Watch Two Tigers Play Tug-of-War… Using an Iguana – AZ Animals

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These two tigers both have their eye on the same meal and neither of them is prepared to give it up. It looks as if they are playing tug of war with the iguana but they are actually behaving in a perfectly normal way for a predator and are trying to secure nutrition for themselves. In this case, it leads to some blows being exchanged!
There are captive tigers like the ones in this video all over the world. Wild animals that are kept in captivity have very specific care needs and it is essential that experts are involved in their care.
Tigers are members of the Felidae family and are the largest felines in the world. An adult tiger can grow up to 660 pounds. An animal of that size needs a lot of food but the type of food is also crucial.
Tigers need a high protein and high fat diet that has enough retinol, arachadonic acid, taurine, and niacin. Experts have also discovered that tigers do better if they fast for one or two days every week. This increases their appetite and overall nutritional intake. It mimics how tigers would feed in the wild as they do not hunt every day. So, feeding captive tigers is not just about nutrition, it is also about allowing them to adopt behaviors that they would exhibit in the wild. That includes ripping apart prey and many captive tigers are fed beef, chicken, and rabbit carcasses.
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So, what to wild tigers eat? Tigers are carnivores and usually hunt for prey at night. They are solitary animals who can live in a range of climates which can be cold through to temperate. Tigers have the power, speed and skill to catch and kill a range of different animals but most eat deer, water buffalos, and pigs.
They are an ambush predator (like pet cats) so they find a good hiding place and then leap out and overpower the prey. Tigers can tackle large animals by knocking them over with sheer power and biting the back of its neck or throat to kill it. They are also very fast and agile – they can reach short bursts of 40 miles per hour and leap as much as 33 feet in the air! As we see from this vid, they also like tug-of-war!
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