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| Divyabhanusinh, | |
| Strange behaviour of a Tiger | |
| 1984 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (81): 685-685 | |
On 9th June 1983 at around 6.00 p.m. we spotted a full grown tigress sitting near the nulIah of Lakarda in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. Her stomach was full and she was undisturbed by our presence in the jeep, actually she appeared to be too lethargic to move. Next morning around 7.00 a.m. we went to the spot again. It was a cloudy but hot summer day. The tigress was found sitting not far from the nullah in the grass near her partially eaten sambar kill. While her cubs were not observed, only the head and the front legs of the kill had remained from the previous day's eating. It had also started smelling and was infested with flies and maggots. Unlike the previous evening, on seeing us the tigress was disturbed. She picked up the kill and walked away. We followed her in our jeep at a distance. She stood in the water for a while with the lower part of the kill dangling in it. Then quite deliberately she dunked the kiII three successive times in the water as if to get rid of the fly nuisance. Tigers are known to love water in the summer heat and they do carry their kills with them into the water. I had never heard of a tiger or seen one cleaning out its kill in the water in the manner observed by us. |
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