Shocking Young Tiger Cub’s First Kill | Bad Natured | BBC Earth

[@RuiPFerreira]

Hey guys I got updates on these tigers Krishna the Mother of them died of old age at the age of 16 in 8 February 2023 Arrowhead- A successful mother who is in her 3/4 litter of cubs Lightning- was moved in 2019 to another wild reserve Pac-Man- died at the age of 5 in his prime due to a territorial fight with another male

[@YAS.94]

Thank you but I wish you hadn't

[@sicksideworldwide1599]

Thanks for the update 😊

[@anthia1156]

Thank you. Poor Pacman 😢

[@hollywoodpineapple8337]

Good to know Machli's offsprings live on...But sad for Pacman.

[@jkaupp8]

The pictures and back story were so powerful. Well done.

[@riteshdhkad]

I have just visited Ranthambore. luckily got a sight of two tigers, a leopard and bear. One of best national park of India.

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

And it was a fawn, so no wonder that he had little trouble to do the first thing that crossed his mind rather than being pressured to perform a "proper" kill

[@wanimalus]

While it's true that the lion's prey was a fawn, it's important to remember that animals in the wild often rely on their instincts and survival skills to capture and kill their prey.

[@wildernessoriental7863]

There is nothing to call Bad Natured in this case. It's just an inexperienced cub trying to kill a prey like a rookie. Such cases are common.

[@touremuhammad5983]

Especially with young cats.

[@wildernessoriental7863]

Yes

[@gajananvilasbadve]

Nothing bad Nothing good Its jungle No rules

[@shlingusdingus4174]

As brutal as this was, I understand the mistakes that Pacman made. I'd imagine, whether you're a tiger or a human trying to hunt properly, that'd you'd make mistakes on the first go.

[@amyfisher6380]

I’ve seen videos of predators killing and eating animals they’ve caught in urban environments, and they don’t always wait until the prey is dead. Once you’ve watched a few of those, you become used to it.

[@voodjin]

Usually the bears are the ones who eat their prey alive, never saw a tiger doing it, but the fact he is unexperienced explains a lot..

[@DPowered2]

Watched a horror video of a kamodo dragon eating an animal alive and it was so hard to watch. They were ripping organs out and it was still alive

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

Hyenas do too.

[@touremuhammad5983]

Dogs do that too.

[@gigglewithjnl37dyxce5]

#birdbathjamaica

[@wanimalus]

Crocodiles are also very aggressive

[@fillfinish7302]

spotted hyenas and wild dogs : are we a joke to you?

[@martijnb5887]

These indeed often start eating their prey alive, but do it in such large numbers that the quickly sever some arteries causing the prey to die within a few minutes instead of 20 minutes. Still though.. brrr..

[@touremuhammad5983]

I don’t get why this episode was called “Bad Natured”. Young cats do this when they learn how to hunt for themselves. The cub’s mother did nothing to let her cub kill his prey on his own. This happens literally all the time with wild cats.

[@-_E-_]

They're just big kitties

[@nishlash4786]

Both are killing machines

[@YAS.94]

That'll rip your throat out in seconds

[@wanimalus]

Cats can be dangerous to us and other animals

[@babananabanana9163]

The only difference is that this kitty is not an invasive species..... unlike household kitties, they're an invasive species that should be exterminated.

[@-_E-_]

@@babananabanana9163 Don't know whose ass you're pulling this info out of.. can't tell if you're being a troll or you're genuinely that ignorant. 1) tigers aren't considered an invasive species, 2) they're too endangered to be 'exterminated' unless a specific individual is causing too many problems for locals

[@seanelucero]

There is no bad natured .....only nature

[@ps-fv5qr]

India 🇮🇳 land of mystical wonders..👑❤️

[@alexandermarcek1096]

What an irony to call observations in nature “bad natured”.…”the darker side….” in a broad daylight

[@AICaliceinchains]

I was thinking this too… Especially given the fact that this is an inexperienced cub and he probably was confused/curious while making the kill. Click bait title at best 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@aromals4248]

Spotted hyenas in Africa are ruthless and I have seen many videos of them eating their prey alive.

[@ap-rw3mj]

kamodo dragons are the most ruthless then comes painted wolf

[@jacksugden8190]

That’s nature in the wild

[@YAS.94]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFES WORK BROTHER! ❤

[@wanimalus]

*can refer to the moment a tiger cub successfully makes its first kill. While this event may seem shocking to some, it is an important step in the tiger's development as a predator.*

[@drandy.myanmaryoutubechannel]

This is real Nature !

