B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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my favorite tigress from Agarzari buffer, the biggest and the most elusive female "Sharmili". she's the wifey of Moh. Jan/2018.

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side profile

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head on shot

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gorgeous female

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Pannalal of Khitauli, Bandhavgarh. Jan/2018

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the notorious Basavanakatte male of Bandipur, last few months he was heavily involved in a conflict over turf with other males and it seems like he has made it very clear, he's here to rule for a long time and now rules all of Raja's former territories. like father, like son. carrying Raja's legacy. Jan/2018

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King of New Nagzira, Jan/2018.

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remains of a tiger kill from New Nagzira, Jan/2018.

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T57 aka Aurangzeb the king of Zone 1, Zone 2, parts of Zone 6 and is now occassionally seen entering Zone 3 (territory of 3 other males) to get T84/Arrowhead's attention. T60 and T39 are two of his females. here is an article that best describes the dominance of Aurangzeb.

Royal Ruler of Ranthambore T57

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Is T57 on the road to conquer Rajbaug & the queen of lakes Arrowhead !!!

Sunday 16th April’17, Last day of 3 full day nature safari at Ranthambore, We left from Rajbaug & headed towards Sholeshwar Nala in zone 2 to photograph Noor aka T39. After a 25 minutes long drive, we could make out that the location is already surrounded by Gypsies & prevailing conditions were not great for photography.

Without even attempting for Noor aka T39, we decided to return to Rajbaug to see if we can get any chase/kill sequence in the magical light at Rajbaug.Just near Naalghati we saw fresh pug marks of a male tiger. We suspected it to be of T91 as he was not the one seen for 4-5 days in the area. But in seconds we lost our mind to see T57 marking his territory near Naalghati.

In an extremely ferocious mood, he rubbed his belly on the ground with strong growl & started walking towards Bernia & Chotta gate. One of my dream to photograph tiger with Historic ruins at Ranthambore & what better than T57 at Chotta Gate & walking towards Jogi mahal & Singhdwar.

Its astonishing to see how T57 is stretching his territory & increasing his mates littering his cubs across larger area of Ranthambore tiger reserve.

Born in Indala area of Lahpur to T26 & suspected to be fathered by T20 Zhomroo, T57 has two siblings, T58(M) & T59(F) & is around 4.5Yrs old.

He dominated whole of Zone 2 Gandardeh to FootaKot. His mate T60 has 3 cubs (2M1F) around 16months fathered by T57.

He took over territory & female of T24 when T24 was shifted to Sajjangad in a highly controversial decision. Noor had 2 litters which are fathered by T57. None of the cubs from first litter survived & now she has 3 female cubs from her fourth & 2nd of her fathered by T57.

It was extremely strange to understand his behaviour when he left both the cubs of Noor Kaluaa & Dholua fatherered by T24 unhurt while taking over Noor & T24 territory ie Zone 1 & part of main road.

T57 also extended his territory to part of Zone 6 & adding non tourist area where is is suspected to have one more female mate (to be verified).

T57 was suspected to be seen by full day safari photographers at Ghana Khora area of zone 4 on 10th of April which apparently is the territory of Lightning. Is he finding a new mate in Lightning is a matter to be seen.

And now the heart of Ranthambore, Rajbaug & its ruler Queen of lakes Arrowhead T84 who is seen to be in and out of Zalra last 4 days which is connected to Naalghati where we spotted T57. Arrowhead was also seen on the same afternoon at Padam Lake smelling unknown areas where T57 headed in the evening after crossing Jogimal gate road.

The maze remains to be solved.... Reply