![]() ![]() ![]() Despite its large size, tiger attacks on people in Far East Russian were relatively uncommon and much lower than tiger attacks on people in India or lion attacks in portions of Africa. The book also discusses the biology, ecology and human interactions with tigers and other large carnivores. While the breakup of Communism and the Soviet Union helped end the Cold War, the people of East Russia were almost a forgotten people who were left to eke out survival in a harsh but beautiful environment. There was a lot of information on the history of the Russian Far East, and especially the impact of Perestroika on the region. The American black bear is probably the 3rd largest, with polar bears being number 1, and brown bears being 2nd largest.Īlong with a great adventure story, there was a lot of interesting background information. ![]() The Amur tiger is the largest cat in the world and depending which records you accept for animals weighing over 800 lbs, either the 3rd or 4th largest carnivore in the world. This of course is the book about the attack of an Amur (Siberian) tiger ( Panthera tigris altaica) on men in Russian Far East, and attempts to subdue the offending tiger. We had a nice review of the book The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant. ![]()
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