A video on the confrontation between a wild bear and a tiger shared by  Indian Forest Service officer Saket Badola is being widely watched on social media. The tiger is menacingly eyeing the bear, but the latter does not get intimidated and rears up on its hind legs to challenge the big cat.

'Greetings, of a slightly different kind'.😊@susantananda3 @rameshpandeyifs
VC: In the video pic.twitter.com/9ULCWO2mrG

— Saket Badola,IFS (@Saket_Badola) March 8, 2022

According to National Geographic sloth bears are solitary animals that measure up to six feet in length. They stand up on their hind legs when they are threatened and display their front claws to fight back.

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