january evening we embarked upon our safari from khatia gate of kanha to goto our assigned zone of sarhi,we moved through the serene kisli zone and decided to take the Karaighati route to go to Sarhi.Karaighati had recent sightings of Sangam male tiger and he had been feasting on a kill in the slopes of karaighati in the previous evening.Karaighati was unusually silent .We moved through the winding roads of this amazing ghat and were eager to listen to any alarm calls.As we were nearly to the top we saw a gypsy standing and they were desperately trying to connect their call.We reached near the gypsy to hear the horrible and never heard words coming from the guides mouth " aage tiger maraa pada hain road ke kinare".These words still put shivers in my body.Suddenly the whole enthusiasm of the safari ran dry and we were in a state of trance trying to find the tiger.As we reached ahead we saw dragging marks across the road.Something had been dragged from the hill slopes to the bush across the road.We glanced inside the bush to realize a faint figure of orange and black.My heart skipped a beat when my brain finally registered it was a dead tiger or tigress.Our guide nearly had tears in his eyes as he spoke with utmost regret "sirji 15 saal ki naukri main aisa kabhi dekha nahi,bura lagta hain jab aisa hota hain,itna khoobsurat jaanwar aur aisi halat.Lagta hain sub adult cub hoga.Par ye jungle ka usool hain".This heart wrenching words put a feeling of sadness in me too,its a feeling of emptiness when you slowly realize tiger who we feel is the apex animal of the jungle has a life filled with threats for his survival.With a stunned feeling and a complete loss of words i took this photograph as one of the memories i would never want to visit again.The mutilated body of the tiger lied in the carpet of dry twigs and leaf motionless.The abdominal cavity had been complete eaten away and all you could see were the four limbs and a head which was resting in the shadows of the bamboo.
We realized that this was a death of a tiger/tigress during a territorial fight but the cannibalism extent was rare (not unheard of ) and gruesome. With a heavy heart we left the scene and kept guessing what would have happened on the fateful night when a male tiger would have fought this tiger who lay breathless in the bamboo shadows.I kept wondering through out the safari that the silent Karaighati now, must have thundered and trembled with the roars of the tigers fighting .Karaighati was completely at peace as it mourned the loss of its beloved animal.
After the safari we came to know through a post of Mr Vijayrajan that the the dead tiger was actually T-83 Budbudi female the grand matriarch of Kisli .Oh how i remember the heart wrenching feeling that echoed through my body.The feeling of how Kisli had lost its most important tigress and not a subadult put me into a state of shock and despair.She was apparently killed by Sangam Male T56 and maybe the kill he was eating ,when people saw him on the hill slope of Karighati was him venturing into cannibalism.Reasons why he must have killed this beautiful tigress will remain a mystery as we have still so much to learn about the secret lives of tigers
Budbudi female ruled the lakes of kisli ,the ghats of Karaighati and the tar road of khatia to Kisli. I remembered seeing her giving a flehman response when we saw her just besides the tar road .She was a brave tigress who unfortunately had to save her cubs from loads of male tigers who were in Kisli .Most of the tiger fathers are not around after the tigress gives birth to the cubs.Till the adulthood of cubs the tigress keeps them safe ,hunts for them,false mates with males etc to just to keep the cubs safe.
She had given birth to and raised tigers like sandukhol female ,Bajrang male,Bheema male etc who still rule parts of Kanha tiger reserve.Her legacy will live on through the tigers she gave to Kanha.She was a mate of Dhamangaon male,Karaighati Male,Kankatta Male ,Sangam Male (the tiger who killed her). Kisli has lost its adorned jewel,a great mother ,a great companion,a great hunter and a beautiful tigress that we as tourist would have loved to lay our eyes on .Cheers to tigress budbudi!! her death is a symbol of how tough the life of a tigress is in the jungles of india and also the fact that we have so much to learn about these beautiful creatures.
Long live Budbudi in our memories and in the ghats of Karaighati.The grand matriarch of Kisli....

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Pckts · 04-10-2018, 11:05 PM

Desh Bandhu
Mean while in Ranthambhore today
Zone 2

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Pckts · 06-06-2018, 09:09 PM

Pankaj Misra‎
Royal Aggression. Two tigers fought royally behind our safari gypsy barely 10 ft away. Bandhavgarh National Park, MP, Jun 18. Moments to reckon with.

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Pankaj Misra They fought aggressively for few minutes.