National Geographic: Land of the Tiger Page #2
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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,
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.
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.
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,
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
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