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(04-13-2020, 07:12 PM)parvez Wrote: I had conversation with an onfield tiger expert. He told me gaurs are killed easily within way less than 5 minutes. The tiger jumped on to the back of gaur or will try to get on top when they face off. Then it will bite top portion of gaurs neck probably crushing the vertebrae killing it instantly. In this video you can clearly see those words coming true. The top of the neck is severely bitten inflicting deep wounds to the upper neck with high chances of damage to vertebrae. He also told me rhinos and elephants, though rare, ARE targeted AND KILLED by tigers.
This was a small cow killed in Kanha by a large male tiger.
There is no eye witness of a Large bull being Killed by a Tiger unfortunately. But there is an account of an old bull named Odin who was in an all night battle with a Tiger and wasn't killed, showing the idea that they can kill a healthy bull in 5 minutes to be a stretch imo.
I will speak to the expert further and bring here the essence of our conversation. I am confident he HAS seen the accounts of big bulls killed by tigers. The Odin account I read it too. There is also an account of a pair of tigers killing a very large bull elephant recorded by Corbett. So, there is nothing to wonder in the fact that the tigers have killed large bulls. Perhaps Odin being an experienced bull should have taken precautions against the tiger jumping onto the back of it and ensure the collision is only head on. He may be an expert bull warrior. I suppose the tiger wasn't an experienced warrior there. I have seen videos of kanha tigers in which one of the tigers was probably munna who is easily 250kgs++. And the bull was around 5-6 times bigger than him. So, that's a huge specimen if you ask me. I certainly don't doubt tigers killing huge gaur specimens.
Please do, I have my doubts that he's seen any in person since it's such a rare sight but I'm especially curious.
In regards to Corbett, he neither witnesses the fight and conflicting reports of the duration of the fight exist. Neither the alleged Tigers were seen nor was any of the Elephant carcass consumed.
Odin was an old male missing quite a bit of his mass, not nearly in his prime.
Munna killed a bull estimated to be 400-600kg if I remember correctly, not a 1000kg big alpha.
Still an impressive feat, dont get me wrong.
Maximum size of prey that a single male lion or tiger can kill
