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Panthera tigris tigris
Royal Bengal tiger in the wild at Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India
Dense forest and swamplands
With less than 2’500 individuals left in the wild, any sighting of a Bengal tiger is highly special. Even more so when the animal makes eye contact! These animals were spotted in the Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. At the time of visit this conservation area was said to be the home of 54 tigers. We had 9 sightings over 2 days, of 5 different individuals, mostly of one female and her two 2-year old (fully-grown) male cubs. Sightings occurred mostly at dawn and dusk, when the animals move to their drinking spots. Sadly, rangers are still on a constant look-out for poachers.
55 Comments (1–25)
Spectacular pictures.. Awesome series, Daniele..
Welcome Daniele ! In-fact I will be glad to welcome you in India at your another visit !!
Thank you Kranti Dhiman!
very nice series !
Thanks Joshua! #3 is also my favorite.
Gorgeous, love 3. Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you Jolly Ibañez!
Very nice series. Thanks for sharing these beautiful shots.
Thanks shrikalk! There were 54 there at the time. I wonder what the numbers are these days.
wow... awesome captures....
Thanks ArushiMisra!
Breath-taking. Superb click..!
Thank you Sachin!
Spectacular snap !!
Thanks Anjali!
Beautiful !
Welcome..!!
When I discussed pictures of this spotting I was thinking of this mission... So this spotting is always the Flagship for Great Indian Mammals... anyway..!!
I hope this mission is help every user to encourage to participate in conservation work happening world wide regarding Wild Mammals...
@Ashish! I've joined your Indian mammals mission. Thanks for choosing this tiger to illustrate it! In time I will add more spottings to it.
@Emma: thank you!
Beautiful !
Hi Daniele... Please assign all Indian Wild mammals spottings to following Mission...
Do not surprise to see Mission Picture... Its yours own spotting used to make Mission...
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7957...
As a lover and constant observer of cats, I recognized the stance and the facial expression. (Maybe my love of felines has something to do with being born during the Native American zodiac sign of the "Cougar"? LOL!)
Thanks for this Ashish, most spectacular confirmation than female tigers do spray.
http://www.nickgarbutt.com/images/dmImag...
Jean I see wet part of tree with its spray in second picture.
You are correct.
Thanks again Jean. My recollection (this was 5 years ago and I have no video footage) was that the animal had stopped and was rubbing against the tree. Will have to wait to check other shots as I'm on the road at the moment.