Survival Of The Fittest: Tigers Try To Prey On Sloth Bear, It Scares Them Away Instead
The video was shot at the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. The 1-minute-21-second clip starts off with one tiger tailing a sloth bear probably with the intention of preying on it.
Members of the cat family, like the lion and the tiger are used to being the rulers of the jungle. However, there are times when the rulers get ruled (out). One can see a recent example of this in the video showing a sloth bear scaring off two tigers, that is going viral.
The video was shot at the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. The 1-minute-21-second clip starts off with one tiger tailing a sloth bear, probably with the intention of preying on it.
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It keeps tailing the bear, until the latter gets offended and stands to its full height in order to scare the tiger off.
And¡it worked!
As soon as the bear moved towards it, the tiger started running away. The bear, in full offensive mode now, kept chasing the tiger and stumbled upon another one.
This video captures an unexpected #clash between #Tiger & Sloth Bear in #Rajasthan¡¯s @ranthamborepark. Just as the Tiger seems to dominate the unaware Sloth Bear, it springs at the Tiger and scares it off! #Wildlife is full of such wonders & surprises.@ParveenKaswan @WWFINDIA pic.twitter.com/bbyfP6uFuZ
¡ª Parimal Nathwani (@mpparimal) January 21, 2020
Unfazed, the bear tried to hold its ground and tried to scare off the other tiger too. The latter did not budge, but it did not attack either. The tiger that originally approached the bear, moved away and then bear went on its way too.
The video was shared by Rajya Sabha MP, Parimal Nathwani, with the caption, ¡®This video captures an unexpected #clash between #tiger and sloth bear in #Rajasthan's @ranthamborepark. Just as the Tiger seems to dominate the unaware sloth bear, it springs at the tiger and scares it off¡¯.
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Well, in the wild if you can scare off tigers, you are surely a survivor.
