A bit unrelated but this reminded me of my hike to mullayanagiri about 15 years ago. We were a group of 12 and our guide was leading the way and was a good 0.5km ahead of us. All of a sudden the guide was running back towards us like no tomorrow. We asked him what happened and he said he saw a tiger cub. We got so excited and wanted to see it. He said this is no joking matter and that if a cub is all alone, the mother is somewhere nearby and will rip us all apart in no time even if we are no threat. The tone in which he said it still makes me shiver and we ran for our lives :)