19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Learning the survival skills
Mother Tigers often provide fresh kill to their sub-adult cubs to practice the hunting and survival skills. I witnessed one such event in the Bandhavgarh National Park in India. We followed the various alarm calls in the jungle and reached this grassland next to a huge waterbody. It was very late in the evening and the light was fading fast. After almost 10 minutes of waiting I saw this young male tiger coming out from the nearby the dense cover and walking straight to a bush. From there it picked up a hidden freshly killed carcass of a spotted deer, obviously done by his dedicated mother. He then pulled it to the other side of the waterbody.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 05.2019 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2021 |
Photo Location: | Jabalpur, India |
Camera: | Canon EOS 5D Mark III |
Copyright: | © Vinod C.L |