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TexasTowelie

(112,237 posts)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 12:21 AM Dec 2019

Tiger Makes Epic 1,300-Kilometer Journey Across India Looking For Food And Sex

A tiger has made a record-breaking journey across India, trekking over 1,300 paw-aching kilometers (807 miles) in just five months, the longest walk ever recorded in India according to reports. Why all the effort, you might wonder? Obviously, for food and sex.

Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, a national park in the western state of Maharashtra, has been keeping tabs on a group of tigers using radio collars. Among them is a 2.5year-old male known as C1, reports Times Of India.

Around June this year, C1 left its home in the sanctuary and embarked on a winding journey around the region's farms, roads, hills, and waterways. Over the following five months, the young tiger walked through seven districts in the states of Maharashtra and Telangana, before arriving in the Dnyanganga sanctuary on December 1.

"The tiger is possibly looking for territory, food, and a mate. Most of the potential tiger areas [in India] are full and new tigers have to explore more," Dr Bilal Habib, a senior biologist with the Wildlife Institute of India, told BBC News.

Read more: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/tiger-makes-epic-1300kilometer-journey-across-india-looking-for-food-and-sex/

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Tiger Makes Epic 1,300-Kilometer Journey Across India Looking For Food And Sex (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP
Read your title. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #1
I understand why you might believe that. TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #2
I am in a weird mood tonight. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #6
I did too dflprincess Dec 2019 #3
If it fits..... sheshe2 Dec 2019 #7
I've done the same thing. TeamPooka Dec 2019 #4
Three Hail Marys TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #8
Been there. Done that. n/t Yavin4 Dec 2019 #5
See post #8. nt TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #10
Here's 10 Hail Marys Yavin4 Dec 2019 #16
Hope I did not ruin your thread, TT. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #9
You haven't, TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #11
Hail Who? sheshe2 Dec 2019 #12
Sex is overrated Lonnie Mack Dec 2019 #13
Tiger was just out for a stroll -- keeping fit. All the rest naturally follows. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #14
He'll need to do better than that if he wants to join The Proclaimers. n/t sl8 Dec 2019 #15

sheshe2

(83,788 posts)
6. I am in a weird mood tonight.
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 12:55 AM
Dec 2019

Tiger. Tiger. Burning Bright got a medal from a dotard. Cheaters and beaters are Dons hero's!!!

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