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This is at the Kaziranga national park, Assam, India. Happened quite recently I believe.

The tiger's stealth is amazing, you wouldn't know where it was in that grass until it starts its run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx3E0ftkLW4

And the quality of the video wasn't any help.

another reason why I like the big kitties.

Sergeant Major: Soldier, how did you get so close to me?
Chavez: Sniper approached the instructor by being a sneaky bastard, Sergeant Major!

And the quality of the video wasn't any help.

I'll tell the guy to focus it better, while being on the back of an elephant and facing a charging tiger/tigress. :p


another reason why I like the big kitties.

Sadly, they are not doing good. Numbers are dwindling due to poaching because the demand for their bones for Chinese aphrodosiac medicine (not the only factor, but a significant one) :(

I'll tell the guy to focus it better, while being on the back of an elephant and facing a charging tiger/tigress. :p you do that. :p I had the area down, but not the exact location. but then again, it was the digitizing of the moving grass that had me focusing on that area.

Sadly, they are not doing good. Numbers are dwindling due to poaching because the demand for their bones for Chinese aphrodosiac medicine (not the only factor, but a significant one) :(

:(

A little off topic, but the state of Assam produces my favorite tea.

This was pretty cool; the tiger wasn't even visible until it emerged from the grass a few meters from the cameraman. And not only that, but it jumped an elephant's height...that's pretty amazing. I hope they can bring poaching under control; loss of biodiversity is always a bad thing, especially for the big cats which are already facing a ton of problems the world over.

Wow...then what happened?

Maybe it's poor video quality, but if you look closely, you can see the grass move where the tiger is hiding before it springs.

This is at the Kaziranga national park, Assam, India. Happened quite recently I believe.

The tiger's stealth is amazing, you wouldn't know where it was in that grass until it starts its run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx3E0ftkLW4

Never act like a cat toy. :)

Seems like the tiger wasn't at all deterred by the stick. I think they needed to be carrying something better than a stick.

Shit, that tiger sure didn't wanna play.

Seems like the tiger wasn't at all deterred by the stick. I think they needed to be carrying something better than a stick.

In fact, I think the stick was part of the problem. It was like waving a bit of string at a kitty! It just hlped to complete the cat toy image. :)

Shit, that tiger sure didn't wanna play.

I disagree. :)

I disagree. :)Yeah.. the problem is it want's to play...with it's food!

Man, I hope that guy's all right.

Man, I hope that guy's all right.

After that event, even if he's completely unhurt, he's not alright. :p

After that event, even if he's completely unhurt, he's not alright. :p"Time to turn this elephant around... I need a new pair of pants!"

Seems like the tiger wasn't at all deterred by the stick. I think they needed to be carrying something better than a stick.
like a bigger stick. much bigger.

Man, that's a tiger that thought - "F**k it, I'm never going to get out of this hunt so might as well take down a few with me"

Pretty courageous tiger, not because of the fantastic stick but because of the freakin' elephant underneath :eek:

Although...Indian elephants are wussies

like a bigger stick. much bigger.

One with a trigger and a barrel methinks

I hope they can bring poaching under control; loss of biodiversity is always a bad thing, especially for the big cats which are already facing a ton of problems the world over.Impossible - look at the Tiger's habitats (Most notably Indonesia & India), and the population growth there - I give it twenty years until Tigers are extinct outside of zoos (A few more until a lack of genetic diversity eliminates the rest), simply because the villages (And cities) are encroaching on them - and while I'm a huge 'Fan' (Such an inappropriate word...) of felines, and consider the likely extinction of tigers (And assorted others, with the exception of, uhm, cougars and housecats) a great tragedy, I can kind of understand the local people's desire not to be eaten by Tigers whose usual hunting grounds have turned into rice fields.

For that matter, the remaining tiger populations are already the last, tiny remnants of a cat whose habitat was once the entire asian landmass from the caspian to the yellow sea, and from the amur river to java (Of course, asian leopards have been hit worse. There's what, two dozen remaining in the North Korea/ China border region?).

Sad, but alas...

That guy on elephant back has every right to be angry with the salesman who sold him his guaranteed tiger-repellant stick. It obviously doesn't work.

Sad, but alas...
What he said.

like a bigger stick. much bigger.

And electric.

