Cooling off

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Cooling off in an unique manner...

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

It was a very memorable moment. The jungle was silent. She was taking her afternoon siesta. Perhaps to break the monotony, she used to slap her tail on the water to throw a fine shower on her. I had never seen such a unique way of beating the summer afternoon heat.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice playful mood of a relaxed tigeress.Playing with water is instinctive for some other animals,but from a tigeress,while resting alone and using the tail, adds to its uniqueness and beauty!
Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Bhargava Srivari]

Interesting behavior. Nice composition. When did you make this image?

tfs

[Mrudul Godbole]

The spray looks lovely. It is nice to see this image from your archives. This setting is still there in my mind :-). Sighting a tigress for 3 hours in the morning and again 3 hours in the evening resting on the bund and playing with the tail was really great. She kept doing that the whole afternoon. It was amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[Sucheth Lingachar]

beautiful... and the water sprinkles looking nice....

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice freeze and indeed a unique way of cooling off....

TFS
Roopak

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely image of the tigress cooling off. I wonder if the mere flick of the tail can splash water all over what would the strength be of the tiger in its entirety. The droplets give a nice feel to the image. Wish she was looking towards you. Thanks for sharing.