r/BeAmazed • u/Turbulent_Sea_1241 • 10h ago
Animal Tiger feeding ground
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u/TransitoryFeel 10h ago
Climbed that pole like jumping up on the sofa
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u/Zorkflerp 4h ago
I see this at home with my cats. I have a blackout curtain that looks like a star map.
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u/AvocaRed 9h ago
Climbing tree to escape a tiger is a bad idea, noted
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u/PapiGoneGamer 8h ago
“Always has been.”
-Tigers
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u/M0thM0uth 8h ago
There's a video I haven't stopped thinking about where a guy is on top of an elephant, because it's common knowledge tigers won't attack elephants
And she doesn't, she jumps OVER the entire animal and just takes the guy to the ground
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u/blahblah19999 8h ago
Yeah, it didn't jump over the elephant, but it did rip the guy's forearm pretty bad.
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u/M0thM0uth 7h ago
My B, I find it pretty hard to tell what goes on in the final seconds and genuinely assumed she took him just clean off it
Glad he survived 😨
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u/edis92 7h ago
Realistically if any of these predator animals come after you, you’re fucked. You’re only hope if you ever end up near one is that they don’t see you or that they just ate and can’t be bothered. Otherwise you will absolutely die
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u/pchlster 5h ago
My patented method of being in a country without wild tigers once more proves superior.
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u/Swords_and_Words 5h ago
It's a last resort, but it can rarely work
For tigers and bears there is a very narrow range of tree size that is safe to climb, and the bigger the creature the bigger the range of safe trees. The range of safe trees are those thick enough that the animal can't literally just push it over, but thin enough that the animal can't comfortably climb it.
Once you get down to small tigers or small black bears, you quickly run out of trees that fit in that range and (depending on tree species) there might be none that fit in that range (some trees are much easier to knock over than others). It's also entirely possible that, due to your weight or athleticism, no trees exist that can hold you that cannot be climbed by the bear/tiger.
Lions give you more options, leopards and jaguars give you no options at all
And all of this assumes you have the time, the speed, an appropriate nearby tree, thinking of the option in time, and a heaping helping of luck; but you are basically dead at the beginning of this scenario, so put all the long shot ideas back on the table.
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u/EpicEpicnessTheEpic 4h ago
The first resort is to not go to those places where being chased up a tree by a large predator is a possibility.
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u/zuala27 6h ago
Some villagers in india wear a mask at the back of their heads so the tiger thinks he is looking at him, and the supposedly dont attack.
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u/ChattingToChat 10h ago
Ever wonder if the tiger is like “guys, I know that I can easily get it from up there, but fuck me can’t a guy just get a meal without the hassle just once”
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u/Doug24 10h ago
Getting from the top give the tiger a rewarding feeling. They are boosting his ego I believe
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u/Total-Championship80 9h ago
Maybe for exercise too. Most zoo tigers are pretty fat. This one looks in great shape.
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u/Doug24 9h ago
Maybe that is the reason as well, it's a good exercise. I know that predators like to earn their food rather than just giving it to them.
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u/RohelTheConqueror 9h ago
Also gives him a bit of fun I guess. Cats love to jump from here to there
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u/proteinbiosynthese 6h ago
exactly, this is a scaled up version of a cat’s scratching post lol
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u/Hoshyro 9h ago
Is that why my cat stalks and pesters me for over an hour every time it's getting even remotely close to meal time?
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u/bluebarry24 8h ago
Perfect time to play with the cat!
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u/Hoshyro 8h ago
Tried, he just leads me to his bowl.
Sometimes he tries begging for food again after finishing to someone who wasn't in the room because he apparently keeps track of who sees him and knows who he can try to scam out of a second can.
He is well fed, always has available kibble and fresh water, is free to roam about the garden and has anything he may need, he's just a gluttonous beast.
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u/SilverPhilosopher46 8h ago
Or maybe we should just start feeding it live prey. Let mice loose in your house.
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u/random-hobbyist 7h ago
This. IIRC Jackson Galaxy recommended playing with your cats 10 mins before feeding them? I tried this with mine for a while but got lazy.
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u/bierologin 7h ago
It's called contra-freeloading. Many animals prefer having to earn their food. Domestic cats are an exception, they apparently prefer the path of least resistance, lol.
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u/SlideN2MyBMs 9h ago
Small cats climb stuff just for fun. I bet he kind of enjoys it
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u/747_full_of_cum 9h ago
looks like a very healthy kitty, i hate seeing the sad overweight ones in captivity
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u/leadingthedogpack 9h ago
The tiger would prefer to be given access to species appropriate enrichment than to be a bored fat lump
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u/Anthraxious 9h ago
That looked less like a hassle to the tiger than me needing to get up to go pee. They're just built different.
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u/manachar 7h ago
Enrichment of captive animals really does wonders. Animals evolved to constantly work out how to get food and survive.
Having food just handed out without effort seems to cause a malaise.
