Tigers of Ranthambore & Western India Landscape

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Behzad J. Larry: " T-104. Ranthambhore, India.

I’ve posted a bit about this tiger before. Once a tiger is identified in India’s national park systems, it is given a number within that national park. This is Tiger 104 in Ranthambhore. He’s a controversial figure, having killed three people, in search for territory outside the constrains of the national park. Now he’s in an enclosure away from the public eye while the powers that be decide his fate.
He’s not roaring or showing aggression, but rather the flehmen response, which facilitates the transfer of pheromones and other scents into the vomeronasal organ (VNO, or Jacobson's organ) located above the roof of the mouth via a duct which exits just behind the front teeth of the animal. "

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