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India tiger census shows rapid population growth

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Re: India tiger census shows rapid population growth

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Post by 0xFFFE »

joshlegs wrote: post #51
0xFFFE wrote: post #5

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?

I had accompanied a wildlife photographer friend of mine along with a forest guard. There was a large crevice separating us and the den.

Prior permission is required from the authorities and they are very strict about handing them out and also they come with lot of restrictions, like the permit is restricted to a single zone of the forest and your entry/exit times are pre-defined and logged.

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Post by manishsharan »

z3phyr wrote: post #53
Sharlin wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Savanna and grassland, yes. Almost never heavily forested area.

The Asiatic lions did inhabit Indian sub tropical forests not 200 years ago.

They still do. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gir_National_Park.

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Post by thejohnconway »

gnulinux wrote: post #59
thejohnconway wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Also funfact, lions and tigers are capable of producing hybrid offsprings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliger

Indeed, they are, in a broad sense, practically the same animal. If they were fossils, they probably wouldn’t be distinguished from one another.

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Post by rblion »

jimmaswell wrote: post #60
ceejayoz wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I hear one way to tell you're being stalked by a predator is a sudden eerie silence, where all the birds etc. stop making noises.

Note to self next time I go backpacking in the Rockies.

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Post by 0xFFFE »

rblion wrote: post #65

I hope to see a tiger in the wild when I go to India. Looking into how to make this possible.

Please do.

If you are visiting Bangalore, the Karnataka state(of which Bangalore is the capital) has second largest number of tigers in the country, and there are multiple tiger reserves within 100-150 Mile radius of the city. I highly recommend visiting at least one of them, the forest staff are quite friendly and you can get first hand information on how they deal with poachers etc.

This is the Govt. website so please be gentle :)

https://aranya.gov.in/Static%20pages/TigerReserves.aspx

Bandipur, Nagarhole & BRT reserves are 3-4 hours drive from Bangalore.

PS: Avoid the weekends if possible.

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

bozoUser wrote: post #38

This is such a welcome news and a great start to the week! But with the recent news about a tigress beaten to death in India and after coming across some videos in the social media on the tiger encounters with humans, I hope the Indian govt. also works on bolstering education and awareness campaigns across the rural population on the man vs animal encounters and also works towards preserving the forests where these e…

How do you beat a tiger to death?

I mean, i understand this is a serious issue, about conservation, rural education, the clash between individual families living next to dangerous animals and far away state administration but .. beating a tiger ?! With sticks?!

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Post by michalu »

TremendousJudge wrote: post #18
xwdv wrote: post #14

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?

no, they're slightly bigger in size, depending on how you measure and not exactly "twice as heavy" but rather 10% - 20% heavier :)

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Post by b_tterc_p »

sachdevap wrote: post #31
b_tterc_p wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Muscle density I would imagine. Neither lions nor tigers are likely to have a lot of extra fat.

Muscle density does not really change from one animal to another, so more likely just the amount of muscle if the premise is true. And I am not sure that it is obvious that they have the same level of fat.

If there is more muscle on a creature of approximately the same volume, then the density of muscle has increased?
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