Man, that's a tiger that thought - "F**k it, I'm never going to get out of this hunt so might as well take down a few with me"

Pretty courageous tiger, not because of the fantastic stick but because of the freakin' elephant underneath :eek:

Although...Indian elephants are wussies

Well, he was as far away from the the dangerous end of the elephant, so maybe he thought he had a chance as long as he got past the guy with the stick. Or maybe he just thought stick guy would make a good appetizer.

Where's the version of that video with the tiger's thoughts dubbed in?

"I'm Shir-Kahn, bitch!"

I was going to say something that this reminded me of. But you all would not understand.

I was going to say something that this reminded me of. But you all would not understand.

Kind of a pointless post then really...

Kind of a pointless post then really...

Many o people make pointless posts here.. that was possibly my first.(as far as a post literally saying nothing) But what I was going to say was.. It looked fake.. if it wasn't fake.. well then you know the tiger is dead. Sorta shitty.

I can top that -- some nutcase jumped into a lion den and tried to convert them to christianity. Not surprisingly, he didn't survive.

EDIT: Somehow he did survive. It didn't prevent him from bleeding profusely, though.

http://atheism.about.com/b/a/123787.htm
http://stupidevilbastard.com/index/seb/comments/man_tries_to_convert_lions_to_jesus_gets_bitten/
http://www.local6.com/news/3887764/detail.html

When in the prescence of a big cat, do your best not to look edible. Or fun to play with.

We're gonna need a bigger elephant.

Well, he was as far away from the the dangerous end of the elephant, so maybe he thought he had a chance as long as he got past the guy with the stick. Or maybe he just thought stick guy would make a good appetizer.

Where's the version of that video with the tiger's thoughts dubbed in?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/219/499341747_413c2b700a.jpg

After that event, even if he's completely unhurt, he's not alright. :p

And neither would the elephant, once the result of terror-loosened bowels reaches its neck....

I think they need a bigger Elephant, and the Elephant carrying a much bigger stick....

Impossible - look at the Tiger's habitats (Most notably Indonesia & India), and the population growth there

Yeah and the tigers are loners and need extensive territories to thrive.

Btw, has anybody read Jim Corbett here?

Nah, the tiger was waiting for the guy to thrown the stick, but he took too much time and the tiger got frustrated because he wanted to play catch.

In fact, I think the stick was part of the problem. It was like waving a bit of string at a kitty! It just hlped to complete the cat toy image. :)

The stick is used to goad the elephant either left or right with a gentle thwap. But yeah, throwing it at the tiger = bad idea. It was the 'bad idea stick' you may say.

Holy Shit-scary just watching that...cant imagine being there.

Here's a different kind of tiger attack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbbVxkMRqXA

:D

Is it just me or did the elephant not seem to care about the tiger attack at all?

Here's a different kind of tiger attack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbbVxkMRqXA

:D

LOLZ....:D

Here's a different kind of tiger attack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbbVxkMRqXA

:D

I video taped a tiger doing that to a woman at the Cape May Zoo in NJ. Twice.
Same woman.

Is it just me or did the elephant not seem to care about the tiger attack at all?

I dont think the tiger cared about the elephant either. He went straight for the stick guy, doing a 3 meters vertical jump that really must´ve craped the pants of the guy.

Anyway, I think this one is much more scary.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyPY9SmhvQU

(To continue from thread title)

Tiger to now sue as "stick wasn't edible!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG9hfBVf_P0&mode=related&search=

Never be friendly with a tiger when you're at a fundraiser dinner. Likely, they're thinking about dinner themselves...

This is why sticks are a bad idea to use against large cats...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sPgUNu7-fU&mode=related&search=

man, this guy's definately getting himself a darwin award.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG9hfBVf_P0&mode=related&search=

Never be friendly with a tiger when you're at a fundraiser dinner. Likely, they're thinking about dinner themselves...

It looked like it was hugging that guy, not trying to eat him. If the tiger wanted to eat that guy it would have. Big cats are just as affectionate as house cats, it's adorable in a horrifying way.

It looked like it was hugging that guy, not trying to eat him. If the tiger wanted to eat that guy it would have. Big cats are just as affectionate as house cats, it's adorable in a horrifying way.

yep. no growls. if that big kitty really wanted to do some damage... there would be NO MISTAKE about it.

I've seen them do the same thing to their handlers when they were here for our state fair.

yep. no growls. if that big kitty really wanted to do some damage... there would be NO MISTAKE about it.

