Tag: Bengal tiger

Surreal footage shows tiger chasing bear through forest

“Jungles never cease to amaze us,” an Indian Forest Service officer stated after sharing footage of the pursuit in a tiger reserve.

Tigers sometimes prey on sloth bears in India, but predation attempts are rarely witnessed.

The accompanying footage, captured in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, shows a sloth bear fleeing for its life as tourists watch from a safari vehicle, anticipating what might happen next.

Nearly 15 seconds after the bear passes, in a grainy scene captured from another vehicle, the tiger is shown bounding across the road in hot pursuit.

“Jungles never cease to amaze us,” Ramesh Pandey of the Indian Forest Service exclaimed Wednesday via X, crediting Siddharth Singh for the footage.

Although tigers occasionally prey on sloth bears, the two species can thrive together in shared protected habitat, according to Wildlife SOS.

Sloth bears can weigh nearly 300 pounds. Their diet consists mostly of termites, ants, carrion, fruits and plants, and small mammals.

As viewers can see, they’re not at all sloth-like in their movements, especially when they fall under attack.

Tiger’s ambush attack on deer ‘will leave you surprised’

A journalist in India has shared footage showing an ambush attack by a tiger that didn’t go quite as planned.

A journalist in India has shared footage showing an ambush attack by a tiger that didn’t go quite as planned.

“This stunning video of a Royal Bengal Tiger chasing a deer in West Bengal’s Sunderbans will leave you surprised,” Piyali Mitra wrote on Twitter.

The footage, credited to Anup Kayal, shows the tiger crouched at the left, waiting for an opportunity to strike, as three unsuspecting deer browse just yards away.

However, as the tiger pounces, the deer scatter, and the tiger chases one into the water.

Susanta Nanda of the India Forest Service observed: “Tigers of Sunderbans mangroves are [adapted] to catch the prey even in water. But here is one that dodged the big cat.”

In the footage the tiger appears to be on top of the deer. But the deer changed direction underwater and surfaced well out of reach, signifying the end of the hunt.

Tigers, quite often, are not successful in catching prey. On average, however, they kill about one large animal per week.

–Bengal tiger image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons