Indian Tiger Videos

 Tiger Cubs Playing With Mother 

This was a wonderful opportunity to film cubs frolicking with mother Choti Mada in Kanha Tiger Reserve in Central India of Madhya Pradesh.  The female tiger is very possessive about her progeny and keeps hidden in dense forests and grasslands. This female sired many litters and is still active in Mukki tourism zone and range. The sightings were excellent in the year 2018 and 2019 when all Mukki Tigresses had given birth to young ones.  Nearly around one year the cubs are fully out in the open in company of the mother when she is not their they stay completely hidden in the dense bush in the jungle.   

This was link 7 tigress Mundi Dadar who killed a baby deer or Chital Fawn right in front of me. Oops! She could have attacked me easily. The last cry of the baby was heart rendering and I will never forget it. But that is nature! She was not seen after 2019 the reason is not known she might have been killed by a rival tigress or an aggressive male in the wild. Bengal tigers at Kanha are able to hold territory for up to 10 or sixteen years eventually giving way to their progeny being accommodated in the neighborhood. But some females lose ground in few years due to territorial takeovers.   Dominant male tigers hold territory for four to five years while few like Munna in Kahna switched areas to accommodate rival males but he remained in the core for his whole life nearly, except the last couple of years.  T 2 held the area for only 4 o4 5 years although he was extremely aggressive. I have not seen aggression like that of the Kariaghati Male being the largest at that time. The Umarpani male is the largest at Kanha or perhaps in India.   

The roaring was very loud and the whole area could hear. It started with growling but enraged T2 or Kariaghati Male Tiger turned the growls into an earth-shattering roar. We were the only safari jeep enjoying this amazing natural history at work. The Kariaghati Male or T 2 had lost Kisli ground to a young male tiger M1 male and was stoking his claim at Indri forests. Young tigers are able to kick out dominant males when they cross four years and the erstwhile dominant tiger struggles for new territory and is eventually kicked out of the core into the sink are the buzzer zone where he survives among uncaring humans.  The Kariaghati Male had charged me twice since he could not tolerate jeeps. He came into the tourism zone from the buffer and took the jeeps as another animal and an adversary.   Buffer is good enough to hold the sink population since they come to die here anyway but life is hard and they are never seen after few years. 

Dhamangaon Male or T 67 is going strong for four years but there are frequent territorial fights with Sangam Male who often ventures into his area from Sarhi Range. The supremacy has not yet been decided and it often seems they deliberately avoid each other. There is a safety mechanism among the big cats and the fight rarely ends in death.  Of the two the Sangam male is very aggressive and he had killed an intruding male in the year 2019, the intruder was a tiger called Bamni Dadar male the one who had killed Bajrang Tigers cubs sired by link eight female Naina. The battle was over in one night and the half-eaten carcass of the Bamni Dadar male was found on Karaighati Road in Kanha.  Predators consume the meat of their own dead species as precious protein has not to be wasted. This is not cannibalism as presumed it happens by chance and is not a deliberate act.     

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Uday Freelances as Naturalist in Central India. He is an avid birder and tiger enthusiast. He blogs on tigers, wildlife and birds. He also writes on the environment and conservation.

Uday also provides SEO Services and Website Contents in English. He teaches Digital Marketing in Jabalpur in Summer Holidays.
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