Sumatran tiger predation moment: a bit different from the imagination
As one of the world's endangered species, the Sumatran tiger is one of the urgent need to protect, it is reported that only 400 wild Sumatran tigers, artificial breeding of less than 300. And we were lucky enough to see the Sumatran tiger eating and playing in the water is rare. Here is the wonderful moments of the photographer in Indonesia ragunan zoo to capture the Sumatran tiger eating and playing in water. Indonesian wild Sumatran tiger hunting in the swamps, rivers and forests, and is born swimmer. The tiger Ruo free play in the mud, like a duck.
Sumatran tiger is the smallest subspecies of all existing tiger subspecies. Male Sumatran tiger average body length of 234 cm, weight (from first to last) an average of 120 kg, females with average body length of 198 cm, the average weight of 90 kg. The stripes than other tiger subspecies to narrow, bushy beard and mane (especially male tiger). The Sumatran tiger beast scientist famous by the Pocock natural history museum in London was named in 1929 and established as a new species. Its ancestors originated from the early Pleistocene continental tiger. 12000 years of rising Qianhai, making the region of Sumatra and the Asian continent isolated, tens of thousands of wild tigers were separated into a significant difference in the new subspecies. The Sumatran tiger has dark orange fur and dense stripes, which make it distinct from the mainland.
At present, the original tiger species in Indonesia, Barry and tiger tiger extinct in java. There are only 400 Sumatran tigers on the brink of extinction. On the one hand, deforestation has destroyed the tiger's important living environment. On the other hand, the market demand and illegal trade have led to the phenomenon of tiger poaching.