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Tiger killing adult rhinos and elephants
By: The Solo hunter Date: September 23, 2018, 4:53 am
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Here's a list of 100% legit, confirmed records of tigers killing
adult Elephants and Rhinos, including Bulls. (Chronological
order) Even some accounts of tigers mauling and severely
injuring adult Elephants.
BENGAL TIGER ON ADULT RHINO KILL
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Wildlife photography is not only about beautiful birds and
lovable mammals. And Tiger is not a cuddly pussycat who you pet
at home. However adorable and graceful it may look, Tiger is
actually a lethal killing machine and the top predator in its
habitat. All animals, big and small, are prone to become food of
the Tiger.
In the forests of Assam, this Male Tiger at its prime killed an
adult rhino, four or five times its own weight, that was grazing
in a swamp and was in a relatively vulnerable position. The
tiger sprang on to the top of the rhino from the higher bank of
the swamp and broke the rhino’s neck before it could put up much
of a fight! The tiger then gorged himself with its prize prey
allowing many images and poses.
A few events in the forest are truly unforgettable and rank as
rarest of the rare! This is one of them.
On this International Tiger Day, let us all take a solemn pledge
to do our best to save the wild tigers of India and their
habitats under threat.
Assam
India
Credit to Rajarshi Banerji
2018
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41 Elephants die in Kerala forests...
"Wild Elephants have died due to attacks by tigers,
inter-conflict between jumbos, electrocution and because of
other natural causes, he said."
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At least 41 wild elephants have died in
Kerala's forest ranges in the last six months however, none of
these deaths were due to weather drought conditions or due to
the lack of food and water in the forest, according to Forest
Minister K Raju in a written reply in the Assembly.
HTML https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/41-elephants-die-in-keralas-forests-in-6-months-1691988
More specifically, these are the elephants who died to tigers in
the keralas forests:
"Tigers kill six Elephants in Kerala Wayanad, as drought
triggers fierce water war"
"Eighteen elephants have died in Kerala’s Wayanad wildlife
sanctuary over the past four months, including at least six in
tiger attacks that officials say could have been triggered by
bitter turf wars over scarce water."
"While six elephants were killed by tigers, two tuskers died
fighting each other."
HTML https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/drought-triggers-fierce-water-war-in-kerala-s-wayanad-as-tigers-kill-elephants/story-LBZn6Yf9hjFROwkjqGXoeK.html
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Bengal tiger and Rhino found dead.
After the terrible incident of losing three one-horned rhinos in
three days in Kaziranga, the park again mourned the death of one
more rhino and a Royal Bengal Tiger. However, this time the
reason for the death is not poaching but a brawl between the two
animals which unfortunately lost their lives in the fight. The
carcasses of the two animals of endangered species were found
lying next to each other on Tuesday, Nov 7, 2017, by the forest
officials in the Bagori Range of the park.
The forest officials suspect the reason to be the fight between
the two animals on the account that the rhino’s horn and the
body parts of the tiger were intact. While the dead tiger is
said to be a sub-adult male of about two-and-a-half years old,
the rhino was a female of around 20 years. According to
officials, another possible reason of the death of the animals
could be that an adult tiger might have killed the rhino, and
the sub-adult tiger strayed into the adult tiger’s territory and
eyed a share of the rhino meat, reluctant to share, the older
tiger might have killed him as well. The officials suggest this
theory after finding fresh tiger droppings close to the two
carcasses.
Tiger predation is a common case in Kaziranga National Park,
however, the death of both the animals is the rarest sight in
the reserve. There have been around 472 rhinos dead due to tiger
predation in Kaziranga National Park between the year 1982 and
2014 and the highest casualties of around 26 rhinos were
reported in the year 2004.
HTML https://www.kaziranga-national-park.com/blog/royal-bengal-tiger-and-rhinoceros-found-dead-in-kaziranga/
Here's another official news report mentioning the same
incident:
HTML https://indianexpress.com/article/india/royal-bengal-tiger-rhinoceros-found-dead-in-kaziranga-4927457/
2013
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Tigers have hunted down two elephants, including a young one,
last month in Kerala forests.
HTML https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/tigers-hunt-down-calf-young-elephant/article4579517.ece
2011
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Tiger kills 20 year old Elephant in Corbett tiger reserve:
HTML https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Tiger-kills-elephant-in-Corbett-Reserve/article15536997.ece
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Full-grown adult female Rhino killed by a tiger and a full-grown
adult MALE Rhino was also killed by a tiger:
"The late Monday night killing is the third instance of a rhino
being killed by the roaming big cats in the last 14 months since
the killing of a 35-year old male rhino November 2011 followed
by that of a young adult in December 2011. A female rhino named
Himrani was attacked and injured by a tiger on December 1, 2011
but managed to survive due to the efforts of the park
authorities."
