Flehman's response in tiger

[Swapnil Deshpande]

The Flehmen's response- A phenomenon exhibited by cats in which they draw back their lips in a manner that makes them appear to be "grimacing" or "smirking".The action, which is adopted when examining scents left by other animals either of the same species or of prey.. Flehming allows the animals to determine several factors, including the presence or absence of estrus, the physiological state of the animal, and how long ago the animal passed by.Response also observed in stallions,goats n young elephants.
Source -wikipedia

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice behavior captured. The vertical composition with the tree on the left looks nice. Where was this photographed? Please do post your equipment and EXIF details. Thanks for sharing the detailed behavioral information. Look forward to more.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice document.Looks like Flehmen gesture.Nose is wrinkled and tongue is out.May be sniffing its own.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Atul Sinai]

Loved this image. Behavior well captured and explained. TFS

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Very nice behavioural record. There is a thread discussing Flehmen response in the Natural History section: Tiger: Sense of Smell - Flehmen Response - IndiaWilds- Conservation & Nature Photography Forums (http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1121)
TFS

[Swapnil Deshpande]

The Flehmen's response- A phenomenon exhibited by cats in which they draw back their lips in a manner that makes them appear to be "grimacing" or "smirking".The action, which is adopted when examining scents left by other animals either of the same species or of prey.. Flehming allows the animals to determine several factors, including the presence or absence of estrus, the physiological state of the animal, and how long ago the animal passed by.Response also observed in stallions,goats n young elephants.
Source -wikipedia

pic taken at nagzira wls....
caon eos 50d sigma 150-500
f6.3 1/320 iso 250 @313mm

[Manasi Chaphalkar]

love this image..thanks for the information..

Regards
Manasi C

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice behavior captured
tfs

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Good image depicting an intresting behaviour....

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this. A bit of correction of the colour temperature will be nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Thanks for sharing this lovely moment. The details on the tongue also looks nice.