Large male tigers from India (Videos Only)

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Tadoba lake tigers are proving out to be a very complicated bunch to follow around but from the information that I have gathered, I'm almost certain that it was not Katezari that Gabbar recently fought, there's two possiblities at this point. 

1) the person that snapped the bloody-nose Gabbar reported that he saw Saturn mating with Maya shortly after.
2) the new young male with scars on his upper-body that has been lurking around Gabbar's territory is another tiger of interest.

here's a little flashback of (Gabbar vs Saturn, Gabbar vs Katezari & Katezari vs Saturn)

Katezari vs Gabbar

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Leopard face's injuries against a fight with Katezari male in (August/2014) exact date of the fight was 08/22/14. (Minor injuries)

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Katezari male's injuries from the same fight (Minor injuries)

the fight that took place in (August/2014) between Katezari and Gabbar was not serious. from all the information i gathered, they both avoid conflict and have territories bordering one another. Katezari won't tolerate him in his space and Gabbar won't tolerate him in his space. the order is set between the two. same can be said about Katezari/Saturn and Saturn/Gabbar. 

Saturn vs Gabbar

Saturn vs Gabbar (known fight records) dates back to (November 2013), both of them had each other in the death grip - there were rumors that Saturn had the upperhand but after going through pictures and asking those that were present. the fight apparently was a definite draw. Both males dispersed after and went in different directions. 

Katezari vs Saturn

the only known recorded fight between the two happened in June of 2013 (pictures have been posted already by Pckts)



to make it a little easier, here's the official record of their fights

Katezari vs Gabbar (August/2014)
Katezari vs Saturn (June/2013)
Gabbar vs Saturn (November/2013)
Gabbar vs ????? (February/2015)


Tourist article based on what they witnessed. (Credits to Phatio in post #275)
 
Katezari or (tyson) his other name and Gabbar's situation in 2014.

Quote:

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....on our morning safari in June 2014 we were lucky enough to observe a male tiger in Tadoba in his absolute prime.
'Tyson' is a huge male tiger who has a large territory either side of Tadoba Lake which overlaps with an area where at least 3 female tigers roam. Sometimes there is a little conflict with another male called 'Leopard Face' who is smaller than Tyson and loses all the territorial battles....
don't get confused he is Katezari male but the writer called him "Tyson".



 

here's another instance where Saturn and Katezari both avoided each other

http://joy-vasu.blogspot.ca/search?updat...date=false


I don't think any of these tigers are more dominant over the others, all 3 have territories bordering one another and there's no need to fight anymore. (fights only happen when one steps on to another male's territory)


as far as size goes, Katezari is definitely bigger than both. I don't know about #2 and #3, Gabbar and Saturn are both impressive males to me.
 
 

Edit: Katezari male was the male that fought Gabbar and has been moving with P2 or Maya (Confirmed as of February/9/2015)



 

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