Tigers are solitary in nature and only when they are in courtship or when the mother is with the cubs, one can come across more than one tiger at the same place. Tigers are highly territorial and patrol their territory regularly to guard it from being taken over by the neighboring tigers.
On a safari recently, Jim’s Jungle Retreat naturalist Pan Singh heard alarm calls of rhesus macaque and informed the guests that there could be a possibility of a tiger showing up. While the anxious party was waiting for the tiger, a barking deer, followed by a lone peacock joined the macaques in raising alarm, confirming that the stealthy, striped cat was heading in their direction. A few minutes later, a tigress appeared from one side of the road, looked around and calmly crossed the road to disappear in the undergrowth. The tigress was scent marking tree trunks and bushes to leave an invisible territorial trail for the other tigers to understand that the territory was actively being protected by its occupant.
A tigress patrolling its territory
