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tiger passport photo
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Living in Shanghai the only form of animal life you find is at the zoo. So I have been going regularly. Chinese zoo's are really dismal places but the Shanghai one is the best of the lot. The tiger enclosure is huge and this cat is in excellent condition. We won't talk about the leopard cage...
The South China Tiger is one of the most endangered animals in the world with only 20-30 existing in the wild. There are 47 South China Tigers in zoos, all in China.
Tigers prefer to eat ungulates, or hoofed animals (such as wild deer and wild pigs), but have been known to eat fish, birds, and even other predators like leopards and bears. Tigers are able to eat up to 80 pounds of meat in one sitting. Hunting, however, can be difficult for tigers - they are successful in only one or two attacks out of every 20.
Tigers are solitary animals and usually come together only to mate. Occasionally, however, small groups of related adults may associate. Mating can occur at any time and typically produces litters with two or three cubs. Cubs stay with their mother for about two years, as early life is dangerous. One half of all cubs born don't survive to their third year. Living fairly secretive lives, the remaining tigers can be found across the continent of Asia in variety of environments including forests, grasslands and swamps. Tigers seem to thrive in areas of dense vegetation with numerous sources of water and large populations of ungulate prey.
The tiger population is thought to have fallen by about 95 percent since the beginning of the 20th century. These remaining tigers are threatened by many factors, including growing human populations, loss of habitat, illegal hunting (of both tigers and their prey species), and expanded trade in tiger parts used as traditional medicines for treatment of conditions such as arthritis and rheumatism. |
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it is a nice enough shot, but it looks a bit soft ?? was this taken through glass mabye ??
Elize
This is a nice portait of a tiger Chris.
Good colours and well composed.
It's a bit dark and very soft.
I did a Ws to show what you can do.
Well done.
VEry nice portrait, great POV. It could be a little sharper.
Well done.
TFS.
Nice image but very soft.
thats a sexy pic
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