Facts about Bengal Tigers you might not know

Here, for the benefit of all wildlife enthusiasts, are a few fascinating facts about Bengal Tiger you might not be aware of. The information has been organized such that learning about this magnificent cat species is simple and enjoyable for you. Additionally, we have included some of our most well-liked tiger safari trips for you to explore and plan the ideal tiger safari.

 

Facts about Bengal Tiger: The size & strength

1. You may be in amazement at this enormous cat’s sheer size. Bengal tigers can grow to be nine feet long as adults. However, compared to the male, the female tigress is smaller and typically weighs around 310 pounds. Rarely do tigresses reach lengths of more than 8 feet.
2. Due to their strong structures, Bengal Tigers can carry prey for almost a mile, even if it is heavier than themselves.
3. Because of the tiger’s strength, it can shatter the spinal cord with just one jerk, and a grasp on the throat simply causes any animal being held there to lose its life. With just one strong attack, the target has nowhere to flee for its life.
4. A Bengal Tiger canine can grow to a height of 4 inches, making it longer than a lion. These powerful beasts also have claws that can be sheathed, which allows them to climb. In comparison to many other animals, they have better vision, and they have remarkable hearing.

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Facts about Bengal Tiger: Diet

1. These formidable hunters are usually active at dusk and dawn, stalking prey through tall grass and trees before striking stealthily. After capture, the Bengal Tiger drags its prey to a safe location where it will eat it. Water buffalo, different types of deer, gaur, and wild boar are typical prey for Bengal tigers. Although they rarely do so, they are capable of consuming up to 40 kg in a single sitting.

 

 

Facts about Bengal Tiger: Mating & Cubs

1. The Bengal Tiger breeds all year long, and at the age of six months, cubs begin to develop the necessary hunting techniques. When they are about two and three years old, it is time for them to leave their mother, and soon after they do, she will go back into heat and start the breeding cycle all over again.
2. Bengal tigers preserve their home ranges, and females select locations they believe are best for raising young. In order for the cubs to stay cool on hotter days, this frequently includes a nearby water supply.
3. A Bengal tiger female is only pregnant for 4 or 5 days out of the entire year, unlike the majority of other mammals.
4. The gestation period lasts roughly 103 days if conception occurs. Most litters have between two and four cubs.
5. For the first week, the cubs are blind and rely heavily on their mother until they are roughly 18 months old.
6. Tigers of both sexes can recognize and smell each other’s unique odor, which they mostly use to locate each other. The adjacent male tiger will recognize a tigress in oestrus or throughout her reproductive cycle and will hunt her down using her scent.
7. When the territories of two males overlap, one of the males may occasionally flee or both may engage in combat until one of them gives in and flees or is gravely hurt. There is a higher likelihood of such conflicts over a female’s sexual rights in areas with a high tiger density.
8. Tigers can mate anywhere between 200 and 250 times over the course of three to four days, and occasionally they may mate every five to seven minutes.
9. The tiger’s propensity for copulation has made the tiger’s private parts much sought after and utilized as an aphrodisiac in liquor and soups. This one fact has led to widespread animal hunting and consequent population decline throughout Asia.

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Facts about Bengal Tiger: Super Powers

1. These tigers have rebounded by becoming enthusiastic swimmers, making the mangrove ecology an affluent habitat for them. Even in water bodies, prey cannot escape their strong teeth.
2. Tigers may appear to be slothful creatures, sleeping, and resting during the day, yet once they become active, they are known to traverse great distances, defending and controlling a territory that can occasionally cover as much as 200 square miles.

 

 

Facts about Bengal Tiger: Bengal Tiger vs The Human

1. Poaching and habitat destruction are the two main dangers facing the Bengal Tiger. As sea levels rise and alter the structure of mangrove systems, those tigers residing in the mangrove area are also subject to climate change.
2. Poaching gangs are well-organized and there is a high rate of wildlife crime, which supports the illegal traffic between China, India, and Nepal. The great value of Bengal Tiger body parts and bones makes it challenging to stop criminal activity in search of them, especially in protected regions.
3. The likelihood of conflict with people is also significant for Bengal Tigers living close to towns and populated areas. Sightings of Bengal Tigers are frequent in locations where both tigers and people coexist peacefully, which instills terror among locals. Stories and myths about “man-eating” Bengal Tigers are a driving force behind hunting, and farmers frequently employ poison to avoid being charged with the shooting. These conflicts will persist as expanding human populations stretch into the Bengal Tiger habitat.
4. Although overall populations are still declining, the Tiger Project, begun in the 1970s, has assisted in stabilizing Bengal Tiger populations in selected reserve regions.
5. The Wildlife Protection Society of India keeps an eye out for any poaching activity and enforces border confiscations. Although they can seize and prosecute poachers, it is exceedingly difficult to find the source of the operation, and its origins are still unknown. They are trying to make this work so they can target entire gangs.
6. In order to combat threats to Bengal Tigers and increase the population by 2022, WWF launched the global campaign “Save Tigers Now” in 2012. They aggressively advocate against allowing people to interact with tigers in public because it encourages pointless reproduction, and they urge people to cease purchasing wildlife products when they visit abroad.

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