[@wanimalus]

Tiger's nature it can tear the opponent at any time

[@wdtnewsusa88]

*may refer to the predatory behavior of a tiger cub. While it may startle you to witness the violence of a young animal taking its first bite, it is a natural and necessary part of a tiger's development. Tiger cubs learn to hunt by observing and practicing with their mothers, and eventually become independent hunters as they mature.*

[@ninadsheth8422]

Shivang Mehta is one of the most brilliant commited Chronicles of wild worlds!!

[@OngoGablogian185]

Is the tiger cub shockingly young, or just shocking in general?

[@bluewizzard8843]

the Killing was shocking you genius.

[@RuiPFerreira]

@@TheStockwell it did but didnt make it to 6 years

[@bustofpallasathena]

@@TheStockwell electrifying

[@gigglewithjnl37dyxce5]

#birdbathjamaica

[@Natureindica]

Nature has many faces

[@kamaalsoeker4431]

It was an inexperienced young tiger. Nothing shocking. Many times we've seen snakes eating their prey from behind. Shit happens lol

[@naturalmentefauna]

Amazing documentary of a majestic animal. Tigers are really powerful and swift in their killings.

[@julianstokes6526]

Young Tiger: Bears have the right idea.

[@olivergayle1979]

Great to see this. I took the first photos of these tigers as tiny cubs in 2014 as Krishna😊 carried them one by one across the road in her mouth!

[@sventer198]

The fact that he tried to sit on his embarrassing gafe 😂

[@wilson0213]

“Video game little kids play” Haha yeah. Kids 😮‍💨

[@chiekofukuda4668]

昔TVで見た話思い出す。母トラが双子の赤ちゃん産んで直ぐに1匹行方不明🥲母が留守した時錦蛇に襲われた。あちこち巣穴を変えたけど、2匹目も留守中錦蛇に襲われた。母は必死に探し腹の膨らんで錦蛇を発見。執拗に追い詰め丸呑みした子虎を吐き出した。母トラは既に死んでる子虎を食べた。敵に食べられない様に。涙が止まらなかった🥹

[@maryrosekent8223]

There is no such thing as “very unique”-uniqueness is a singular quality that takes no modifiers.

[@andyhaochizhang]

People often use unique to mean "special/unusual", in which case it definitely takes modifiers. This definition is included in all major dictionaries and in fact Merriam-Webster used that exact phrasing in an example - "a very unique ball-point pen".

[@maryrosekent8223]

@@andyhaochizhang That just sounds so very, very wrong…

[@Swatantracode]

Thanks for sharing 👍this story it's making me emotional 😢.

[@nballa]

Let me introduce this guy to wild dogs.

[@boxcannon8321]

He probably has seen it there are wild dogs in india and this guy is an experienced wild life photographer

[@peri3818]

I like your philosophy. You're a wise man

[@rosemiller417]

❤Nature❤ 😆😭 Many Animals don't or stop caring to kill as soon as they find it's safe to eat. Eating usually starts at the softest Parts, wich is the Underbelly Area. Nature knows no Moral or Merci as we and similar wired Beings do and display normaly. One of hardest to watch, for me, are Komodragons. But seems really often more slow than fast to get eaten.. Keep up the good work.

[@izzyc.6559]

Totally agree with it being natural to them, but you say that we have morals or mercy? We capture animals and keep them confined in a tight space their whole life until its time for slaughter. That is truely no mercy. Animals ways are more natural.

[@em1osmurf]

he should take a trip to africa, and listen hyena or painted dogs' prey scream as they get eaten alive. good story

[@nikeshbiswal6656]

buddy you should visit the butcher shop next to my house. Emotions and Nature don't go hand in hand...

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Thanks for not messing with nature by not intervening.🌏

[@lennoxshepherd3905]

Very clumsy first attempt, can't fault him too much it all worked out in the end tho Tho tigers pretty much hunt solo so not sure why you'd think his mom or sister would help him finish it off

[@boxcannon8321]

There are instances when mother helps her young cubs if you've seen enough tiger documentaries you would know that

[@عامربراهمه]

what is the title of this documentary?

[@ccocoi9583]

L’Inde est ses merveilles ❤

[@BalbirSingh-nb5hb]

Nice take on wild life.

[@pius222]

thank goodness for the deers, tiger have good.

[@fasdfsdfgsd3790]

they didnt record it?

[@atariwee6555]

The narrator is lucky. The tiger didn’t attack him sitting duck in a open vehicle. Instead it went for the small deer.

