A she-bear rushed at a tiger to protect her cub
Category: Horrible video
9 August 2025
A man traveling in a protected area in India witnessed a confrontation between a mother bear and a tiger.
The footage shows a mother bear (presumably a sloth bear) engaging in a fight with a Bengal tiger, protecting her cub.
The cub was close to the tiger, and the mother immediately rushed to its defense. Despite the significant difference in size - tigers weigh up to 225 kilograms, and a female sloth bear weighs about 60 kilograms - she managed to put the predator to flight. At the climax, the cub clung to the mother's back while she was chasing the tiger.
Experts note that since the forces were unequal, the outcome could have been tragic - a blow from a tiger's paw can break the bear's spine.
