Drunken Tiger

There are many animals that are territorial and they have certain advantages for doing so. In the article Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo by Anna Mosser the reason lions live in prides of various sizes and have territories of varying sizes were researched. The authors wanted to know what factors lead the African lions to living in prides and what benefits there are. Yet about one third of the females will disperse to start new prides. Also…

demonstrated through facing his fears, psychological survival, and constructed reality. At the beginning of the novel, Pi’s father instills a lesson is to be learned around big animals such as Bengal tigers. Pi’s father makes Pi and his older brother watch as a goat is thrown into the cage of the tiger as a meal. Growing up at the Pondicherry zoo, Piscine had a love for animals and found them so extraordinary. However as Pi watches this sacrifice, his father reminds him that some animals are…

Imagine being lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger that’s starving of hunger and having to figure out a way not to get eaten by it. Or having to train a really dangerous tiger knowing that it might attack because it’s hungry. Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi, describes one full story of a kid who’s lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger, and a kid whose family passed away when they were on a boat on their way to Canada for better job opportunities. The story with…

Wondrous but Fearful Tyger William Blake’s “The Tyger” in Songs of Experience, written in 1794, describes the Tyger as “fearful” while appreciating its beauty. During this time, Blake was one of the first people to see a tiger; this inspired him to write “The Tyger” and paint the creature as a majestic but fierce being. Although the origins of the Tyger are questioned, the creator is referred to as “he” implying a male divine creator. While examining who or what created the Tyger, in addition…

Biology Assignment Mega Fauna Scientific Name: Genyornis Newtoni Common Name: Genyornis Newtoni (Thunder Bird) General Description: Genyornis Newtoni was the last of the large, flightless mihirungs native to Australia. Genyornis was a heavy built bird that stood over 2 metres tall, with small wings and massive hind legs. Mihirungs had deep lower jaws and a distinctly shaped quadrate bone that connect the upper and lower jaw. Genyornis had a wedge-shaped head to go along with its unusually…

the almost extinct Tiger lives.…

The Saber-tooth Tiger/ Cat The Sabertooth tiger is all around the world. Many may say they don't know what a saber-tooth is but we seen it throughout our childhood. When we were small we use to watch the movie Ice Age which includes the three friends a mammoth, a sloth and last a saber-tooth tiger. Many have also seen 10,000 b.c which includes a sabertooth tiger, no one should say they haven't seen one because everyone has watched a movie where one was in. A sabertooth isn't a cuddling…

The tiger will never lie down with the lamb. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers. In life, you can either be a monster, or a man; and the monster always wins. To be a man is to be the lamb, innocent and dictated. To be a monster is to be the tiger, running freely and being independent. In the Tiger’s Bride, Beauty is a lamb, but she must learn to run with the tiger. In the tiger’s bride, beauty starts as an innocent girl who is consumed with pleasing her father and doing whatever…

Question 1 a) According to Lindsey et al. (2013), the restriction of lion trophy imports to the US and EU can result in a number of potential negative consequences for conservation, particularly the loss of major revenue sources (a single lion hunt can generate between $60,000 to $120,000). Considering that 85% of hunted lions are exported to these two markets, the resultant reduction in the demand for lion hunting would lead to lower prices, which in turn could make it prohibitive for…

There are only about 500 Amur tigers left in the wild. One of these endangered Amur tigers, Zolushka, which means Cinderella in Russian, gave birth to two cubs, that doubled the parks population. Zolushka is named after cinderella because she is an orphan. She lost her own mother when she was just four months old. Soon after two curious hunters found her alone in Russia, likely orphaned by poachers. She was starving and had frostbite, so the two hunters took her to a wildlife department. She had…