[@indyreno2933]

The Tiger (Uncia tigris) is a big cat native only to Asia, it is one of the only two extant species belonging to the genus Uncia, the other being the Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia), the tiger is also known for being the largest cat species in the world alive today, there are twelve recognized subspecies of tiger, only six of which are alive today, the most basal being the †Caspian Tiger (Uncia tigris virgata), then followed by the Bengal Tiger (Uncia tigris tigris), with the most recent split being between two clades, the Uncia tigris altaica group or Northeast Asian tigers with three recognized subspecies being the Siberian Tiger (Uncia tigris altaica), the †Wanhsien Tiger (Uncia tigris acutidens), and the South China Tiger (Uncia tigris amoyensis) and the Uncia tigris sondaica group or Southeast Asian tigers with seven recognized subspecies being the Indochinese Tiger (Uncia tigris corbetti), the Malayan Tiger (Uncia tigris jacksoni), the †Ngandong Tiger (Uncia tigris soloensis), the Sumatran Tiger (Uncia tigris sumatrae), the †Javan Tiger (Uncia tigris sondaica), the †Trinil Tiger (Uncia tigris trinilensis), and the †Bali Tiger (Uncia tigris balica).

[@AchillesSeverus]

We appreciate you, Wikipedia 😁

[@corvid1221]

Not sure where this information is from or if it's a language/regional thing, but tigers and snow leopards are part of the Panthera genus, with tigers having the name P. tigris and snow leopards being P. uncia. However, they are more closely related to each other than other members of the Panthera genus such as lions and leopards. Uncia is a species name referring to snow leopards, not a genus name.

[@indyreno2933]

@Corvid, actually, Panthera is an exclusively old world genus with only four recognized species, the genus originated exclusively from Africa and the most basal of the four species is the †African Jaguar (Panthera shawi), then followed by the Leopard (Panthera pardus), with the most recent split being between the †European Jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) and the Lion (Panthera leo), Panthera is the most basal genus of the subtribe Pantherina (Greater Big Cats), the genus Uncia is the second most basal genus and contains four recognized species, the most basal of the four Uncia species is the †Cave Lion (Uncia spelaea), then followed by the Tiger (Uncia tigris), with the most recent split being between the †Tibetan Jaguar (Uncia blytheae) and the Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia), the third most basal recognized genus is the fossil genus †Sinailurus, which has three recognized species, the most basal being the †East Asian Lion (Sinailurus youngi), followed by the split between the †Longdan Tiger (Sinailurus zdanskyi) and the †Chinese Jaguar (Sinailurus palaeosinensis), the two most recently evolved genera are Neofelis and Jaguarius, Neofelis contains two recognized species being the Chinese Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and the Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi), while Jaguarius contains three recognized species, the most basal being the †American Lion (Jaguarius atrox), followed by the split between the †Yucatan Leopard (Jaguarius balamoides) and the Jaguar (Jaguarius onca), all roaring cat species found only in the new world actually do constitute a monophyletic group and descended from a new world ancestor, which therefore means the american lion is more closely related to the jaguar than to the lion, as well as the cave lion being more closely related to both the snow leopard and tiger, in addition to the european jaguar being more closely related to the lion than to the jaguar, and the fact that the †Cave Lion (Uncia spelaea), Tiger (Uncia tigris), †Tibetan Jaguar (Uncia blytheae), Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia), †East Asian Lion (Sinailurus youngi), †Longdan Tiger (Sinailurus zdanskyi), †Chinese Jaguar (Sinailurus palaeosinensis), †American Lion (Jaguarius atrox), †Yucatan Leopard (Jaguarius balamoides), and Jaguar (Jaguarius onca) are all more closely related to clouded leopards (genus Neofelis) than any of them are to either the †African Jaguar (Panthera shawi), Leopard (Panthera pardus), †European Jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis), or Lion (Panthera leo), with the american lion, yucatan leopard, and jaguar being the closest relatives of the clouded leopards, the east asian lion, longdan tiger, and chinese jaguar all being the second closest to the clouded leopards, and the cave lion, tiger, tibetan jaguar, and snow leopard being the third closest to the clouded leopards, while the african jaguar, leopard, european jaguar, and lion are the most basal and distantly related from all the other groups, this officially redefines these genera based on geography and geography alone.

[@corvid1221]

@@indyreno2933 Interesting, but so very different to what I learned! Do you have any sources I can look at that support this classification?

