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An encounter captured on video shows a mother sloth bear confronting a Royal Bengal Tiger to protect her cub in what appears to be a forest in India. Although the exact location and time of the incident remain unconfirmed, the video has gone viral on social media, drawing wide admiration for the bear's fierce maternal instincts.
In the incident, a sloth bear cub wandered through the jungle, accidentally straying into the path of a tiger. The predator attempted an attack, reportedly, but the mother bear quickly intervened. Standing her ground despite being significantly smaller, she confronts the tiger head-on, managing to scare i...