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| Forsyth, J. | |
| The highlands of central India - Abstract | |
| 1985 Hornbill: 9-16 | |
The man-eaters of the Central Provinces rarely confine themselves solely to human food, though some have almost done so to my own knowledge. Various circumstances may lead a tiger to prey on man; anything, in fact, that incapacitates him from killing other game more difficult to procure. A tiger who has got very fat and heavy, or very old, or who has been disabled by a wound, or a tigress who has had to bring up young cubs where other game is scarce - all these take naturally to man, who is the easiest animal of all to kill, as soon as failure with other prey brings on the pangs of hunger; and once a tiger has found out how easy it is to overcome the lord of creation, and how good he is to eat, he is apt to stick him, and, if a tigress, to bring up her progeny in the same line of business. |
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