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VOL. 12 No. 2
VOl. 12 No. 2
Tiger tiger burning bright! Very rarely a tiger will either accidentally or
ARE TIGERS MAN-EATERS?

STRIpE SToRY
purposely kill a man, but will not eat him.
every tiger in the world Mostly it is due to some wound or disability
or old age. a man –eater is very rare, only
is unique. They all are
designed differently! No about three or four in a thousand.
two tigers have the same
pattern of stripes.

GIVE ME A pAW! Illustration by: J. Jane Shiny Adhithi, VI, R.P.C. Matric Hr. Sec School, Chennai

a tiger’s paw consists
of a pad and four The skin is orange velvet,
toes. a fifth toe is it belongs to the family of cat
commonly called the in its body black stripes are found
dew claw. They are its eyes are red and round.
retractable and are P. Yamuna, IX B, Mani Hr. Sec. School,
Illustration by: Zikra Naeem, VIII,
a part of the tiger’s Coimbatore Greenwood Sr. Sec. School, Rampur
weaponry.

FooD FACTS Tiger COUNT
Tigers can fast for several
days but due to their big size There are four methods used for counting Tiger
they get hungry faster. a tiger population:
cannot survive without food Pug mark method: This method is used in counting
beyond 2-3 weeks.
the number of tigers in an area by studying their pug
marks which is unique in itself.
Poop/scat method: in this method the number of
TIGER poWER tigers is counted by their droppings and then sent for
DNa sampling.
The white spots behind its
ears help other tigers to radio collar method: in this method radio collars are
identify it in the gloom of fitted on tigers. This method was adopted in Panna.
the jungle. The roar of a Camera trap: in this method their count can be
royal bengal Tiger can be estimated by recording various tigers in the camera
heard up to 2 kms. and studying them.
final count is by comparing
using all four methods. Pug Marks
are so
TIGRESS TALK fascinating!
The tigress likes to remain confined CREATIVE CoAT
to her area and generally hunts Tigers have stripes on their skin
closer to her primary location as too. even if they are shaved off
compared to her male counterpart. completely, the distinctive pattern on
Yet the territories of older females their skin will still be visible.
overlap with that of males. Mukul Singh, IX C, Whitehall Public School,

Aryan Tomar, V, Shiv Nadar School, Noida Rampur

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