bangladesh is a south asian country famous for having the world's largest river delta it is also
known for the longest natural uninterrupted sea beach cox bazaar beach 150 kilometers while these
are impressive things to be known for bangladesh offers something more alive and deadly bangladesh
is most famous as home to the royal bengal tiger the bengal tiger is a part of the tiger subspecies
native to the indian continent the bangladesh bengal is among the biggest wildcats globally
and some of their characteristics constitute the theory that they are the deadliest tigers
in the world size and weight the yellow to light orange bengal tiger is relatively large
the average tiger is 80 inches from head to the body with a 42 inch tail the bengal tiger is also
at average 261 kilograms in contrast tigers in captivity can grow bigger than this weight
the largest free-range bengal tigers weighing 270 kilograms were seen at the chitwan national park
although in 1967 the largest ever bengal was killed at the foothills of the himalayas the
temple had eaten a buffalo cow and weighed 388.7 kilograms while 127 inches long the weight before
the buffalo meal could be 342.3 kilograms the large animal is featured in the mammals hall of
the smithsonian institute once a male bengal tiger was shot around the central provinces of india
that weighed kilograms and was 9 feet 11 inches long the tigers in mangrove areas have different
skulls and body weight from their counterparts and rainforests the adaptation to mangrove habitats
takes a toll on their bodies the size of prey available and the competition in those mangroves
contribute to their sizes speaking of tiger's skulls the lengthiest bengal tiger skull measured
over the bone was 12.25 inches the tiger was one which was shot in the angina regions of northern
india the other tiger which rivals the bengal in average weight is the siberian tiger location
the bengal tiger is unique to india and bangladesh the tigers are found in a mangrove area called the
sundarbins there are some of these tigers found in bhutan and nepal neighbors of india bhutan
bengal tigers are found in 17 districts they're mostly found inhabiting the himalayan foothills
in nepal the largest population can be found in chitwan national park and parson national
park india's subtropical temperate forests that house the tigers are many they include hazaribag
wildlife sanctuary nagarjun sagar srisailam tiger reserve kanha indravati corridor orisa dry forest
panang national park melgat tiger reserve and ratapati tiger reserve the country also has
parambikulam wildlife sanctuary kalakkad munda thurai periyar and bandipur these places have
records of the existence of bengal tigers although the populations differ and the protection plan of
each park or reserve is different in bangladesh these men eating tigers have made homes in
mangroves and other places the tigers have the luxury of swimming between islands in the delta
area to hunt prey it is probably the best place for their survival the tigers are threatened
by habitat destruction and tiger human conflict bangladesh predicts that there will be a decline
in population by 50 by 2050 and 100 by 2070 this is due to the sea level rising because of climate
change and its impact on habitat loss population the tiger has seen a decline in its population as
an animal conservatory projects have also faced some pushback from locals who are convinced that
tigers must die a study showed that people with less than eight years of education believe that
tiger protection efforts are not exemplary there have also been cases where protection agents
themselves had to kill some tigers due to public protests and other government interventions three
centuries ago there were three subspecies more of tigers worldwide those three subspecies have
become extinct in the last century for 72 years from 1900 to 1972 the population of bengal tigers
was between forty thousand to fifty thousand individuals the number reduced drastically to
less than two thousand the various programs to save the tigers have halted the sharp decline
yet the numbers are still in the same range it is estimated that there are about 4 000 individual
bengal tigers globally bangladesh accounting for 2 967 individuals this number is a 33 increase
from the 2014 estimation of 2226 this population has been mainly endangered due to urbanization
as more people start looking for places to stay the wild habitat leads to human interference
dieting the royal bengal is a carnivore since it is found in the indian subcontinent predators and
prey are also common species in those areas the bengal tiger hunts large mammals with hooves those
are from the family called angulat the specific species include chiral guar sambar buffalo taken
sorrow and nilgai it also preys on the wild boar grey langer indian muntjac and hawk deer
it also preys on peafowl pears and porcupines although they are a small part of its diet the
enroachment of humans into the bengal's space also makes it prey on livestock which was not part of
their diet until recent times they also hunt and kill known predators like the indian leopard
sloth bear black bear indian jackal and indian wolf there were records like 2007
