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Post by Montezuma on Dec 12, 2022 15:32:11 GMT -5
I don't know that this video is posted here or not, but i am posting it. Video shows of intereactions of Sun bears with tigers, leopards, clouded leopards, dholes and Asiatic black bears etc. Note from 00:12, that the sun bear isn't afraid of the tiger in the face-on, and neither the tiger would attack the bear. Later, notice that a clouded leopard becomes nervous see a Sun bear while the bear has no hard feeling about the felines presence.
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Post by brobear on Dec 13, 2022 0:14:24 GMT -5
Very nice and informative video. Sun bears appear to be designed for fighting, with their loose skin, long canine teeth, and long hooked claws. But still, if he is on the ground, catches site of a big cat, and has enough time, a sun bear will scurry up a tree. Not so much from fear (imo) but simply common sense. Why risk your life in a struggle when you have nothing to benefit from the fight? Together; the sun bear and the Andean bear are the world's most arboreal bears.
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Post by brobear on Dec 13, 2022 5:46:04 GMT -5
Not sure that this story can be considered as "verified" but it could very well be true. books.google.com.br/books?id=t3dCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA510&lpg=PA510&dq=%22but+between+a+tiger+and+a+bear%22&source=bl&ots=4_ddwAclQ9&sig=KBEkMej4XIN33ZNWH0dNXyT3rW0&hl=pt-BR&ei=mevhTtjjB4G2tweP2fX_BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result#v=onepage&q=%22but%20between%20a%20tiger%20and%20a%20bear%22&f=false shaggygod.proboards.com/thread/795/malayan-sun-bear-tiger-relations Source: Travels in the East Indian archipelago (Albert Smith Bickmore) ACCOUNT OF A DEADLY STRUGGLE BETWEEN A SUN BEAR AND A SUMATRAN TIGER (SUMATRA ISLAND, INDONESIA). TIGER AND BEAR DIED. While nearly all animals have a particular area which they frequent-as the low coast region, the plateaus of these tropical lands, or the higher parts of the mountains-the rhinoceros lives indifferently anywhere between the sea-shores and the tops of the highest peaks. This species has two " horns," the first being the longer and more sharply pointed, but the Java species has only one. The natives here know nothing of the frequent combats between these animals and elephants, that are so frequently pictured in popular works on natural history. The Resident has, however, told me of a combat between two other rivals of these forests that is more remarkable. When he was controleur at a small post, a short distance north of this place, a native came to him one morning, and asked, if he should find a dead tiger and bring its head, whether he would receive the usual bounty given by the government. The Resident assured him that he would, and the native then explained that there had evidently been a battle between two tigers in the woods, near his kampong, for all had heard their howls and cries, and they were fighting so long that, he had no doubt, one was left dead on the spot. A party at once began a hunt for the expected prize, and soon they found the battle had not been between two tigers, as they had supposed, but between a tiger and a bear, and that both were dead. The bear was still hugging the tiger, and the tiger had reached round, and fastened his teeth in the side of the bear's neck. The natives then gathered some rattan, wound it round them, just as they were, strung them to a long bamboo, and brought them to the office of the Resident, who gave a full account of this strange combat in his next official report. These bears are popularly called " sun" bears, Helarctos Malayanus, from their habit of basking in the hot sunshine, while other bears slink away from the full light of day into some shady place. The Resident at Bencoolen had a young cub that was very tame. Its fur was short, fine, and glossy. It was entirely black, except a crescent-shaped spot of white on its breast, which characterizes the species.
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