In India's national parks, tigers easily sneak up on sloth bears, but the bears can effectively defend themselves once attacked, impacting efforts to reduce human-bear conflicts.
Sloth bears, primarily feeding on insects and fruit, have developed aggressive behaviors, likely due to their frequent encounters and fights with tigers.
Sloth bears, though not predatory, have a reputation for attacking humans, potentially more than other large carnivores globally, possibly influenced by their confrontations with tigers.
Researcher Thomas Sharp highlights the local belief that sloth bears' aggressiveness is attributed to their interactions with tigers, shedding light on the behavioral dynamics in the wild.
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