Tiger and leopard encounters, there are many possible outcomes, here are a few examples. First, in Nepal's Chitwan National Park, a female leopard with two cubs was attacked by a female tiger while crossing a meadow, and the female leopard was killed on the spot. The cub escaped at that time, and when she returned to look for her mother the next day, she was found and bitten by the female tiger.
Second, in the Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve in central India, a female tiger quietly approaches a male leopard and finally attacks. The female tiger pounced on the male leopard, and the two had already made physical contact, but finally let the male leopard escape.
Many people say that the success rate of tiger hunting is not high, only 5 to 10%, which is misguided by some documentary commentary. This success rate is to count the example of a tiger being spotted by a prey when lurking close by as a hunting failure. In the scientific expedition, such an example should be excluded, and only the success rate of the final sprint is calculated. Because the main purpose of calculating the success rate of hunting in scientific expeditions is to study the energy investment and income of animal hunting, and the energy consumption of lurking and sneaking closer is not large, and there is not much difference between walking and usual, there is no need to count.
Counting only the last blow, the success rate of tigers is quite high, one-third for red deer and about half for wild boars. #头号周刊 #
In 2008, in order to kill the leopard that sneaked up on the cubs, a tigress took revenge on the leopards in the territory, and in just one month, 5 leopards were bitten alive by it, and it also let the remaining cubs eat the leopard's carcass together to cultivate hatred for the leopard.
In 2018, a hungry leopard actually intended to steal the prey of a male tiger, only to be found on the spot, and then the leopard was torn in half by the angry male tiger on the spot, but the male tiger did not eat the leopard, but carried the leopard's body across the road, as if flaunting its might, very arrogant.
All leopards are good at climbing trees, and the Indian leopard living in India is also a master of tree climbing, and the Indian leopard is the largest predatory beast in South Asia except for the Bengal tiger, which is completely inferior to the Bengal tiger in terms of length and weight. However, the Bengal tiger has the same disadvantage as the Siberian tiger, that is, it can climb trees but is not good at climbing trees, leopards run away from trees to save their lives out of instinct, and tigers have become completely accustomed to land life, and it is quite difficult to catch leopards alive by climbing trees.
In addition, leopards and tigers are cats, both very good at running, and from the relevant data, leopards are relatively robust, very good at running, the maximum speed of up to 125 kilometers per hour, compared with the average speed of tigers 80 kilometers is obviously much inferior. Leopards are suitable for short-term flooding, but they are not as good as tigers in terms of endurance, so once leopards and tigers meet, if they pull away from the beginning, they can still get rid of tigers with their short-term running speed.
On the whole, leopard encounters tigers, or has a great chance of escape, which depends on the advantages and disadvantages of the two kinds of beasts, leopards are tree climbing masters, short-term running speed is faster than tigers, and tigers have strong endurance, but they are not good at climbing trees, tigers in some areas have no tree climbing experience for a long time, and tree climbing skills have almost disappeared. It can be said that leopards encounter tigers, as long as they maintain a safe distance and make escape actions quickly and decisively, there is a great chance of escape.
Normally, the probability of escaping from a male tiger can reach more than 98%, while the probability of escaping when encountering a female tiger is very low, possibly only 2%. In the current wild tiger activity range, the leopard footprint in the female tiger activity area is almost zero, but the leopard is often seen in the activity range of the male tiger, which is the incredible place in nature.
Why is it that leopards are more viable when they encounter more powerful male tigers? This is mainly due to the confidence of strength. Adult male tigers in the natural world is an invincible existence, which makes them blind to the leopard, the leopard does not threaten his safety, and the leopard is a quick force in the animal kingdom, to the tree for three days and three nights, the male tiger can not take him at all, if there is no deep hatred, the male tiger generally will not be embarrassed by the leopard.
But if you encounter a tigress, it's a different story. The tigress is born with a sense of insecurity, which may be determined by motherhood, the tigress is very fragile when giving birth, as long as it is a carnivore, it may pose a threat to it or its children, so in order to prevent the offense, the tigress will clean up the predators in her territory when she is healthy, and when she encounters one to kill one, she will have to run away at worst. There was once a female tiger chasing a male leopard, and the female tiger directly trapped the leopard in the tree for more than ten days, and finally the leopard had to escape from the tiger territory.
