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Post by Gorilla king on Oct 22, 2021 15:08:04 GMT -5
Reply #18: Omg! I never seen that before. But I don't know who won the fight.
(Video is inside that link by the way) |
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Post by Gorilla king on Oct 22, 2021 15:23:53 GMT -5
Lets analyze that interaction at reply #18, the sloth bear was the one that attacked the leopard, but why? Sloth bears dont hunt leopards, did the leopard had a carcass? Nothing about that was mentioned. So i guess the sloth bear was just trying to scare the leopard from that area, maybe there was a waterhole or something. The sloth bear failed his objective in this case because the leopard stood its ground.
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Nov 6, 2021 7:37:22 GMT -5
Sometimes spotted hyenas harrass leopards and treat them as a magnet to food. The sloth bear might be doing just that. The leopard might have stood his ground but because there is no carcass nearby, the sloth bear had no reason to stay probably.
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Post by arctozilla on Nov 24, 2021 17:09:44 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 1, 2022 7:48:37 GMT -5
NEW SLOTH BEAR/LEOPARD INTERACTION:
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 17, 2022 17:25:00 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 3, 2022 10:28:51 GMT -5
 "A large Sri Lankan sloth bear eating a young buffalo carcass hunted by a leopard. Sloth bears don't usually hunt for meat. They feed on carcasses hunted by other animals. Sloth bears like to eat "Palu" fruit and also feeds on termites and ants." |
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Post by Gorilla king on Jan 18, 2023 19:07:57 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Jan 19, 2023 1:30:33 GMT -5
YALA NATIONAL PARK: See how the sloth bears' feet are spaced out wide apart. He (or she) is braced for a fight. Retreat is not on the bears' mind.
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Jan 19, 2023 2:50:02 GMT -5
YALA NATIONAL PARK: See how the sloth bears' feet are spaced out wide apart. He (or she) is braced for a fight. Retreat is not on the bears' mind. The sloth bear knows he can dominate the leopard at carcass disputes. Still in Sri Lanka, the leopard is known as the apex predator. The sloth bear is not a full time predator and therefore does not need the title. |
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Post by Gorilla king on May 2, 2023 9:46:34 GMT -5
SLOTH BEAR/LEOPARDESS INTERACTION AT TABODA ANDHARI TIGER RESERVE, INDIA: AND
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Post by Gorilla king on Aug 11, 2023 8:53:52 GMT -5
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Post by arctozilla on Sept 1, 2023 6:30:25 GMT -5
Here's the fight in real life |
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Post by brobear on Sept 1, 2023 8:24:36 GMT -5
Quote; "After some tense growling and hissing, the bear appears to back down and heads back towards the cover of the forest, leaving the big cat behind."
*That is simply one person's interpretation. My thoughts; after seeing that the leopard was not going to push the issue, the bear no longer had a reason to be standing there. The bear did not "run away" but casually walked over to the pond for a drink of water, which was probably his intentions all along.
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Sept 30, 2023 17:35:07 GMT -5
 Avian posted this on Carnivora. I can’t find the link to this book. |
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Post by Gorilla king on Sept 30, 2023 18:17:39 GMT -5
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Post by arctozilla on Nov 8, 2023 13:07:46 GMT -5
They meant sloth bear cubs. Biologists say leopards are only after cubs
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