Machli

[Rajeev Khanna]

the forest deptt and tour operators are certainly keeping the legendary tigress alive Image reveals almost no teeth left making it impossible to hunt

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Beautifully documented image of the tigress without teeth. Any idea how she lost her teeth? Am not sure if tigers lose teeth on account of old age. Thanks for sharing.

[Rajeev Khanna]

Local folklore some were lost in battling Marsh crocodiles and one was lost in a wild boar hunt

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice you could see her yawning. I agree mostly the teeth are lost in hunting. I have heard she is fed with goats and does not hunt anymore. Some more space at the bottom to include the paws would have been good. What were the EXIF details. A bit more sharpness would have enhanced the image further. Thanks for sharing.

[Rajeev Khanna]

image is cropped to show no teeth Canon 550 d 100-400 USM @ 400mm F 5.6 ISO 200 1/500

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Well documented. The tourism lobby has hyped her and TOFT had given an award of Life Time Achievement. There are so many tigers in other sanctuaries and national parks that would have sired more offspring, however, she being in tourism zone attracts attention. So this tigress will be alive till she can swallow and digest her food. May be they will start giving her mutton keema, so that without teeth she can swallow and digest. This is bordering on the theater of the absurd.

[Prasad Dingankar]

I have seen on Television channel, Doctors removing decayed tooth & grouting the new one (Metallic) to a Bear, somewere in US. Is there any possability doing this in India too.

[Bhargava Srivari]

Well documented. It is an established fact that the forest officials have been giving her meat, on which she has been surviving for several weeks now. I agree with Sabyasachi that though she is a remarkable tigress, there would be other tigers even more legendary and unknown to us.

tfs