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Another shot of one of the Tiger cubs at Taronga Zoo. I really love these guys, they're so photogenic.
Sumatran Tigers, Los Angeles Zoo.
Sumatran Tigers are found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and are Critically Endangered primarily due to habitat destruction and poaching.
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This photo was taken in a car through glass travleling at 20 mph with shaking hands !!
What beautiful looking animals they are ;-)
Tigers are the largest members of the cat family and are renowned for their power and strength.
All tigers are carnivores. Most of a tiger's diet consists of large prey, such as pigs, deer, rhinos or elephant calves. To kill their prey, tigers will clamp down on the animal's neck with their jaws and suffocate the animal.
The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Amur, Manchurian, Altaic, Korean, North China or Ussuri tiger is a subspecies of tiger which once ranged throughout Western, Central Asia and eastern Russia, though it is now completely confined to the Amur-Ussuri region of Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai in far eastern Siberia, where it is now protected. It is the biggest of the eight recent tiger subspecies and the largest living felid, at 300 kg (660 lb).[2] Genetic research in 2009 revealed that the current Siberian tiger population is almost identical to the Caspian tiger, a now extinct western population once thought to have been a distinct subspecies.[3]-Wikipedia.
An article written in July of 2009 by John Platt states: "It's been a long century for the Amur, or Siberian, tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), the largest of the six remaining tiger subspecies. Once hunted nearly to extinction, just 50 tigers remained when Russia protected the species in 1947. Despite that protection, illegal poaching soon dropped that number to as few as 20. But enforcement and careful conservation over the ensuring decades have done wonders, and today the worldwide Amur tiger population stands at more than 900—421 in captivity and an estimated 500 in the wild. "
Tiger at Banerghatta National Park, India.
* photo credit to safari van driver Mr. Muniswami who put his arm out the open window and snapped this photo for me
Tiger at Borås Zoo.
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RAW adjustments in Lightroom
Color adjustments in Alien Skin Exposure 4
Added some Glow in Elements 9
Border with Perfect effects free
This photo is of a tiger entering water, if you want to see the uncroppped version look in the "tiger" set where you can find it.
Not often do I get a chance to take a photograph of these tiny predators. They are usually gone before you reach for a camera.