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Post by Ceratodromeus on Jan 26, 2017 7:48:43 GMT 5
Similar to the canines v reptiles thread, post any documentation on interactions in the wild.
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Post by TigreFeroce9 on Mar 21, 2020 15:34:20 GMT 5
Fifteen-foot Bengali crocodile claims king of jungle title from tiger  Forest officials in the Sundarbans national park said the crocodile had made jungle history by becoming the first in living memory to kill a tiger. A post-mortem examination of the carcass of an eight-year-old male tiger discovered by rangers on the banks of a jungle river on Tuesday has confirmed that he was killed and eaten by a crocodile. The tiger had been attacked as it swam across the river and was killed in what they believed had been a fierce struggle. Bivash Pandav of the Wildlife Institute of India's Endangered Species Department said attacks by tigers on crocodiles were common – a crocodile was killed recently in Ranthambore tiger reserve. "However, this is the first time we have heard of an attack by crocodiles on a tiger," he said. While it was rare for large predators to confront one another, he said, crocodiles have an advantage in water. "Salt water crocodiles are very powerful. Tigers cross creeks to move from one island to another in the Sundarbans and a crocodile in water is definitely much more powerful than a tiger," he said. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8695915/Fifteen-foot-Bengali-crocodile-claims-king-of-jungle-title-from-tiger.html |
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Post by TigreFeroce9 on Mar 21, 2020 15:35:39 GMT 5
Famous account where Machli killed a 14 foot crocodile
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Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 23, 2020 2:41:02 GMT 5
TigreFeroce9That tigress and crocodile were almost certainly about the same size - see this: theworldofanimals.proboards.com/post/11400Not to mention the Croc was likely sick given how elastic it's hide was. That is an impressive account but nowhere near as much as some think.
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Post by TigreFeroce9 on Mar 23, 2020 3:31:08 GMT 5
Ok man here is another impressive account A tiger killed two cobras on july 17, Sunderbans forest officials posted in Netidhopani came across a dead tiger near their field office. A post mortem revealed the tiger had eaten two cobras, one of them was a king cobra. Tigers are not known to prey on snakes; wildlife experts speculate the tiger may have eaten them because of food shortage caused by cyclone Aila that struck two months ago. "In my 28 years of experience in Sunderbans, I have never seen or heard of a tiger eating snakes. Non-availability of regular food may have driven the tiger to kill the snakes," said Pranabesh Sanyal, former director of the Sunderbans tiger reserve. Anurag Danda, coordinator of wwf's Sunderbans programme agreed with Sanyal. "A day after Aila, my team and I counted 11 deer floating in the Dattar river," said Danda.He said he visited two of the 54 wildlife inhabited islands in the Sunderbans and did not see any wild animal. Gopal Mondal of Chotomollakhali island said four deer had surfaced near the island. "We could save only one," he said.  A tiger killed one of the deadliest snakes in the world www.downtoearth.org.in/news/tiger-that-ate-snakes-3697 |
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