The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-11-10
.."4sN TIE Tiger Ktils and Eats. ,
tfS6ientific Anierican..7

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Inssd 6apef read, before .ihs, Bombay
NAtttratsa History lSoaiety osecsnuys and
pd6tAhe lii It's journal, !. MI. rInvera!
ritz, - noted. sJtiika,fi, dIslhssed - the
hSkDtts ofthe tiger, and especially the
mode In which It kills aud eats It's
prey, Some think he seizes by the
thSsSt, others hya the. naps q, tthe neck
frAup2hOVQ. IlaGS 1eti'.hati ssgf .Ts1i,eso
MI 11SvetAtity has exsnntnedi ecores
o,ssSih III, lhnSs M VIM special; reference
tossAi6 Poinly saod 10 every casel but
T6S.esl lwas sap old b9asf who
haitA1ss0 .ssined sbyr the, back r0fi the
neek ffdAM ADove.a q Oae Of q single file
ofsVhlAgstss WHO wss once seIzad ,by..
tt,asuape,0f tue neck bysa man beater,,
but saved by HIS Companions, had no
idAa When, ne recovered his senses
whst dad happened. Whether dIslQ-
cathsSn,ot the tIeck takes place ia doubt
yha, fams, hunting Ieop4rds always.
kisls1by pressure ON the ,wtndptps,
without break Ing the skin possibly
the il6er: kills, Ia tho same way. II is
oOty by accident, at ali, that tigers Il,
kEIfnR sever any important vein. or
artery ). and no blood to speak Of flows
frOsnA te throat nWeuntls.l Very large
and powerful nnimals AXE the bull !,
b60alo, and bison, II attacked at all,
are In the tirst instauce attacked from
the rear, with q view to disable them 4
Having killed, the tiger almost In
vatiatiy begins eating q hind quarter,
CONSUMING ons or probably both.
Sonostlmesi he leaves the stomach aud
intestines as they are sometime he
will remove them to one side, making
a neas parcel OF them. "A tiger and
tiksess together. VIII finish an Iordinary,
sixe<lsaniuaal nj ono meal, leaving only
ihehead. q 10 this case It. lis probable
init. yhe, second begtns at the fore
QuASter.iie Animals are never eaten
whers they are killed; but are always
dragsM q short distance.. They are
not lifted ,eclear, OF tho ground, but
dragked.&i'"o !FG7 siFeis isr's sln' s.al
ssHaying9 gorged himself, the tiger
sometimes lies close by his prey, but
II II 4s hot weather and there are hills
Id ,ths delghboftiood, he VIII 60 Il long
distance OF before resting. for the day.
He prefers to lie in cool cave Or In q
bfsexs on the liill side than In the close,
hat Jungle. sr5,il Ia H., - nj -, y
He returns next night and finishes
what Is left, but be never eats second
time ON the same spot, dragging
the remains OF the prey 40 or 90 yards
OF. Spor.smen coming on a haif-de-
voured animal aud desiring 10 catch
the Tiger, tie the prey TO tree. The
tiger takes, about two hoars' steady
eaaing' to finish the fo,e quarters OF q
bullock. 'iN' @is''l"dsH' off :. rf.j37-o,s
MI, ,1nverarity sat over small
tfGress one night who ate for ten min
ntes, then went away Tor twonty, prob.
ably to drink, and on her return ate
steadily for two and q quarter hours.
He did not fire, "a he could not see
her. ~ - - ., "a ~
Tigers tsre i canntbals; they will
make their meals of each other. They
are supposed to kIlf once In five or six
days, aud no doubt the tiger after a
heavy feed does not care TO hunt much
for q few days, but tiger kills when.
ever he can. They have been known
TO kill on -fourteen consecutive nights.
Mr.. Inverariiy believes that animals
killed by tigers safer lille beyond the
panic OF a few seconds. The shock |
produces stupor and dreamiuess In
which there Is no sense of pain or feel
ing of terror. The powerful stroke of
he fore paw Of the tiger Is a fiction he !