India’s Tadoba National Park reaches blazing temperatures during the summer months. The heat and scarcity of water lead animals to assemble at common waterholes. Sharing these water sources can lead to vicious encounters like this. The fight began when the sloth bear and its cub approached where the tiger was drinking. The tiger immediately charged the bear when it reached the water. The fight went on for 15 minutes. Each animal is likely to have sustained notable injuries, but the sloth bear was able to protect its cub.
Increasing temperatures not only put animals at risk of dehydration, but force them into altercations like this one between the bears. What do you think of this battle between the sloth bear and the tiger?
This wasn’t just the power of a bear this was the power of a mother saving its offspring. That’s something you can’t underestimate.
Massive respect to that mother bear, she managed to fight a tiger for 15 minutes and yet protected her cubs, that’s just crazy.
