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There's a colour change happening in the bees I noticed today. It reminded me of the colour of a tiger.
Video footage from the day over on Vimeo - vimeo.com/50513099
Took the Bigma to the zoo and only got to the tiger enclosure before the sky clouded over and thunder started to rumble, oh well, I'll need to take another trip.
I really enjoy visiting the Amur tiger section at Longleat, as I find them extremely beautiful animals. The tigers at Longleat are well looked after, and the zoo keepers are very good at feeding times as they occasionally hide the meat in the branches of trees so that when the tigers are let into their enclosure they have to search for their food.
Amur tigers are fully mature and able to mate from 4 years of age. Their cubs are born small, helpless and blind and depend on their mother for safety and for the mother’s milk. Tiger cubs grow very fast and will be almost 4 times their original size after just one month.
The Amur tiger is also known as the Siberian tiger, and are considered to be the largest of all of the big cats. They have many stripes; however no two tigers have the same stripe pattern. Amur tigers are now protected by law in the wild and are linked to conservation projects
I really enjoy visiting the Amur tiger section at Longleat, as I find them extremely beautiful animals. The tigers at Longleat are well looked after, and the zoo keepers are very good at feeding times as they occasionally hide the meat in the branches of trees so that when the tigers are let into their enclosure they have to search for their food.
Amur tigers are fully mature and able to mate from 4 years of age. Their cubs are born small, helpless and blind and depend on their mother for safety and for the mother’s milk. Tiger cubs grow very fast and will be almost 4 times their original size after just one month.
The Amur tiger is also known as the Siberian tiger, and are considered to be the largest of all of the big cats. They have many stripes; however no two tigers have the same stripe pattern. Amur tigers are now protected by law in the wild and are linked to conservation projects.
Visited the small zoo in Alexandria, Louisiana, las weekend. The white tigers always make such good models.
Tigers have binocular vision which means they can see three dimensional images and accurately assess distance and depth. They also have excellent peripheral and night vision.
Puna, a Sumatran Tiger photographed at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, Kent. Puna was hand reared at Heidelberg Zoo and when she arrived at WHF she was put in with Indy. This allowed Puna to learn how to be a 'proper' tiger. Puna gave birth to twin male cubs in July 2008 (fathered by Nias).
Le tigre (Panthera tigris) est une espèce de mammifère carnivore de la famille des félidés (Felidae) du genre Panthera. Aisément reconnaissable à sa fourrure rousse rayée de noir, il est le plus grand félin sauvage et l'un des plus grands carnivores terrestre. L'espèce est divisée en neuf sous-espèces présentant des différences mineures de taille ou de comportement. Superprédateur, il chasse principalement les cerfs et les sangliers, bien qu'il puisse s'attaquer à des proies de taille plus importante comme les buffles. Jusqu'au XIXe siècle, le tigre était réputé mangeur d'hommes. La structure sociale des tigres en fait un animal solitaire ; le mâle possède un territoire qui englobe les domaines de plusieurs femelles et ne participe pas à l'éducation des petits.
Très polyvalent en termes d'habitat, le tigre se rencontre dans toute l'Asie, bien que son aire de répartition se soit fortement réduite. L'espèce est considérée comme en danger par l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature et est protégée sur l'ensemble des pays où elle vit. Chassées jusqu'au milieu du XXe siècle, les populations de tigres ont fortement décru, passant d'un effectif estimé à 100 000 individus en 1900 à environ 3 500 tigres, la majorité vivant en Inde. La réduction de son habitat et le braconnage alimentant la médecine traditionnelle chinoise sont les principales menaces pesant sur l'espèce.
« Roi des animaux » et signe zodiacal chinois, le tigre est également très présent dans la mythologie hindoue, servant de monture à Durga. Figure emblématique représentant la force et la férocité, ce félin est dépeint dans de nombreux tableaux de chasse, et a figuré dans de nombreuses œuvres musicales et littéraires : Shere Khan du Livre de la jungle de Rudyard Kipling ou encore Hobbes dans la bande dessinée Calvin et Hobbes.
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and exceptionally weighing up to 388.7 kg (857 lb) in the wild. Its most recognisable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. The species is classified in the genus Panthera with the lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard. Tigers are apex predators, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and bovids. They are territorial and generally solitary but social animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirements. This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans.
Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other, of which about 2,000 exist on the Indian subcontinent. Major reasons for population decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2 (457,497 sq mi), a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1990s.
Tigers are among the most recognisable and popular of the world's charismatic megafauna. They have featured prominently in ancient mythology and folklore, and continue to be depicted in modern films and literature. They appear on many flags, coats of arms, and as mascots for sporting teams. The tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Malaysia and South Korea.