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I assume this is the same tiger?

One of My Favourite shot
Tiger crosing Dry River Bad
Tiger Bijrani
Corbett TR
Jan 2016

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One of Sharmili Male cub
Tiger
Bijrani ctr
Jan 2016

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This is Sharmili and two of her cubs in 2015

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Vishal Bhasin How old is this picture?
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Arshad Hussain Around 6 months.

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March 2nd, 2014, my cousins, who had come to Corbett for a few days of respite and to celebrate a birthday, had the previous evening seen a fresh Samber kill not too far from the Bijrani forest rest house. Whereas the vultures circled the kill, two rambunctious crows were attacking the cadaver as much as they were attacking each other. Apparently, the predator had been disturbed and had left the kill. Or was it that the kill had been unsuccessfully hidden and found by some jackals and dragged out of its hiding place? One couldn't be sure and with the setting sun, the jeeps had to leave the park, so further investigation was ruled out.
The next morning, two of our jeeps headed out to the same area where the kill had been sighted. This was the territory of Sharmili, the star tigress who was raising four healthy cubs successfully in the vicinity of the FRH. It was most likely one of her kills; she would be very busy now raising four 9-month old cubs, and a kill every other day wouldn't be out of the ordinary for her.
We swept the area, circling the vicinity about three times over an hour, with no luck. Six vultures sat on a tree in a patch of grassland, but there was no sign of the tigers. We decided to head to the machaan, drink some tea from our thermoses, and wait for any movement and call signs. Nothing.
Heading out again, after about a kilometer or two, we suddenly chanced upon two other jeeps, facing away from us, with the occupants wildly gesticulating that four tigers had just crossed the road and they were waiting for the fifth! A little crestfallen that we had missed the entire sighting, we sat patiently to get a glimpse of the laggard. At least one tiger, one thought, better than none!
Ten minutes passed when the chatter of Rhesus macaques broke the silence and the jeeps ahead of us revved their engines and bolted toward the commotion. We hadn't driven more than a few seconds when I saw unmistakable yellow and black stripes striding through the bush undeterred by the string of jeeps that had by now collected there.
The mother, Sharmili, popped out first. Giving us a look first, then looking toward the jeeps ahead of us, she strode out confidently, belly full, and without any haste crossed the road to the forest patch across. Shortly after, cub one leapt out of the bush, and in about three or four jumps had crossed over. The second cub was slower and seemed more sure of himself (or herself) and trotted across following his sibling and mother. The third was extremely shy and was gone in a flash. And then nothing. Four had crossed, where was the fifth?
Were these four tigers crisscrossing back to their original location to look for the fifth in their group? This seemed a logical explanation, for they had returned to that patch of forest they had left barely 10 minutes ago. Or had they been disturbed by something in the bush and were turning back?
There was sudden commotion behind me - and there it was the last cub, scampering across the road, but gone in a flash. One will never know why the five decided to return after crossing the road. I'd like to think they wanted to see me. (the photos begin with the mother, followed by cubs one and two)






If these are the same cubs mentioned their estimated birth date would be late '13
So they are most likely 2.5 years old and Sharmili is said to be seen with cubs at separate times or on her own, it seems like they are ready to take over their own territory. Reply