Tigons are very real. Charles Darwin (British naturalist and biologist famous for his theory of evolution) referred to them in 1861. There’s been a lot of breeding between male tigers and lionesses in captivity. Tigons are rarer than ligers (the … Continue reading →
CNN report on their Twitter feed that a Bengal tiger travelled 1,300 km (800 miles) in search of a mate. They say that it is the longest such distance travelled by a big cat in search of a mate. This … Continue reading →
An insight into animal perceptions and understanding can be obtained from an experiment by farmers in southern IndiaA. Farmers painted black stripes and spots on dogs. To monkeys who were raiding crops of coffee and areca, these ‘tiger dogs’ are … Continue reading →
Domestic cats don’t chuff. Tigers chuff. It is a form of communication made at close range and part of the tiger’s greeting behaviour. The tiger chuff is sometimes described as a ‘prusten’. I believe that they are the same sound. … Continue reading →
It is surprising that after a considerable amount of research through many books that I have on cats including wild cats and on the Internet (and I’m a good Internet researcher) I cannot find clear, definitive information that tigers can … Continue reading →
There are three main types of variation in tiger appearance: body size, striping patterns and the coloration of the skin and skull characteristics. This post is about tiger stripes. The ground colour of tigers’s skins (pelages) varies from dark red … Continue reading →
The answer is found in evolution. Through evolution nature created the Big Cats. Conventionally, these are referred to as cats who have the ability to roar, namely the leopard, lion, tiger and jaguar. Evolution has not provided us with wild … Continue reading →
If there was a house cat as big as a tiger, would she be just as dangerous as a tiger? The answer must be No. This is because there would be at least a couple of major differences. Socialisation Firstly … Continue reading →
Do wild cats fight for their territory? In general, the short answer is yes but the social system of lions is different. Also fights are avoided by scent marking and visual marks laid down by the resident cat which sends … Continue reading →
Is it possible to bond with a lion or tiger the same way as a domesticated cat? The answer is No – 99% of the time and with respect to adult tigers and lions. I’ll provide my thinking on this. … Continue reading →