when bengal tigers killed 20 rhinoceros at the kaziranga national park there have been two
incidents one at jim corbett national park and another at kazaranga national park where adult
elephants were killed and eaten by several tigers at once the indian cobra and king cobra have both
served as a meal for the bengal tiger at a point research indicates that bengal tigers prefer prey
weighing at least 176 kilograms for their meal they usually pray by approaching from the side or
behind and grasping the prey's neck the bengal tiger only needs 6 kilograms of meat per day
and stores the remaining food for later reasons further danger the survival of the bengal tiger
is primarily owed to works by the conservation authorities however none of those in the sub-areas
where the tigers are found is large enough the conservatory locations cannot effectively handle
more than 250 individual tigers at once government decisions like the forest rights
act gave deserving impoverished people the right to live in forests those enrochment cases lead to
conflict which results in the population decline of the bengal tiger population some farmers also
engage in revenge killings of these animals they blame them for the death of their cattle and shoot
them in response another primary reason the bengal tiger population is in danger is the illegal
poached skin trade between nepal china and india the governments have shown concern but not enough
political will to implement enforcement laws to prevent trade the final reason is the tiger's
bone being an ingredient for traditional medicine the bengal bones are a muscle strengthener and a
solid treatment for body pain and rheumatism while the motivations behind killing bengal tigers are
different all these groups need education and proper wildlife protection laws special powers
a bengal tiger by nature is a predator it is one of the apex predators in the wild which suffers
no superior predators this may be attributed to its powerful and agile physique the bengal
tiger is an excellent jumper it can leap up to about 10 meters due to the agility of its body
the bengal is also an outstanding swimmer it also has a stalking approach to praying it stays quiet
it observes before getting close and attacking its fast nature is always a fatality nod
having a lightning fast attacking skill makes it a fearful predator it snaps the spine of the prey
or seizes its throat to kill it completely the final extraordinary power of the bengal tiger is
its formidable strength as a nighttime hunter it has the best sight to spot aged weak and injured
animals the bengal tiger eats meat that has started decomposing even though they are the
most powerful and can eat whoever they want the choice for such meat makes their characteristics
more intriguing attacks depending on where you stand 40 to 50 attacks on humans a year are rare
for india that holds 25 percent of the world's tiger population these man-eating tigers as bbc
refers to them can stay away from humans the number is rare because compared to elephants
which killed 350 people annually the accidents that lead to tigers fatally attacking humans
are always provocation human conflict started long ago in the 1950s it was rewarding if a human could
kill them because there were too many tigers the tigers ate 86 percent of the people who set out
with this task there has been a record of 13 eaten humans in bengal tiger habitats in recent times
these are all cases of people enroaching in 2012 a wildlife warden at the corolla forest department
ordered a tiger's hunting on a coffee plantation it was accused of carrying livestock away raising
a series of protests the team tasked to capture it included tiger protection
and elephant protection experts but they could not carry out the assignment the task force's
failure led to the shooting of the animal tigers attack humans when they are in their territory
or face them in areas they consider unsuitable for humans life cycle to understand the lifespan
and cycle we need to mention the reproduction process of the bengal tiger the young tigers are
often born between december and april they are said to be between march and november probably
this is speculative because they have no mating and birth seasons while mating happens throughout
the year the peak sexual activity is from november to february the female is of age by
four years while the male becomes of age at five years the gestation process takes 104 to 106 days
and a female can have between one and four cubs newborns typically have thick wool fur which they
start shedding after three to five months they only start eating solid food after two months
the newborns follow the mother on her hunting expeditions the newborns only start separating
from their parents at the age of two the newborns start to map out their homes in range
only when the cubs leave does a mother come on heat again the average lifespan of bengal
tigers is 11 years males have 8 to 10 years while females can make it to 12. the maximum lifespan is
15 years in the wild a bengal tiger in captivity lives between 20 and 25 years because they have
a constant supply of food and regular medical care would you dare to go to this dangerous place