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(04-15-2022, 10:12 PM)LonePredator Wrote: I think I had read somewhere that Sumatran tigers swim into open seas but that may have been wrong or maybe it was a very rare occurrence.
Anyway, are all subspecies/populations of Jaguars and Tigers equally adapted for an aquatic lifestyle? Like do all types of Tigers and Jaguars have webbed paws and other (if anymore exist) adaptations for an aquatic lifestyle or does it only exist in specific populations/subspecies?
Sumatran tigers swiming in open sea may be correct, the problem is that the distance between Sumatra and the other islands or mainland is too much so it will be necesary a very powerfull reason to obligate the tiger to do that.
As far I remember, all tigers and jaguars are adapted for aquatic life with webed paws, actually they can't live without water, even the Caspian tigers ("desert tigers" for some people) lived only near the rivers (o yes, the maps that shows tigers in all the center of Asia are exagerations) and do not spread in the drier areas.