Heaven of tigers

Kaziranga National Park in northern India is home to the largest density of wild tigers in the world.

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Thanks to camera traps, the scientists counted 39 tigers in a 144-square-kilometer area in Kaziranga National Park.

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In other protected areas, the density of tiger is only about 3-12 heads per km 2 .

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Here tigers have many prey to catch, such as dog deer.

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The number of wild pigs, one of the tiger's prey, is quite large at Kaziranga National Park.

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The vast grassland in Kaziranga National Park is also the ideal place to live for many other large mammals such as rhinos.

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The mane is also one of tiger's favorite prey. In addition to human protection, the abundance of prey is an important cause that makes Kaziranga National Park the largest tiger in the world.


Photo: BBC