Enrichment can range from food games to novel experiences, and is jmportant from cats to your average cubicle dweller.
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u/Miserable-Margarine 9h ago
I wonder if he’s also like “why do they keep doing this stupid thing why can’t they just give it to me, come on I don’t bite
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u/bunger_33 7h ago
Wild animals in captivity need stimulation, not to just be fed. They aren't pets.
Haven't you seen Jurassic Park (1993)? "The T-Rex doesn't want to be fed, it wants to hunt!". Honestly the perfect line to describe a wild predator in captivity.
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u/astralchanterelle 8h ago
They just don't think like that. They're apex predators, the "hunt" is almost as fun as the blood for them
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u/french_snail 7h ago
If you don’t give zoo animals enrichment through feeding and play they will eventually go insane, it’s called “zoochosis”
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u/itsculturehero 7h ago
If this tiger is anything like my savannah he loves every opportunity to climb everything around him.
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u/EpilepticMushrooms 7h ago
I know some zoos use food closer to pellet food, in order to provide for vitamins, mineral, and diners without the hassle of picky eaters. These meat chunks are thrown, hidden, or placed in specific locations for enrichment snacks.
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u/Xezron2000 6h ago
I know you are making a joke, but it is actually the complete opposite. Hunters in captivity are very prone to depression if their hunting instinct of working for their food is not satisfied. So games like this keep them happy
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u/tiny_chaotic_evil 6h ago
hmmm, this time they put the meat on the other side of the fence
all right, up and over...
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u/BluehibiscusEmpire 8h ago
Realising that tigers can climb puts a lot of fear of tigers in perspective.
You can’t out run them. You can’t out hide them. They can see better and hear better. And they can climb
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u/SSR2806 8h ago
Our eyesight is definitely better though.
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u/BluehibiscusEmpire 7h ago
In the dark of a jungle where it hunts? Against its camouflage?
In open ground in day time yes. But the tiger will use all its cover. You will find it hard to spot it
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u/hoopstick 6h ago
Stalking and darkness fucks us pretty hard, but its camouflage isn't meant for us. Something about orange showing up the same as green in whatever color spectrum its prey sees in. We can see the color green and notice movement against it better than just about any other species on earth, so as long as they're moving we notice them pretty quick.
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u/linguapura 5h ago
It's very difficult to spot in this video from Kaziranga National Park, India.
It's right there but no one can see it until it reveals itself. Keep the volume down while watching. No one was harmed (a lot) in this video even though it looks scary.
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u/Iheartnakedfemboys 4h ago
You can see the grass being displaced from it's size if you're paying attention. I saw it before it jumped out.
I'm sure it's a lot different if you're not on alert or looking for it, but yeah, they're pretty big so it makes it easy if you are looking.
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u/_-MindTraveler-_ 4h ago
Any animal would be hard to spot under 3ft of grass. This isn't camouflage and as soon as the tiger moved we saw it lol.
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u/PieHole_Poker 9h ago
This would have been a lot better without the loud annoying music
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u/vmachiel 6h ago
One day, we’ll get one of these videos with the original audio and it will be glorious!
But seriously: why always the unnecessary music!
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u/AdorableHandle 10h ago
Thank God they put that rope around the pole. Otherwise that poor little kitten would have gone to bed hungry..
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u/Catch_ME 9h ago
In the wilderness, tigers can climb trees if the tree has thick enough bark and can support it's weight
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u/LioraDoricia 7h ago
The rope is probably there so the pole doesnt break as fast. After a few weeks the tiger would probably start ripping chunks out of it every time he climbs
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u/QualityOverQuant 9h ago
Then there’s these dumbasses in Thailand defanging tigers so that chads can get pictures taken with them
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u/ZealousidealBuyer158 8h ago
milk bottle tells me thats probably laced with a heavy drug to keep it from mauling everyone
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u/funderfulfellow 10h ago
Why don't they have live prey so they can "hunt"?
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u/Niv_Stormfront 9h ago
At my local zoo the Zookeepers explained that often times the animals in the Zoo are there for reasons other than just showing off the animals, often disabilities or injuries that are fine for captivity but deadly for wild animals.
If they tried to give these animals live prey, the prey animal would be highly stressed and could do harm to the animal during the "hunt", especially since the confined enclosure would heighten the prey animal stress. So, to avoid potential harm to the zoo animals they give them food like this.
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u/marr75 4h ago
It's also inhumane for the prey animal. Not really in a responsible sanctuary's philosophy to decide that realistic hunting for one animal is worth putting a prey animal that can smell nothing but the predator, is trapped in an enclosure, and has no chance of hiding or evading. So, cruel on top of being unwise. There are exceptions where animals won't eat if the prey isn't live and/or less responsible zoos (I'd recommend boycotting them, seeing an animal die for your entertainment is no better than cockfighting - who are also following their instincts).
