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Tigers unlike Lions are solitary animals, so these numbers are impressive +/- 10%. My home state has one of the largest numbers and I was fortunate to see a Tigress with fresh kill and couple of cubs. Truly majestic beasts these are.
also fortunate you werent the 'fresh kill'!
serious, though, in what kind of context is it possible to see an adult tigress and not totally crap your pants?
the really interesting story is around how the law enforcement works here . Indian Tigers (especially the Royal Bengal Tigers) are some of the world's largest predators and are prized in Chinese medicine. Its brilliant how poachers have been kept off. For those interested, there is a brilliant web documentary series called "Ranger, Ranger" about India's forest rangers who work in the sanctuaries - http://mukha.co/ran…
There is only one subspecies of tigers in India, commonly called the Bengal Tiger. It is found in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Tigers unlike Lions are solitary animals, so these numbers are impressive +/- 10%. My home state has one of the largest numbers and I was fortunate to see a Tigress with fresh kill and couple of cubs. Truly majestic beasts these are.
> was fortunate to see a Tigress with fresh kill and couple of cubs. also fortunate you werent the 'fresh kill'! serious, though, in what kind of context is it possible to see an adult tigress and not totally crap your pants?
One with a fresh kill isn't going to be very interested in you unless you come too close to it or its cubs.
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ill just stop using hn sorry.
Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
>Tigers are twice as heavy as lions how? less fat?
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My friend, if you've been in touch with how this govt presents numbers, you'd be on my side. I acknowledge that in this case there is no hard evidence on either side, except for the statement by PMO. Good luck getting anything out of an RTI (if it still exists). The article you shared, I completely agree with it. There are a number of other factors that go into tiger population growth. Greenery is just one part of it…
The numbers have doubled since 2006. The surveys in 2010 and 2014 showed similar increases. I am no modi bhakt or bjp supporter, but it is appalling that people will just oppose and disbelieve anything the current government does. I can claim very confidently that you would have no problem if Manmohan Singh announced this news.
They had it coming. Its an entirely natural and well deservrd reaction to 'crying wolf' and fudging numbers. Reputation will eventually catch up. Thats how Bayesian inference works.
Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
This is false, lions and tigers are very similar sizes, and indeed are incredibly similar overall. They are almost indistinguishable by their skeletons. I don’t know where you got this information, but it is wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
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> was fortunate to see a Tigress with fresh kill and couple of cubs. also fortunate you werent the 'fresh kill'! serious, though, in what kind of context is it possible to see an adult tigress and not totally crap your pants?
The tiger to be afraid of is the one stealthily stalking you because it's starving and looking for prey it doesn't usually go after. One with a fresh kill isn't going to be very interested in you unless you come too close to it or its cubs.