B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

[Vijay Rajan]

(06-27-2016, 09:45 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: Pckts, do you think Gabbar is the father of the cubs?

@vijay @shailesh 

What do you guys think, so much confusion here.

Hi Roflcopters,

Here are my 2 cents :

1) Males who’ve recently sired a litter aren’t known to mate until the cubs are grown up, the female comes into estrous & begins her ritual of attracting a Male by virtue of scent marking as well as vocalization.

2) Females remain wary of the danger & hence keep their cubs away from a Male who hasn’t sired her litter.

3) Males who’ve sired the litter have been documented spending time with the cubs in the presence of the female, even if she’d mated with multiple partners (without his knowledge of course). Examples from the recent past are RTR Zaalim spending time with Sundari’s cubs when she'd been alive (although she’d mated with Star Male too) & Teer (New Charger) spending time with cubs of Bandhavgarh's Sukhi Patiha Female, although she’d mated with Mangu.

4) Males who haven’t sired the litter have been documented dropping by either to mate with the Female (even if she hasn't come into estrous) or for a free meal.

To me, it looks highly unlikely that Gabbar might have sired Maya's litter. Reply