INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NAGPUR: The call of the wild can be one of primordial love.Big cats have a solitary streak and are ruthlessly possessive about their turf
territory, splitting the vast forested sweep into equal halves.While Maya (T-12) is feared dead, possibly in a bloody territorial skirmish,
there is an entire family of tigers and their young siblings showing astounding traits of peaceful coexistence in the luxury of nature,
defying blurring bloodline bonds after attaining adulthood.With Maya gone, Chhoti Tara has taken over her territory and handed over her own
domain to her two daughters, Roma and Bijli.Chhoti Tara (12), who ruled Jamni meadows, delivered two female cubs in 2020 and these were
nicknamed by tourists as Bijli (T-114) and Roma (T-115)
Both Bijli and Roma delivered two cubs by the end of 2022
Mother Chhoti Tara, too, had a lone cub around the same time her daughters gave birth
Both offspring occupy the territory of their mother.In January this year, a forester sighted Chhoti Tara with her lone cub
One cub looked big, the other a little younger as it was born later
delivered three cubs, but two succumbed to the vagaries of nature
Some tourists recalled seeing Bijli play with the lone cub of Chhoti Tara
friendly vocalisations to call the cubs
Soon, both cubs strolled towards her
One snuggled into the mother and the other played with her tail
Sanjay Dubri National Park in Madhya Pradesh in August 2022, where a tigress with four cubs groomed three cubs of her sister after she was
The behaviour of wild animals changes according to survival strategies and is not always scientifically encoded
