National Geographic: Land of the Tiger Page #2

Year:
1985
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When sambar come down to drink,

he is not distracted from his purpose.

Finally he summons up enough courage

to reclaim his kill.

The water is deep, and it takes

a supreme feat of strength

to swim through the water plants

while dragging the 250-pound sambar.

The crocodiles' teeth are designed to

seize and hold prey,

not to cut through skin.

During all the hours the sambar lay

in the water,

they were unable to penetrate

the deer's tough hide.

The crocodiles make a few

token objections,

but in the end give up

without a struggle.

During the night a tigress has

brought down a large sambar doe.

The ever present tree pies

are already in attendance.

The birds eat only miniscule amounts,

but the tigress resents any

interference with her kill

and relentlessly chases them off.

Her usual strategy for dealing with

constantly pestering scavengers

would be to drag the carcass

to a hiding place.

But this kill is too heavy,

the terrain too difficult.

Another ruse would be to cover it

with dry grass or leaf litter.

But these are absent here,

and the stones she tries to

rake over her prize are ineffectual.

The only thing left to do

is to guard her kill

by virtually lying on top of it.

The kill is well worth protecting

for she can expect to feed on it

for four days or more.

The next morning the tigress

in not at her kill.

During the night it has been wrested

from her by a male.

She watches from a distance while

the male feeds on her sambar.

Wisely the tigress does not stay to

dispute the ownership of the kill.

She retreats to a spring

deep in a ravine.

Another tigress did fight over a kill.

She came off second best.

Spring is the rutting season

for the sambar in Ranthambhor.

The stages spray themselves

with their male scent.

In this way they become more

attractive to the does

and more intimidating to other males.

In April, as spring changes to summer,

it becomes drier and hotter.

For the sambar the squeeze

between the need to drink

and eat in the lakes

and running the gauntlet of tigers

in ambush becomes ever tighter.

The sambar,

alert and cautious at all times,

cannot see the tiger.

To them the tall grass

is like a blank wall.

May is the height of summer

in Ranthambhor.

Tigers stay close to the water holes.

Another six weeks of

relentless heat must pass

before the monsoon brings relief.

Kanha, in the meantime,

has also dried out in the summer heat.

But because it is a less arid region,

many trees and shrubs remain green.

The streams have ceased to flow.

Only sporadic water holes remain.

Moisture is at a premium.

Even a patch on wet sand is prized

by a blizzard of thirsty butterflies.

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