[@gonzdoom]

He did it for chat, the crowd

[@soumitromukherjee8919]

Impressive narration

[@narendertyagi6548]

Nature is metal 😢

[@eduarortiz8647]

That 🐅 is my favorite

[@elpirata5468]

The brutality and The suffering of this Deer rattled me to my Bones

[@PurebloodKnight]

@@eaanaoea ???????????????????????????????????????????

[@ABC-dq4io]

Very nice 💚❤️

[@missryanswers]

Hyenas don't require death before consuming either. I can only hope for many prey, it's more fear we hear in their distress sounds, like in humans who don't always feel the serious pain at the moment it occurs but instead later once our wits are gathered after an incident. I know they all feel pain. But I can hope it's more like us.

[@Igorrrrrr26]

Krishna wasn't a true queen, she had stole it from her sister sundari(t17) after she went missing from Ranthambore Sadly now all three sister are no more, Rip t17, t18 and t19(three heroines of Ranthambore)

[@adamspivey]

Nature is metal..

[@lemmykilmister873]

🐯 🐅 ❤

[@TonionDuFromage]

Machli was amazing.

[@playme129]

Interesting commentary.

[@georgvonclausewitz2024]

Welcome to the nature!

[@jalajchaturvedi1]

And that's just a normal day at the office for a pack of wild dogs or the African painted dogs. They start to tear away their pray alive.

[@bessieknox]

I don't want to hear I want to be Grizzly Adams talk about it I want to see it!

[@fToo]

i don't understand what is "bad natured" about this event ?

[@bluewizzard8843]

Well the Tiger cub was inexperienced and didn't know how to kill efficiently. That's a bit Like when warriors needed to learn to kill in the past with melee weapons , it's not as easy as you might think.

[@DD_WORLDS_ANIMAL]

❤❤❤😮😮😮😮

[@richnvick9281]

Where's the vid of the hunt?

[@bluewizzard8843]

Not here Clown 🤡

[@ritun4656]

I think it might be too graphic for the pubic eye 😅

[@san-chil]

A young one and capable of mistakes. Pacman will learn the jungle rules with time. We should not be hasty with judgement.

[@1leech]

Birdy Num Num...

[@RM-el3gw]

nature is metal

[@rrpearsall]

He was a mama's boy..

[@claudiabrizzi1743]

😢

[@samwisegamgee233]

One day the male will be alone maybe the mother is letting him go

[@masodimontagna3771]

❤❤❤

[@generalstudieshacks4440]

Mat bata bhai ,samajh gya sab

[@AryanMahipal]

pac man for a reason mother didn't came because she wanted him to grow up

[@questionmark1152]

Driving around in a car that offers 0 protection is so stupid to me.

[@hannadyarkasannadka8097]

Animal cannot protect another badhabadh😅

[@shellbacksclub]

Dude, get over it!

[@jstar9819]

Confusing behavior of the mother tiger, only if one assigns human values towards these beasts. These are unfortunately just nature in play. Even humans do similar things to other humans, since humans are part of nature itself.

[@rondanorris5504]

Poor little 🦌 deer.....

[@learnhoudini]

who are we to judge nature and her animals! of course they don't follow our fragile morality. maybe next time give a more appropriate name and not be so audacious... also why don't you interview the mother, maybe she would explain it to you why she did not help!

[@phillipkeppinger4049]

💪🏻👍🏻

[@hopebear06]

It's happening in every moment. Feral dogs make almost all their kills in that way. They are horrible animals. They chew the genitals off first as they did with my parents two dogs which were killed less than one hundred metres from the house. Tigers belong there. It's their home. He will learn the tiger way eventually.

[@AbbiRindu]

U talk too much

[@cradle652]

Too long a narrative.

[@Wave420XX]

rawr XD

[@wafi338]

Hhhhh . Bakwas story

[@lalitpawar1094]

Hhhhh . Bakwas din

[@mienamie4448]

😢😭💔💔💔💔hertje dieptriest🙁😔NIET LEUK!!😡😠😤😤😤😤🐯STOMME 🐯!! HEEL ERG GEMEEN!!

[@The-ii5mj]

I don't 🤔 💬 the Mom🐯 intervened bcuz as you say, she was happy that PacMan🐅 had made his 1st k.i11 (a little bit off que but still got the job done). I, personally, being an animal lover💕myself, marvel @God's creations. I take ❤️ knowing that even though it looked and sounded painful, that 🦌 probably had gone into shock rather quickly, sparing it unbearable pain. Thank you for all your work & I love your story telling❣️✌️🐾 🇨🇱