Tygrysy bengalskie relaksują się przy wodopoju
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Chilling in the sun.
INDIA STRIKING images of a Bengal tiger cub having a drink at the local watering hole have been captured.
The amazing cutie can be seen looking directly at the camera while slurping up the water with its pink tongue.
Other images reveal a tiger mum with her cubs enjoying a refreshing bath in the water.
One picture is composed to show the tiger trio looking like a three-headed stripey beast.
The pictures were taken in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India.
Created in 1955, Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve is Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park and is one of India's 47 project tiger reserves existing in India.
The total area of the tiger reserve is 666 sq miles and is currently home to 115 tigers, making it the most populated in the country.
The Bengal tiger or Royal Bengal tiger ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today with males weighing up to 500 lbs and females 300 lbs.
The males are typically 3.5 ft tall at the ground and the females are only slightly smaller than them.
These incredible images were snapped by Talvinder Chohan (42) a British wildlife photographer from Kidderminster, England.
“We waited by the waterhole for an hour before the tiger family showed up,” he told mediadrumworld.com.
“We were aware that this was their territory and that a mother and her cubs were living nearby, so it was a matter of time they would show up here.
“We were in a jeep parked just about 50 feet away from the watering hole and the tigers when I took these pictures.
“The fact that the cubs were comfortable with our presence in such close proximity and showed themselves and even made eye contact, it was a surreal experience.”
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2024-11-10
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