‘Young tigers continue to put on muscle until they are about five years old’. Those are the words of Fiona Sunquist in Wild Cats of the World, an excellent and reliable book by her and her husband Mel. They strongly … Continue reading →
You might want to know whether male tigers sometimes fight over access to a tigress to mate. Well, they do sometimes depending on the circumstances. A male tiger will keep track of the reproductive condition of the females living within … Continue reading →
I think that you have to answer the question in the title in the context of the circumstances. I’m thinking of tigers in the wild and in captivity. However, the underlying factor which dictates how tigers react to humans is … Continue reading →
The eating of tiger body parts including the tiger’s penis by some people and cultures in Asian is a consequence of their anxiety. It’s a superstition which helps to reduce anxiety and therefore there is a placebo, mental health benefit … Continue reading →
Yes, some animals can kill a tiger alone while other animals in a pack can kill a tiger. I’ll describe three instances which illustrate how it can happen. However, sometimes, rarely, adult rhinoceroses and elephants are killed by tigers and … Continue reading →
Web surfers want to know the average weight of a tiger in pounds. This might seem straightforward but it isn’t. In fact, without wishing to be defeatist, I have to question the usefulness and practicality of averaging the weights of … Continue reading →
A research study by the scientists of Cornell Wildlife Health Center, in association with others e.g. Dr. Sarah Cleaveland of the University of Glasgow, have concluded that even a low rate of vaccination at two Siberian tigers per year within … Continue reading →
Tigers’s have stripes for camouflage to allow them to approach prey animals as closely as possible to improve kill rates. Although, it’s quite a subtle question because although we know that tiger stripes act as camouflage, tigers might have evolved … Continue reading →
The tiger attacks color-blind animals The main reason why tigers are orange and not green is because the large prey animals that they need to feed on are colour-blind and they don’t see orange. Some scientists say that they see … Continue reading →
The home range size of female tigers in Nagarahole NP where there are or were high prey densities is about 15 to 20 km². Males have home ranges which typically overlaps several female ranges
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