Tigers are solitary and territorial. Within their territory, a tiger may have a number of dens in caves, hollow trees, and dense vegetation.
- This is an instinctive behavior that allows them to protect themselves from danger. They can hide easily from harm.
- This is an instinctive behavior that allows them to protect themselves from danger. They can hide easily from harm.
• Tigers mostly feed on larger and medium sized animals. They can also prey on leopards, pythons, sloth bears and crocodiles. Like many predators, they are opportunistic and will eat much smaller prey, such as monkeys, peafowl, hares, and fish.
- Their feeding behaviors allow them to maximize the differential between benefits and costs Tigers usually hunt at night. They ambush their prey overpowering them from any angle, using their body size and strength to knock large prey off balance
- Their feeding behaviors allow them to maximize the differential between benefits and costs Tigers usually hunt at night. They ambush their prey overpowering them from any angle, using their body size and strength to knock large prey off balance
- A learned behavior through habituation that allows tigers to be more successful in hunting their preys.
• When hunting large prey, tigers prefer to bite the throat and use their forelimbs to hold onto the prey, bringing it to the ground. The tiger remains latched onto the neck until its prey dies of strangulation. With small prey, the tiger bites the nape, often breaking the spinal cord, piercing the windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or common carotid artery.
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