The incredible moment a tiger chased down an entire herd of deer before sinking its teeth into its prey has been captured in a series of astonishing photographs. Wildlife photographer Sudhir Shiʋaraм has shared the impressive array of images, taken in the TadoƄa Andhari Tiger Reserve in the Chandrapur district of the state of Maharashtra in India.
He said he watched with amazement as the tiger chased the deer into a dense forest next to a lake, before catching and killing one and dragging it along the ground to the water.
Sudhir said: ‘During our morning safari we came across this tigress who was sitting next to the safari track.
‘She had her focus fixed on this spotted deer in the grassland near a body of water.
The tigress was not even remotely bothered by our presence.
“We want to scan the terrain and detect these deer near the body of water.
“She ran and focused on her target prey: there are deer alarm calls everywhere and they all started running away in all directions.”
The tiger adjusted its direction to point to its prey and when its object jumped into the air, the spotted deer knew that death was right in front of it.
“We could see the fear in his eyes: the tiger easily caught the deer when it landed on his lap.”
Sudhir said that the tiger was so tired from the chase that he was forced to leave the deer to rest.
He said: ‘The other spotted deer that was running behind the main deer had a very narrow escape when he noticed that the tiger was clinging to the deer.
She escaped thanking her stars.
‘The tiger was resting for some time looking in our direction before dragging the prey into the body of water.
“He submerged the wind before drinking a little water; “I was absolutely exhausted from hunting.”
The tiger then dragged the deer back to the grassland, hid it in the tall grass and began to relax in the water before disappearing into the tall grass again.
