Tigers of Tadoba#8

[Praveen Siddannavar]

The time was 6pm & our safari drive was coming to an end that evening, but the Tiger show had just begun. We had spotted all the 4 Telia cubs near the water hole along with their mother, the cubs were really in a playful mood. The cubs started heading towards the main road, a forest guard was on foot. One of the cubs moved in closer and the guard backed off and jumped in one
of the Gypsy's. This cub seemed very curious about a precious belonging of the forest guard, walked straight towards the water bottle lying on the ground, picked it up and ran into the bushes. The temperatures were soaring over 42 degree Celsius so it was quite obvious that this was a "Thirsty Tiger Cub".

Camera - Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon f4 500mm lens
EXIF - ISO 800 Av 4 Tv 1/250 sec, EC +0.3, Full frame image
Date & Time - 7th June 2012 @ 6:04pm

[Mrudul Godbole]

That might have been quite a scene to watch. Nice behavior documented. Moving the camera to the left for a bit more space to include the tail and the rare paw would have been good. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. Agree with Mrudul that more space at the left to include the complete hind legs and tail would have been great.

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