Archive for March 2007
Here are all the posts written in 2007 March.
Lions – Diet and hunting
Female lions usually hunt at night or dawn and in packs. Their prey consists mainly of large mammals, such as antelopes, gazelles, warthogs, wildebeest, buffalos and zebras, but smaller animals like hares and birds are also taken occasionally. Carrion is readily taken and often recovered from other predators like hyenas and wild dogs. In some [...]
Lions – Social Behavior
Lions are predatory carnivores who manifest two types of social organization. Some are residents, living in groups, called prides. The pride consists of related females, their cubs of both sexes, and a group of one to four males known as a coalition who mate with the adult females. Others are nomads, ranging widely, either singly [...]
Tigers – Behavior
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 1. Tigers are essentially solitary animals, except for courting pairs and females with young. 2. Tigers with adjoining ranges may have friendly relationships, but even individuals with overlapping ranges usually keep 2 to 5 km (1-3 mi.) apart. 3. Though they hunt alone, tigers sometimes share their kills with other tigers. Female tigers [...]
Tigers – Communication
VOCAL 1. Tigers roar to advertise their location. Roars are used for long-range communication and can be heard for over 3 km (2 mi.). Roars can be used as a warning to keep other tigers away or as an invitation to bring another tiger closer. 2. Loud moans are most often heard in combination with [...]
Tigers – Senses
HEARING Tigers have exceptional hearing, which they use to locate prey in dense cover. Their hearing is probably similar to the hearing of domestic cats. Domestic cats can hear sounds in the range of about 0.2 kHz to 65 kHz. The average hearing range for humans is about 0.02 kHz to 20 kHz. EYESIGHT 1. [...]
Tigers – Scientific Classification
Class: MAMMALIA Order – CARNIVORA The scientific order Carnivora includes cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, hyenas, otters, weasels, badgers, mongooses, and civets. All typical carnivores have well developed claws and a pair of specialized cheek teeth (carnassials) for slicing flesh. Family – FELIDAE The cat family includes the small cats (genus Felis), the clouded leopard (genus [...]
Unusual Friendship
A pair of month-old Sumatran tiger twins have become inseparable playmates with a set of young orangutans, an unthinkable match in their natural jungle habitat in Indonesia’s tropical rainforests. The friendship between 5-month-old female baby primates Nia and Irma, and cubs Dema and Manis, has blossomed at the Taman Safari zoo where they share a [...]
