Bengal / Indian Tigers - two young play fighting

Bengal / Indian Tigers - two young play fighting (Panthera tigris). Ranthambhore National Park, India. Alternative spellings: Ranthambhor / Ranthambore / RanthamborSequence. These images were taken on 30 November 2007 at 8.45am. They show two of three female cubs of a famous Tigress known as Machli or Lady of the lakes'. They are appoximately 15 months old and are play-fighting to help hone their hunting and fighting skills. Tigers inside Ranthambhore National Park are relatively safe, but when these cubs grow up, they have frequent fights among themselves. As a result the weaker ones have to move out of the park to find new territory, where they often fall prey to poachers

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