Reasons for attacking Tiger attack



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if human comes close , surprises sleeping or feeding tiger (particularly if tigress cubs), tiger may attack , kill human. tigers can attack humans in case of mistaken identity (for example, if human crouching while collecting firewood, or cutting grass) , when tourist gets close. recommend not riding bicycle, or running in region tigers live in order not provoke chase. peter byrne wrote indian postman working on foot many years without problems resident tigers, chased tiger after started riding bicycle work. there approximately 85 or fewer people killed , injured tigers each year. these deaths , injuries not deliberate; many accidental. incidents involving death or injuries reported in statistics, reported bbc. reason many of human killings , injuries due rare incidents @ zoos, or man-eating tigers in india. man-eater tiger wanders outside of usual habitat area humans are. tiger begins stalk, hunt humans kill , eat them. behavior believed direct result of overwhelming success of india s conservation projects tigers. these man-eater tigers tend exist in india, tiger population has grown rapidly conservation projects.


in cases tigers change natural diet become man-eaters. due tiger being incapacitated gunshot wound or porcupine quills, or other factors, such health issues , disabilities. in such cases, animal s inability take traditional prey forces stalk humans, less appetizing easier chase, overpower , kill; case man-eating tigress of champawat, believed have begun eating villagers @ least partially in response crippling tooth injuries. tigers in asia live in close proximity humans, tigers have killed more people other big cat. between 1876 , 1912, tigers killed 33,247 people in british india.


man-eaters have been recurrent problem india, in kumaon, garhwal , sundarbans mangrove swamps of bengal. there, healthy tigers have been known hunt humans. though tigers avoid elephants, have been known jump on elephant s , severely injure mahout riding on elephant s back. kesri singh mentioned case when fatally wounded tiger attacked , killed hunter wounded while hunter on of elephant. man-eating tigers captured, shot or poisoned.


during war, tigers may acquire taste human flesh consumption of corpses have lain unburied, , go on attack soldiers; happened during vietnam , second world wars. tigers stalk groups of people bending down while working in field or cutting grass, lose interest people stand upright. consequently, has been hypothesized attacks simple case of mistaken identity.


tigers typically surprise victims side or behind: either approaching upwind or lying in wait downwind. tigers press attack if seen before ambush mounted.


kenneth anderson once commented on man-eating tigers;



extraordinary how cautious every man-eater becomes practice, whether tiger or panther, , cowardly too. invariably, attack solitary person, , too, after prolonged , painstaking stalking, having assured no other human being in immediate vicinity... these animals seem possess astute sixth sense , able differentiate between unarmed human being , armed man deliberately pursuing them, in cases, when cornered venture attack latter, while go out of way stalk , attack unarmed man.



tigers intimidated attacking humans, if unfamiliar people. unlike man-eating leopards, established man-eating tigers seldom enter human settlements, sticking village outskirts. nevertheless, attacks in human villages occur.


most tigers attack human if cannot physically satisfy needs otherwise. tigers typically wary of humans , show no preference human meat. although humans relatively easy prey, not desired source of food. thus, man-eating tigers old, infirm, or have missing teeth, , choose human victims out of desperation. in 1 case, post-mortem examination of killed tigress revealed 2 broken canine teeth, 4 missing incisors , loose upper molar, handicaps make capturing stronger prey extremely difficult. upon reaching stage did attack workman.


in cases, rather being predatory, tiger attacks on humans seem territorial in nature. in @ least 1 case, tigress cubs killed 8 people entering territory without consuming them @ all.








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