ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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(06-21-2024, 04:53 AM)epaiva Wrote: Recently I sent a message to @wildrussiantour in Instagram because I want to know about the interaction of Siberian Tigers and Brown Bears, I will attach their response. 
Their information surprised me a lot. 

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Nice info, thanks for posting, but not surprising at all. As expected, Russian experts and those who live and work in the forests of Far East Russia, will certainly testify to the Amur tigers dominance and superiority over the brown bear. In very recent years, Russian authorities and biologists such as Sergey Aramilev, other Amur Tiger Center experts, Pavel Fomenko, Yuri Dunishenko, Yuri Vankov etc, have all talked about tiger-brown bear interactions and fights, and all favor an adult male tiger in a fight against even very large brown bears (400 - 600 kg). 

The old Russian biologists from the Soviet Union era, like Kucherenko and Rukovsky, also talked about clashes and battles between tigers and large brown bears, and based on their own observations and experiences, both favored the tiger and stated that the tiger is more often the winner in a fight against a 'large' or 'very large' brown bear.

Siberian tigers are the apex predators of the Amur-Ussuri taiga, at the very pinnacle of the food-chain, they hunt, kill and eat adult brown bears, they also reduce and regulate bear populations, and statistics, accounts and expert testimonies consistently show that tigers win most fights against brown bears. So based on all these factors, the tiger is clearly the dominant animal in that region.

So it's no surprise that 'wildrussiantour' also stated that the tiger is the dominant animal and reduces brown bear populations in that region.

To add further credence to 'wildrussiantour's statement. Recently, in 2022, a male tiger hunted and killed a larger adult male brown bear in a fight. Chief forest inspector Yuri Kya and his team of seasoned forest rangers found clear evidence and trace's all over the ground (trampled snow, broken bushes and grass and partially-eaten bear carcass) of a prolonged battle. The tiger killed the big male brown bear in a head-on fight and feasted on him for several days.

https://www.interfax-russia.ru/far-east/...vskom-krae

The tiger received NO bad or serious injuries from the fight, he was fine, which strongly suggests that the tiger dominated the battle.

This video shows the incident reported on the TV news in Russia. (with English subtitles)

A large brown bear with a front paw callus width of 18 cm was killed:

Here's an interesting documentary I found last year. In which the Russian tiger expert & forest ranger, Yuri Vankov says that bears are one of the main food of tigers and make-up 13% of the tigers annual diet. He also states that in fights between tigers and brown bears, as a rule, the tiger emerges victorious.

Go to 22:33 in the video: (Use English subtitles)

Another important factor which is almost always overlooked by most people, is the view on tigers and brown bears of the Indigenous peoples of the Ussuri region. These native tribes have lived alongside tigers and bears for many thousands of years and know more than anyone which animal dominates and reigns supreme in the forest.

I'll soon post information on this topic, which directly compares the rank, status and superiority of tigers and bears in native cultures. Reply