https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50626744
A tiger has undertaken the longest walk ever recorded in India, travelling some 1,300km (807 miles) in five months.
Experts believe the two-and-a-half-year-old male is possibly in search of prey, territory or a mate.
The tiger, which is fitted with a radio collar, left its home in a wildlife sanctuary in the western state of Maharashtra in June.
It was then tracked travelling back and forth over farms, water and highways, and into a neighbouring state.
So far, the tiger has come into conflict with humans only once, when it "accidentally injured" one person who was part of a group that entered a thicket under which it was resting.
I have to say, I feel a little bit sorry for the tiger: he walked for 800 miles, but, as you can see from the map, he ended up less than 100 miles away from where he started ! (The route was very squiggly: it's the sort of walk that Nilla might take on her way to her next drink)
Still, whatever the tiger was looking for, I hope he found it!
A tiger has undertaken the longest walk ever recorded in India, travelling some 1,300km (807 miles) in five months.
Experts believe the two-and-a-half-year-old male is possibly in search of prey, territory or a mate.
The tiger, which is fitted with a radio collar, left its home in a wildlife sanctuary in the western state of Maharashtra in June.
It was then tracked travelling back and forth over farms, water and highways, and into a neighbouring state.
So far, the tiger has come into conflict with humans only once, when it "accidentally injured" one person who was part of a group that entered a thicket under which it was resting.
I have to say, I feel a little bit sorry for the tiger: he walked for 800 miles, but, as you can see from the map, he ended up less than 100 miles away from where he started ! (The route was very squiggly: it's the sort of walk that Nilla might take on her way to her next drink)
Still, whatever the tiger was looking for, I hope he found it!
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