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| bitisgabonica | Feb 25 2015, 04:43 PM Post #46 |
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what about on land? is there any account of reverse happening? i was always curious about the coexistence of tigers and salties in sunderbans. i havent herd of any accounts. whereever i have seen rarely crocs are mentioned as a major predator in sunderbans. Edited by bitisgabonica, Feb 25 2015, 04:45 PM.
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| DinosaurFan95 | Feb 26 2015, 04:34 AM Post #47 |
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Lions eat hyenas, hyenas eat lion cubs, large raptors eat smaller ones, etc. Also, herbivores eat other herbivores. Truly the rules of nature are not set in stone. |
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| snap | Feb 27 2015, 08:49 AM Post #48 |
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Well tigers to hunt <10ft muggers on land. It probably could kill a big saltie on land but probably wouldn't dare. |
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| DinosaurFan95 | Feb 27 2015, 09:36 AM Post #49 |
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^animal fanboyism. Wouldn't dare to kill a Saltie? You mean couldnt, right?. |
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| FireEel | Feb 27 2015, 10:25 AM Post #50 |
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I love salties. And I do think that a sufficiently motivated tiger COULD kill a saltie on land. But it would never do so for several reasons. 1) The risk factor is too damn high. For all the effort a tiger needs to kill a large croc, all the saltie really needs is a good bite to end the fight 2) It would take too long. It would involve circling the saltie repeatedly, dodging bites, waiting for it to tire out, and that's also assuming the saltie does go: swear word this, and simply go back into water 3) Any injuries the tiger take would cripple it, possibly to the point of death. Conversely, crocs can weather on despite grievous injuries |
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| DinosaurFan95 | Feb 27 2015, 10:30 AM Post #51 |
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Then it couldn't, not that it wouldn't. Ok?
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| Amur | Feb 27 2015, 11:30 AM Post #52 |
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As the boat ambled on, Dr. Sanyal told of an eyewitness account reported many years ago: Crossing a broad river, like this one, a tiger had been followed by a crocodile. Maneuvering alongside the tiger, the crocodile thrashed its great tail, striking the tiger across his nose. Here Dr. Sanyal straightened his back and raised his head imperiously; unconsciously, he assumed the mien and manner of the hero-beast. "Tiger had blood coming out of his nose," Dr. Sanyal said, majestically. "But he did not say a thing. He kept on swimming. As soon as he got to the other side, he put one paw on the ground, and he turned with the second paw and came up under the crocodile's belly, and flipped him"-eighteen hundred pounds of estuarine crocodile, which the tiger then ripped open. There was a pause while we savored this tale of strategy and courage. Dr. Sanyal had regained his own gentle manner. "And this is why we love Tiger," he said." http://www.newyorker.com/...alexander?currentPage=all Edited by Amur, Feb 27 2015, 11:30 AM.
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| bitisgabonica | Feb 27 2015, 03:24 PM Post #53 |
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it would only if its sufficiently motivated |
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| Amur | Feb 27 2015, 03:35 PM Post #54 |
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Underestimating Tigers again, are we?![]() "Tiger can't kill a Adult male Gaur" "Tiger can't kill a big croc" "Tiger can't kill a bear bigger than itself" "tiger can't kill an elephant" Heard this many times, it gets boring. |
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| bitisgabonica | Feb 27 2015, 03:39 PM Post #55 |
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http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/tigerlandWhen did Tigers kill Elephants? if any its the smaller ones. i havent heard of a tiger killing a big bear I have never seen it or heard it hunt a 200 pound gaur. I havent heard of a tiger killing a huge saltie and Sunderbanss tigers are very small so how it would kill a saltie? and how it would flip a 1600 pound saltie? so it owuld be comfortable f you provide some scans of observations or videos if available of these hunts. and what about tiger's strength, jaw power? i think taht tigers are still least studied. then largest wild tiger weighed? Edited by bitisgabonica, Feb 27 2015, 03:45 PM.
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| Amur | Feb 27 2015, 03:51 PM Post #56 |
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http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/10247892/1/ http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/10268233/1/ Tiger strength
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| DinosaurFan95 | Feb 27 2015, 04:01 PM Post #57 |
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A tiger fanboy, are you? |
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| Amur | Feb 27 2015, 04:11 PM Post #58 |
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You could say that, but why wouldn't you fanboy the hell out of one the greatest predators of all time? |
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| DinosaurFan95 | Feb 27 2015, 04:15 PM Post #59 |
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Thank you for comforting my suspicions about you.
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| Amur | Feb 27 2015, 04:21 PM Post #60 |
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As long as I completed my duties in proving you wrong when you underestimated the Tiger, I'm okay with everything else m7 |
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