In "Fantasy Forest", an enhanced version of the elite tiger boss not only KOs the Black Panther and the Big Bear, but also staged a big show of fighting against the wolves alone. So in reality, can tigers calmly advance and retreat when facing wolves? Can it fight back a small group of gray wolves?
stills of the movie "Fantasy Forest", the picture comes from the Internet
Tigers are indeed quite powerful among carnivores. Even so, it is unrealistic to let it challenge the super wolf pack of dozens or even hundreds of gray wolves (Canis lupus). However, such large wolves are rare now. Many times, two adult wolves are in a state of a litter of little cubs... Generally, more than ten wolves are quite large, and some wolf cubs are included in it. If you encounter in the wild and there are fewer than 5 adult wolves in the pack, an experienced adult tiger will most likely not be afraid.
Take the gray wolf and Siberian tiger in the Siberian region as an example. The former weighs about 40 kg, while the latter weighs more than 200 kg, with a weight difference of several times. The tiger has stronger attack ability, stronger biting power, and more rapid clawing. It has an overwhelming advantage on one-on-one (even advantage over lions at the same weight), and has the ability to disperse the wolves. Although no one has recorded videos of tigers rushing into wolves or siegeing tigers in the wild, some studies can make us smell some clues - in the Russian Far East, large and medium-sized carnivores such as leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis), lynx (Lynx lynx), and records that they were preyed alive and put into tiger plates.
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The male lion with similar body shape is inferior to the tiger in terms of attack power. (Picture from the Internet)
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A small wolf pack can easily expel a young grizzly bear and snatch its food (Picture from the Internet).
By comparing the combat effectiveness of wolves and tigers, it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of wolfs and tigers can be seen. For example, this type of carnivore hunts another ferocious carnivore for the purpose of filling their stomachs. Only tigers are more common... And here, there are three records of tigers killing wolves one-on-one, although the record does not indicate whether they will be eaten in the end...
Also in the San Yeling Nature Reserve (Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik (SAZ)) in the Far East of Russia, where there are both gray wolf and Siberian tigers. The relationship between wolf and tiger is the most thoroughly studied. There, the survival areas of wolves and tigers overlap, competing for almost the same food, is a place of constant disputes. What about the result of the battle between tigers and wolves, known as lone heroes? Please see the picture below:
What a miserable word! Since the 1960s, tiger activities have begun here, and then the wolves have completely lost. Yudin (1992) and others believe that wolves will actively avoid tiger territory. If there are too many tigers, the living space of wolves will be compressed. In fact, in most cases, wolves are unwilling to have head-on conflicts with tigers and leopards. Miquelle et al. (2005) believe that this is not enough to explain why wolves are weakened to such a level. They believe that it is very likely that tigers will prey on wolves. Although their speculation has not been confirmed, the tiger will indeed rush into the Cuon alpinus group to capture prey, like entering a nobody, a relative of the gray wolf, smaller than the wolf, and also a tiger's meal on the plate. If Miquelle and others' speculation is true, the scene of a tiger rushing into the wolf pack to catch fresh meat may have actually happened in the forest.
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