1.) " Hornocker and Quigley bring their great experience with North American mountain lions to their Siberian tiger investigations. Earlier, on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Hornocker discovered that a single female cougar had acquired a taste for wild sheep and alone was endangering the desert bighorns living on the range. Recently on the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve, he and Quigley discovered a similar situation. A 400-pound (180 kg) male Siberian tiger had developed an even stranger preference for just one prey: brown bears. Although red deer and other game were readily avaiable, this cat stalked and ate bears almost twice as heavy as itself. The biologists tracked the tiger through the snow to eight separate bear kills, all of which seemed to have been accomplished without great effort, except one. In that kill, there was evidence of a vicious battle with bits of bear hide strewn over a wide area, but the tiger had won."
~ Noted in the Last Big Cats by Erwin A. Bauer
2 "Tigers in the Snow"
(The large project Tiger nicknamed Dale dined regularly on Bears, which constituted the bulk of his peculiar Diet).
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10.) Genghis was totally dominate over any bear in his domain.
11.) Anyways here is yet another account of tigers destroying large bears.
Thirteen Years Among The Wild Beasts Of India: Their Haunts And Habits From ... By George P. Sanderson 2000
12.) From THE MANCHURIAN TIGER, by N.A. Baikov
"A rather big tiger would defeat a bear of almost the same weight. For this purpose, the predator tracks down the bear and makes an ambush, ordinarily on a rock or in wind-fallen trees, taking the side against the wind. Carelessly a bear slowly goes by an ambush, suspecting nothing, and the tiger rushes out on it from above, its one paw claws under the bear's chin, the other paw at the throat, and the tiger bites through the neck vertebrae. Sometimes the bear notices the danger in time, and not feeling able to struggle with this enemy, it escapes into the nearest tree, where the tiger cannot follow, being unable to climb the trees. It is possible that the tiger would patiently wait under the tree, till the bear is tired out of sitting in the tree and then it comes down, but more often in such cases the tiger would pretend to be leaving the place, whereas it would hide in a new ambush and watch the bear come down. In a word, there is no animal in the Manchurian taiga guaranteed against attack of the terrible predator, starting from the bear and finishing with the hare. The man is guaranteed less than others, as most defenseless, of course, if he is not armed with a good weapon such as a modern small caliber rifle or a carbine. "
http://tigers.ru/books/baikov/he1.html
13.) From "Mammals of the Soviet Union By Vladimir Georgievich Geptner, A. A. Nasimovich, Andreĭ Grigorʹevich"
"Early in May, 1951 on the bank of Tatibe River(Iman tributary), a bear was found(body lengh 158 cm, weight 170kg), which had obviously been mauled by tigress"
Presuming tigress weigh anywhere between 130-150Kg, It managed to kill 170 Kg Bear. This tells Tigers are capable of killing bears larger than itself.
14.) Conclusion of well-researched Article : "But indeed from the scientific literature it follows that the tiger not only is not inferior to bear, but even more frequently it leaves by conqueror"
Source : http://shish02.livejournal.com/7269.html?thread=55909
15.) M4 and F2 Actively hunting bears in their dens,
16.) In January 1941, I encountered the prints of a very large brown bear near the mouth of the Ta-Kunzha River, a tributary of the Kema River; this animal, which had accidentally come across a tiger family on the trail, abandoned this path at a gallop.š At another site, he came across the track of a male tiger and also turned away from the tiger's track.
http://tigers.ru/books/kaplanov/tigr_en.html
17.) Tigers will tacke bear larger than itself "
"Bears Generally Afraid of Tigers and, coming across their tracts, run away perpendicular to the trail"
18.) "In December 1959, on the river svetleya tiger killed large brown bear and lived near 10 days until he ate it" (Rakov,1965)
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In January 1941, I encountered the prints of a very large brown bear near the mouth of the Ta-Kunzha River, a tributary of the Kema River; this animal, which had accidentally come across a tiger family on the trail, abandoned this path at a gallop.š At another site, he came across the track of a male tiger and also turned away from the tiger's track.
20.) "Bears Generally Afraid of Tigers and, coming across their tracts, run away perpendicular to the trail"
21.) Moreover, another record which Says 140 Kg tigress killing 170 Kg brown bear, that shows Tigers do KILL, do have STAMINA to kill bears larger than itself.
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An early morning safari into the heart of the Indian jungle may result in a chance encounter with a wild Bengal Tiger, ambling along the track, exhausted from a night on the prowl, before quickly diverging into the thick undergrowth. Or perhaps an eruption of Langur monkeys and Chital alarm calls signals that a predator is near and, in excited pursuit, the source of the commotion reveals the magnificent striped Cat basking in shallow water, cooling itself in the heat of the afternoon sun. Or maybe whilst scanning the tree lines for a crested Serpent Eagle or Jungle Owlet, a sudden heavy russle in the bushes draws attention to a quick glimpse of a startled Sloth Bear galloping into the dense bush. These are rare experiences for a privileged few who visit the enchanted Indian jungles and in my 6 months of working at
Kipling Camp in
Kanha's National Park, I was indeed lucky enough to experience these on more than one occasion.
However, nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to witness one morning in April 2008. Accompanying two of my guests into the Park, we were about to win front row seats for a powerful and deadly show.....a brutal battle between a large male Tiger and a female Sloth Bear, attempting to protect her cub. One of my guests managed to capture this rare event on camera. I have added some slow-mo for extra impact but here is the incredible footage of a truly unforgettable battle of nature..........
Nearing the end of a strangely quiet morning, we reluctantly started to head back to camp along the beautifully scenic Bishanpura track on the south west side of Kanha. Relaxing in the back of the Gypsy, I enjoyed the warmth of the morning sun whilst eagerly scanning the forests on either side for movement and misshapes that would expose one of the many tropical inhabitants to excite my guests. But all seemed still, even the birds were reluctant to sing..... as if everything but us had sensed the impending battle that was about to ensue......
As we meandered around a sharp bend, there in front of us, wandering along the track was a female Sloth Bear with a young cub, no more than 2 months old, clinging to her back. A rare sight in itself as these creatures are extremely elusive. She quickly veered off to the right and began to climb the steep grass bank and, with fixated excitement, we watched as she finally reached the top, briefly glancing back to ensure we were not a threat.
Suddenly our guide excitedly whispered "Tiger!Tiger!" whilst waving a pointed finger towards the left side of the bank. There, majestically poised was a large male Tiger intently targeted on the Bear's movements. Suddenly he leapt across the bank and challenged the Bear to a brief fight before backing away for a few moments. She was obviously injured and was on the defense rather than attack due to her young cub. The Tiger circled her, crouched and once again attacked, this time with intention to kill. And that he did. The cub started to wail loudly and what this video misses is the point at which the cub turns and looks straight at us. In desperation, it then ran towards us and tumble turned head first down the steep bank to the foot of our jeep. At just arms reach, the temptation to rescue this little cub was overwhelming but this was a wild animal, and hard though it was, this was what nature intended and we had to respect that. The cub scrambled back up the steep bank and inherently attempted to climb the nearest tree. But the Tiger was watching and quickly ran across the top of the bank and with one leaping swipe of his paw, pulled the cub to the ground and killed it instantly.
He returned to where the mother lay, picked her up and dragged her down the other side of the bank. We moved around the corner to just glimpse him dragging her across the track and down into the ravine on the other side. The picture below is my very own last captured moment before he disappeared into the undergrowth.
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