Male Tigers with Cubs

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Nice post Brittany, I am going to add to it..

Quote:The worry is that a new female tigress, coming into his prime territory, may well alter his protective and caring behaviour towards his daughters.Would he stop protecting them?

This actually did happen when Satra aka T-17 (now missing) tried to attack one of the female cub and daddy swung into action and warned her. 

Part #1 of the series

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T-17 : spots the cub and was not aware that the father T-25 is sitting nearby, she goes in stalking mode and is almost ready to charge at the cub. 
The Cub : sees T-17 and gets really nervous, the cub goes and hides behind her father (T-25) who's sitting a few meters away and is completely hidden from T-17's view.

Part #2 of the series

T-25 : gets up and starts walking towards T-17.
T-17 : sees T-25 approaching her and backs off 
T-25 : approaches her and tells her to stay away from his daughter.
T-17 : learns her lesson.
T-25 : goes back to his cub that was watching the whole show.

conclusion : cub is the real winner here and the entire world gets to witness a male tiger protecting his cub, a feat that has never been documented in the world before. 

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*This image is copyright of its original author

here are some shots of the Heroic father and the immensely lucky daughter (below).

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I covered this almost two years ago on ava, good times [img]images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]




 

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