ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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(06-18-2015, 08:11 PM)'peter' Wrote: SCRATCH MARKS AND CLAW MARKS 

When a big cat climbs a tree, you might see claw marks. Most of the time, however, you will see nothing. The reason is the claws are use to climb or hold on. Same when climbing down. Scratches are a result of stretching while standing. When stretching while standing on his hind legs, the cat will leave scratch marks as a rule. This is done to sharpen the claws.

Go to a local zoo, talk to those who know or read before posting.

 

I did read before posting, hence why I stated the fact that using scratch marks may not be the best correlation.

They lock in with their back claws and scrape their front against the tree, their claws are extremely sharp and leave scrapes, like dragging a knife down a tree.

Bokha

Young Male Challenging B2

Notcie his face scratch and look where his back claws are, couple of inches off the ground.



Since I never said they don't stretch their bodies out to scratch trees

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I simply said that they "sometimes" jump to scratch trees so trying to use that as a tell tell sign of the body size of the tiger is not the best correlation, that is all.

Here you see claw marks of all different heights but you can tell the strength and sharpness of their claws, so obviously they can leave serious marks in a tree when climbing.

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