HTML https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/killing-of-rhino-by-tiger-worries-dudhwa-wildlife-officials/article4363274.ece
2009
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Tiger kills male tusker Elephant in Eravikulam national park.
HTML http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2009/jun/02/tiger-kills-elephant-at-eravikulam-park-53990.html
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Tiger attacks and critically injures a Bull tusker Elephant,
after it had already killed a buffalo!
HTML https://www.telegraphindia.com/1091226/jsp/northeast/story_11908740.jsp
2008 & 2007
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"Royal Bengal tigers, which usually prey on baby rhinos, have
begun killing adult ones in Kaziranga National Park since the
last fortnight."
Tigers killed 20 rhinos at Kaziranga last year, while this year
eight rhinos have fallen prey to the big cats.
"The worrying part is that tigers have begun killing full-grown
Rhinos. Earlier it was only the calves the tigers used to attack
but now the full grown rhinos are being targeted,” said Bankim
Sharma, the divisional forest official of the park."
"Last evening, three tigers, probably a mother and her two grown
calves, attacked an adult rhino near the East Haldhibari
anti-poaching camp in the Kohora range of the park"
"On February 26, a pregnant rhino was killed by tigers at
Rutikhowa beel under Bagori range."
HTML https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080313/jsp/northeast/story_9012303.jsp
2005
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Elephant dies after a fight with a tigress:
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1998
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Tiger attacks and severely mauls and badly injures a protective
mother Elephant, after killing her calf:
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1959
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Here's Colonel Kesri singhs account from his book: "The Tiger of
Rajasthan"..where a tiger killed a big Bull tusker Elephant in a
fight, in Assam:
Chapter 15: THE LORD OF THE JUNGLE.
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"Some three or four years ago a tiger, having killed a baby
elephant, was attacked by a tusker. Instead of trying to get
clean away the tiger came at the elephant from the flank or
rear, and having got on to his back raked and tore at him with
his claws. The fight went on for a long time, the tusker
apparently trying to dislodge the tiger by running under and
against trees. He seems to have succeeded in this at least once,
but only for the tiger to recover and return to the attack...In
the morning the area was examined and the story reconstructed
from the copious signs left about the area. The aggressor had
had the best of it, for the party found the remains of the
elephant calf and the dead tuskers huge bulk, atrociously torn,
but the tiger had disappeared."
'Death by a thousand cuts'.
1953
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Here's the legendary Jim Corbett's account of a pair of tigers
that killed a BIG BULL TUSKER Elephant in a fight:
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The same incident can be found in Valmik Thapar's "Tiger: The
Ultimate Guide"- pg.140
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1875
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Tigress DEEPLY LACERATES the heads of two Elephants and the
hind-quarters of a third Elephant:
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Here's a video of an injured adult Rhino that was mauled and
lacerated by a tiger, proving that tigers do attack adult
Rhinos:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Ol6Cgv2pA&t=1s
"The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids"
Biologist, Sunquist states: Tigers are capable of killing adult
rhinos and elephants!
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These are all 100% legit, confirmed records of tigers killing
full-grown adult Elephants and adult Rhinos, including Bulls.
All accounts have been reported by wildlife officials, forest
departments, legit official news reports and renowned
naturalists and wildlife trackers like Jim Corbett and Kesri
singh, who are considered authorities on tigers.
New update:
Another account of a big Elephant that was killed by a tiger:
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Re: Tiger killing adult rhinos and elephants
By: The Solo hunter Date: September 23, 2018, 4:55 am
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Tiger growls scare off marauding Elephant herds:
"Asian elephants are scared of tigers and retreat when they hear
the sound of the feline's growl. This new finding could mean
another strategy for keeping crop-raiding elephants away from
farmers' fields in India."..
HTML https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/crop-raiding-elephants-scared-off-tiger-growls-video.html
Crop-raiding Elephants flee from tiger growls:
"We noticed that the elephants were more scared of tigers than
of leopards," said Vivek Thuppil, who carried out the work with
Richard Coss, professor of psychology at UC Davis, as part of
his Ph.D. in animal behavior."
HTML https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130911161012.htm
TIGER URINE SCARES AWAY KILLER ELEPHANT:
Forest [b]officials in eastern India have advised villagers to
stock tiger urine and excrement to scare away a killer elephant
and his marauding herd.[/b]
"The elephant, named after al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, and
his herd have trampled seven people to death in the past three
months in Jharkhand."..
"Forest officials say elephants stay away from areas frequented
by tigers."..
HTML http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7158776.stm
Huge Bull tusker elephant senses a tigers presence and retreats
out of fear:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ZHjn7klN4
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