Most of the photographs of Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) I post here are of an older female named Zeff at the Bronx zoo, but this tiger (also a resident at the Bronx zoo) is a younger male named Sasha. The two can be told apart from each other (as well as any other tiger) because each tiger has a unique stripe pattern, allowing for fairly easy identification of individuals.
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Siberian, or Amur, tiger, Panthera tigris altaica.
The photographer writes; Zeff, a 13 year-old female Amur tiger kept at Tiger Mountain [at the Bronx Zoo]. She may look like she's snarling, but this was actually the end of a yawn.
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Zeff the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
Zeff the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) yawns. Photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
What a magnificent animal. It's sad that so many people see more value in this creature being dead, its pelt adorning someone's floor, and its bones crushed for questionable medicinal value. And it depresses me even more to think that people can actually contemplate "farming" tigers for their body parts.
because each tiger has a unique stripe pattern
I have heard this before and it is hard to believe. But when you consider that 20 billion people are or have lived on planet earth and each one is supposed to have or have had distinct fingerprints I guess the tiger stripes is easier to believe!
Dave Briggs :~)