Wandering male tigers may kill cubs to make females receptive.
Wandering male tigers may kill cubs to make females receptive.
Males show a behavior called flehmen, a grimacing face, when identifying the condition of a female’s reproductive condition by sniffing their urine markings. Females come into estrus every 3-9 weeks and are only receptive for 3-6 days. As such, mating is frequent during that time period. A pair will copulate frequently and noisily, like other cats.
• Image | © Mathias Appel, Public Domain, (CC0 1.0)
• Sources | (Sunquist and Sunquist, 2002; Ullasa, 2001; World Animal Foundation, Tiger, Tiger Fact Sheet)