I've seen them do the same thing to their handlers when they were here for our state fair.

Watching a trainer rub a 400lb lion's belly as he lied on his back and purred was probably the strangest thing I ever saw as a child. Still awesomely cute though.

I video taped a tiger doing that to a woman at the Cape May Zoo in NJ. Twice.
Same woman.

now imagine 6 tigers doing that... repeatedly...

scent marking... gotta love em!

Watching a trainer rub a 400lb lion's belly as he lied on his back and purred was probably the strangest thing I ever saw as a child. Still awesomely cute though.

at the fair where they were showing off White Tigers, they had a Tigers at Play session. basically, the tigers are just romping around their caged area.

one of them just stops and goes into FULL huning mode. I mean belly to the ground, stalking to the cage wall, tail twitching. the whole nine yards.

not everyone saw it, but I did. and I looked to see what had caught the tiger's attention. a fair goer walked in holding a HUGE stuffed tweetybird. She was talking to her friend, totally unaware of the attention that was on her... untill someone pointed it out. at first she was freaked... then she realized that the Tiger was stalking tweety.

so she waved tweety with both hands, over her head. The Tiger jumped from one side of his stand to the other. She waved Tweety back and the tiger jumped back. so in that tent, you had one woman waving tweety left to right while in the enclosed area, you had one Tiger, out of six, jumping from one side of his stand to the other. :D

That is, untill another tiger was watching what he was doing, and tried to find out why his pride mate was acting so looney. then she had TWO tigers happily jumping over the stand following the huge tweetybird. :D :D

This is at the Kaziranga national park, Assam, India. Happened quite recently I believe.

The tiger's stealth is amazing, you wouldn't know where it was in that grass until it starts its run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx3E0ftkLW4

Scary! :o

I actually found the backstory to this.

It happened in 2004, and it's not tourists but Wildlife Trust and Forest Department people tracking the tiger to dart her. They could see her hiding in the field and shot her with the dart gun but missed, which made her attack.

The stick wasn't just a stick but a metal elephant hook thingy.

The Mahout was dragged off the elephant and gravely injured on his left hand and arm.

Luckily for him, the elephant pinned the tiger down with her foot and trunk until it could get away and ran off. Pretty cool for an elephant. :cool:

Here's the link: http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/html/news/2004/040609_joymala.htm

The stick wasn't just a stick but a metal elephant hook thingy.

Thanks, I was trying to remember the technical term for it :)

Good back-story Sherlock, genuinely :)

Thanks, I was trying to remember the technical term for it :)

Good back-story Sherlock, genuinely :)

No kidding. What, did you make an offering to the WWWizzard or something to find that out?

And that was quick thinking on the elephant's part. That's pretty freakin' cool.

Thanks, I was trying to remember the technical term for it :)

Good back-story Sherlock, genuinely :)
Thanks :p. And when in doubt, always go with "thingy". Gives you such an air of knowledgicity. *nods*

No kidding. What, did you make an offering to the WWWizzard or something to find that out?

And that was quick thinking on the elephant's part. That's pretty freakin' cool.
Buh? Sometimes I hate jolt. There is no way it took me 2 minutes to write my post.
Stupid warpiness thingy. (<-- see what I did there?)

Anyway, no, I just used my widdle brain and clicked through all the other editions of that video on Youtube in the hopes of finding out what happened after the video ends, and someone else had actually found the story of "the elephant heroine".

Buh? Sometimes I hate jolt. There is no way it took me 2 minutes to write my post.
Stupid warpiness thingy. (<-- see what I did there?)

Anyway, no, I just used my widdle brain and clicked through all the other editions of that video on Youtube in the hopes of finding out what happened after the video ends, and someone else had actually found the story of "the elephant heroine".

Did you just call me stupid?

It'd be cool if there was video of the elephant trapping the tiger. That'd be cool.

Did you just call me stupid?:eek: Are you jolt's warpiness thingy? If so, then yes. If not, then no. After all, I'm sure even you have a widdle brain. ;)

:eek: Are you jolt's warpiness thingy? If so, then yes. If not, then no. After all, I'm sure even you have a widdle brain. ;)

Yeah, but I keep it in a jar so that it doesn't get cold.

After that event, even if he's completely unhurt, he's not alright. :p

Or, at least, his underwear isn't.