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u/Anubis17_76 10h ago
Because watching a tiger rip apart another animal might be traumatic for the children
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u/CrimsonNCloverr 9h ago
I’ve been laughing at this comment for 3 straight minutes 😂😎
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u/Anubis17_76 9h ago
Glad i could brighten your day lol
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u/musicobsession 8h ago
My zoo's tiger gets a rabbit once a week at closing time. I've stayed to watch her receive it (you do not have to exit by closing time) and it's traumatic enough to listen to her chomp the head of a dead, frozen rabbit
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u/sleeper_shark 9h ago
A zoo did that once with a giraffe, people are still talking about the controversy today
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u/RARAMEY 7h ago
IMO having captive prey that cannot escape the cage is wrong (and not actually "hunting")
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u/Talgrath 6h ago
It raises the likelihood of injury to the predator, which means the zoo would have to spend more money on treating the injuries since it has a duty of care to the animals in the zoo. Additionally, since the prey animal would have no where to run, it would not be very fair to the prey animal.
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u/Unlikely-Prun3 5h ago
Same reason you don't give your pet snake live mices. It's fucked up for everyone involved
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u/TheLastPeanut_ 9h ago
Sometimes I get it in my mind that house cats are only as capable as they are because of their size. But cats are cats man...
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u/Curious_Shan 9h ago
Is that a leg of lamb? Must have cost a fortune, can’t afford that in the supermarket.
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u/CraftCritical278 6h ago
Tiger: “What dis?”
Eats food off ground, looks up and attacks.
“Dis mine!”
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u/bob_nugget_the_3rd 8h ago
Fucking Steve always trying ti hide my food somewhere, at least Linda doesn't put the effort in
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u/BigGrayBeast 8h ago
I know they have safeguards on top of safeguards, but I will be so paranoid about walking into the enclosure, yet alone walking into the enclosure and carrying meat.
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u/Limp-History-2999 7h ago
So this completely ruined my current an for what do do if chased by a tiger. Turns out they can climb trees better than me. I guess I'll have to get it out of the archives and update it to "play dead"
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u/HilariousMax 6h ago
My understanding of why cats can't "climb down" in reverse is the shape of their claws. Like sickles they hook in and allow aggressive forward movement but reverse is tricky, needing to move forward to free the claw and then they can move their foot back/down.
Easier/faster to turn and jump like the tiger does here. Right?
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u/1Northward_Bound 6h ago
Why the orchestra choir music for a cat jumping up on a scratching post? I mean, I get it, big cat, big scratching post, but still...
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u/Sm0kecaptain 6h ago
I'd love to know the height limit for a tiger, like could it just climb a pole 2, 3 or even 5 times as high to get it's food
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u/FentonCanoby 5h ago
Zookeepers: Let's stimulate the Tiger's brain by creating a food challenge.
Tiger: That all you got?
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u/Time-did-Reverse 5h ago
I did this with my ex wife but it was just like cooked spaghetti or a rotisserie chicken in the front yard. She didn’t try to climb it once.
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u/Natural-Pattern-5240 5h ago
And then there’s some men out there who believe they can kill one of these things with their bare hands
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u/Dense-Pool-652 5h ago
My cats saw this and now they want me to serve them pieces of tenderloin on top of their scratching post!
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u/Temporary_Distinct 4h ago
It's so interesting to read the comments. You all know a good amount about tigers- I am a keeper and what you've said here is true. This is enrichment, keeps the tiger active and gives him a reward for his natural behavior, similar to the kill at the end of a hunt. Not exactly the same, but better than just throwing him the food. And true, tigers really don't like to climb. They can climb, they just don't love it. Takes effort. This tiger looks great. He might fast one day a week or so, too.
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u/One_Tie900 4h ago
Since drones have gotten advanced, have you thought about using drones with harness and release mechanism around the peice of meat and flying it around to give the tigger a bigger work out.
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u/MensonTop 4h ago
I love seeing zoos and wildlife sanctuaries where they actually care for the animals and set up all kinds of cool activities for them
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u/DoobieToker3000 7h ago
I hate seeing these animals locked up in exhibitions and zoos. There's nothing amazing about this. You think they can't tell the difference? Poor guy looks so depressed.
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u/Falsus 4h ago
OP I know you are probably a bot and stole this from other content creators.
But please use less annoying music.
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u/Naturewalkerjoe 2h ago
I believe they get depressed if they don't have to work for their food a little bit
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u/boltzmanns_cat 2h ago
I am absolutely terrified of them, so much that most of my recurring anxiety dreams consist of tigers chasing after me to hunt me down.
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u/Krilati_Voin 1h ago
I do the same with spinach for my rabbit at the top of his cage. Keep him limber.
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u/Ok_Entertainer_6425 1h ago
If I put my pizza on the roof will I lose weight trying to get it?
https://giphy.com/gifs/z8XHWziJj81I4
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u/Mermaid_Martini 1h ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tiger climb like this. It’s equal parts impressive and terrifying
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