In Bandipur Park, India, Muga, the king of Bengal tigers, was hunting a baby elephant when the male elephant suddenly rushed over and threw it to the ground, piercing its body with its tusks, and finally Muga died of an infected wound. Why did the Bengal Tiger King lose to an elephant?
Bandipur National Park is a famous wildlife sanctuary, established in 1973, which is home to various endangered animals such as Indian elephants, Indian bison, Bengal tigers, Indian sloth bears, Indian rock pythons, four-horned antelopes, etc.
Although there are many animals and food in the reserve, the tiger population density in the park is very high, so the competition between them is fierce, among which the Bengal tiger Muga is the famous tiger king in the park, the son of the previous tiger king Raja, which weighs about 260-270 kilograms, which is already comparable to the adult Siberian tiger.
As the tiger king, Muga is extremely fierce, and tourists have seen Muga put down a white-limbed bison and kill it in only 15 seconds, knowing that the white-limbed bison is almost the largest bison in the world, with a body length of 2.5-3.3 meters. The shoulder height is 1.65-2 meters, of which the male white-limbed bison can weigh 650-1500 kilograms, which is such a behemoth, but it cannot escape Muga's tiger claws.
But how could such a tough Muga be stupid enough to provoke an adult male Asian elephant? And even if you can't fight, you should be able to escape smoothly, how can you be seriously injured and killed?
An adult Asian elephant can weigh up to 5 tons, the height can grow up to 3.5 meters, and the body length can also reach 6 meters, such a size for Muga, undoubtedly a big challenge, has been recorded, in India's Uttarakhand Kobe National Park, in 5 years, a total of 21 elephants and 6 leopards were killed by tigers, but those tigers are generally hunted by some disabled elephants, or elephant cubs, and sub-adult elephants, to hunt adult male elephants need at least two or more tigers.
However, under normal circumstances, Bengal tigers are very reluctant to attack adult male elephants, and will not provoke them, after all, the two sides must lose when fighting, on the one hand, the Bengal tiger with extremely high mobility, and strong explosive and offensive power, on the other hand, the Asian elephant with more than 1 meter long tusks and a huge body, no matter who the two sides are, as long as one side finds the opportunity, it is certain to die.
In the event of a conflict, the Bengal tiger's claws and teeth can easily pierce the skin of the Asian elephant, and using its high mobility, it constantly jumps on the elephant's capture, bite, scratch, and eventually the elephant dies from excessive blood loss, and the elephant can kick or use its tusk thorn with its heavy legs.
And the reason why the tiger king Muga will die because of the ivory piercing the body, and finally leading to infection, is because Muga was in heat at the time, became extremely irritable, and Muga, who was carried away by anger, directly broke into the elephant herd and wanted to hunt the baby elephant, and did not choose the pioneer to drive the elephant herd and separate the baby elephant, it was precisely when Muga hunted a baby elephant, and when he wanted to drag the baby elephant, an adult male elephant arrived, and rushed to Muga with ivory in a fierce manner, but Muga was very hard and unwilling to give up the prey to the mouth, Holding the position, the body was pierced by ivory, and finally died of serious injuries and infection.
If Muga had been a little sober at that time, he could have taken advantage of the terrain and its own advantages, and he could have completely retreated, and finally turned back to enjoy the food, but it turned out to be a bad thought and buried his career as a tiger king. #tiger##elephant##动物 #
