this is the dramatic moment four fearless indian bison managed to avoid certain death by chasing a giant tiger away from their herd praveen siddannavar, 47, captured the stunning shots as the indian bison, also known as gaurs, teamed up to frighten away their would be killer at the nagarahole tiger reserve in the karnataka state of india the photographer, from bangalore, says he looked on with amazement as the animals clashed near a water puddle   with the gaurs standing their ground before the tiger made a run for it the chase: the group of indian bison teamed up to frighten away their would be killer at the nagarahole tiger reserve in india  on the prowl: the tiger was walking in the open, heading straight towards a water pipe where the group of bison were having a drink  on high alert: one of the gaurs picked up on the scent of the approaching tiger and made all the others aware of its presence  speaking of the incident, mr siddannavar said: 'i was enjoying a late afternoon drive and after scanning the forest and i drove to the sunset point on the backwaters of river kabini that had gone completely dry due to poor monsoons' 'i was fortunate to spot a huge tiger resting underneath the shade of dried bamboo bushes,' he added 'after a while the tiger started walking in the open and loud alarm calls were given by spotted deer and also the sambar deer the tiger ignored these calls and headed straight towards the culvert [water pipe] to cool himself in a puddle,' he went on to say mr siddannavar said that a herd of gaurs were heading the same way to quench their thirst   a sight that 'really excited' him as he knew he was going to see some action one of the gaurs then picked up on the scent of the tiger and they were all alerted 'the gaurs seemed uncomfortable upon seeing the tiger and decided to launch an offensive attack,' the photographer said not going easy: the gaurs were uncomfortable at the presence of the massive tiger and decided to launch an offensive attack  running scared: as soon as the four indian bison charged at their would be killer, the tiger decided he wasn't going to hang around  filled with fear: the four bison chased the tiger, who seemed more interested in saving his own life than making a kill  mr siddannavar said the the entire herd of gaurs  stormed towards the tiger, after first snorting aggressively as soon as the animals charged, the photographer said, their would be killer decided to run away' the photographer admitted he was stunned to see the tiger backing away from its prey and said the gaurs proved to be a formidable force 'what an unbelievable sight this was   i have never seen such action packed drama before,' mr siddannavar said 'tigers are apex predators   meaning they are at the top of the food chain in the forest ecosystem,' he added great defence: praveen siddannavar said the the entire herd of gaurs stormed towards the tiger, after first snorting aggressively  safe: after being chased away from the scene, the tiger went back to sheltering under the safety of dry bamboo trees  all in a day's work: after seeing off the tiger, the gaurs wandered off into the nagarahole tiger reserve, in india's karnataka state  mr siddannavar said gaurs are not normally scared of other animals, but taking on a tiger showed particular unity, strength and bravery 'tigers hunt gaurs regularly but it was amazing to see them working together   their strength lies in numbers and unity plays a key role in fending a tiger away,' he said 'it really surprised me to see the tiger running away as tigers rarely back off as they are the kings of the jungles,' he added 'but because it was a group of four gaurs and they attacked from all ends, the tiger had no option but to run away to save his life' photographer: praveen siddannavar, 47, says he looked on with amazement as the animals clashed near a water puddle   with the gaurs standing their ground before the tiger made a run for it 
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four indian bison were relaxing near a puddle of water in india's karnataka state when a large tiger approached . instead of running off, the bison   also known as gaurs   teamed up to chase away their would be killer . terrified by the aggressive and charging bison, the tiger ran away from the scene as fast as it possibly could 