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Tigers have good endurance?
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 *This image is copyright of its original author Tigers like all other cats don't have much endurance in sprinting long distances. Rather, they have very good endurance and unique abilities in swimming unlike others. Tigers can cross rivers up to 7 km (4.3 mi) wide and can swim up to 29 km (18 mi) distances in a day. Most Aquatic big cat other than Jaguar. Constant and Persistently, a tiger can swim much longer distance than jaguar relatively. Jaguar might have the strongest bite force of all extant cats pound for pound but stronger muscles of tiger with large paws helps it to stay in water drifting at steady pace for longer distance efficiently due to relatively longer body posture to propel unlike jaguar heavy, short and stocky posture. Novak, R. M.; Walker, E. P. (1999). "Panthera tigris (tiger)". The jaguar generally roams on the banks of the mighty Amazon in South America and mostly will stay swimming in surrounding fresh water bodies like rivers and streams, but tiger on the other hand swims in open sea, lakes and rivers. Tiger might be the better swimmer but in "hunting in water" department though, jaguar takes the edge as better aquatic hunter for obvious reasons need not to be mentioned, I'm not degrading tiger hunting skills in water-so don't get offended, tiger too is a good hunter in water.  *This image is copyright of its original author *This image is copyright of its original author Tiger even kill fisherman on boats sometimes. The best living extant example is our sundarbans tiger during their dispersal between islets of the mangrove Gangetic delta in Bay of Bengal. Sumatran tigers have been recorded to swim in the open sea from an island to another. Some others notable worth mentions which are well known hunting in water bodies are our ranthambore, corbett and north east tigers (kazi and manas). So, I hope this could help to your question.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29987187 *This image is copyright of its original author swimming in the open sea |
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