沙僧为什么没有成佛:《国家地理》杂志《每日一图》收录的老虎照片
Shot this guy on a really snowy day after about a five hour wait.
Diving Tiger, California
I took this photo at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, California, in 2004. The trainers were throwing meat into a small pool to demonstrate the tigers' diving ability, and this beautiful creature looked right into my camera. The scowl on his face is not from disgust or anger; rather, it results from how these big cats scrunch up their nose to keep water out.Diving Tiger, California
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animals
I took this photo at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, California, in 2004. The trainers were throwing meat into a small pool to demonstrate the tigers' diving ability, and this beautiful creature looked right into my camera. The scowl on his face is not from disgust or anger; rather, it results from how these big cats scrunch up their nose to keep water out.Siberia, Russia, Yawning Tiger
The millions of acres of virgin forest in eastern Russia are home to an extraordinary variety of wildlife, including about 350 endangered Amur tigers, such as this adult yawning in a Siberian field.图片故事 阿穆尔虎 别名:西伯利亚虎、满洲虎、东北虎 科:猫科
学名:Panthera tigris altaica 英文名:SibericanTiger /Amur tigers
东北虎是现存最大的猫科动物,分布于中国的东北地区,国外见于西伯利亚。栖居于森林、灌木和野草丛生的地带。独居,无定居,具领域行为, 夜行性。感官敏锐,性凶猛,行动迅捷,善游泳。捕食大中型哺乳动物, 偶食小型哺乳动物和鸟。
野生东北虎现存数量只有400多只,大部分分布在俄罗斯,在我国的数量不足20只,朝鲜半岛已经再没有东北虎的踪迹。
中国Ⅰ级保护动物并被列入濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约。
Bengal Tiger, India, 1995
A perfectly posed young Bengal tiger rests in a clearing in India's Bandhavgarh National Park. This individual is likely the offspring of Sita, a tigress famed in the park for her hunting prowess and prized for her prolific breeding. 图片故事 印度是老虎的乐园,孟加拉虎是目前数量最多的老虎亚种。印度生活着约3000头孟加拉虎占到全世界老虎总数一半以上。孟加拉虎从印度--尼泊尔---不丹--中国西南都有分布。所以我们国家有目前仅存5个老虎亚种中的3个(华南虎、西伯利亚虎、孟加拉虎),但是现存最古老的老虎是我们的华南虎-----中国虎(可惜野外已经20年没发现了)。所以老虎是全世界最濒危的物种之一 。Yawning Tiger, India, 1997
Tigers, like this female in India's Bandhavgarh National Park, spend hot days in a languorous laze, storing energy for nights of hunting. Over the last hundred years, hunting and forest destruction have reduced tiger populations from hundreds of thousands of animals to perhaps fewer than 2,500. Today Bandhavgarh claims to maintain the highest density of tigers in the country.白老虎在自然界中非常珍稀,而我们今天在动物园里看见的大多数白老虎是由具有争议性的近亲繁殖衍生的。如果双亲都携带有白色的隐性基因,那么白老虎也可以从普通颜色的老虎中诞生。
Tiger Shake, Vallejo, California, 1995
Water flies as a young white tiger shakes itself dry in a pool at California's Marine World Africa USA. (Now called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.)
White tigers are extremely rare in nature, and many seen in zoos today are produced through controversial inbreeding. White tigers can be born to normal-colored tigers if both parents carry the recessive gene for white coloring.老虎的8个亚种目前仅存5个。另3个-----里海虎,巴里虎,爪哇虎----已于20世纪消失。现存的种类----孟加拉虎,华南虎,印支虎,苏门答腊虎和西伯利亚虎----数量仅剩5000--7000,无论是个体还是种群,都异常濒危。
Hungry Tigers, Seoul, South Korea, 1995
Hungry tigers stand on display atop an SUV in Seoul, South Korea's Everland Resort amusement park. The park's tigers are fed chunks of meat dangled from a tour bus so sightseers can view the staged carnage up close.
Of the eight known tiger subspecies only five remain. Three—the Caspian, Bali, and Javan—became extinct during the 20th century. The extant species—Bengal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran, and Siberian—number only about 5,000 to 7,000 individuals combined, and all are endangered.Tiger Face, India, 1997
Now an endangered species, tigers have a long history. Generally believed to have evolved in southern China more than a million years ago, the big cats eventually spread west to the Caspian Sea, north to Siberia, and south across Indonesia.Bengal Tigress, India, 1997
A Bengal tigress called Sita rests with one of her trio of six-month-old cubs.
Named after a Hindu goddess, Sita was admired by visitors to India's Bandhavgarh National Park for her keen hunting skills and fierce devotion to her young. Conservationists valued her prolific breeding; during her life she bolstered the local population with six litters.
Poachers are believed to have killed Sita in 2000.
Tiger Yawn, Asia, 1996
"At the beginning of the 20th century, perhaps 100,000 tigers hunted Asia. Today, on the eve of the 21st, no more than 6,000 remain."Forest Tiger, Siberia, Russia, 1997
"Like candles guttering in the wind, three of the world's eight subspecies of tigers have been snuffed out. The Caspian, Bali, and Javan tigers are gone; the five surviving subspecies—Bengal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran, and Siberian (Amur) [pictured here]—are all endangered."图片故事 巴厘亚种于20世纪20年代灭绝
爪哇亚种于20世纪50年代灭绝
里海亚种于20世纪70年代灭绝
Bandhavgarh, India, Tiger Drink, 1996
"More thirsty than hungry, a tiger laps up water as potential prey watches warily in Bandhavgarh, India."
India, Stalking Tiger, 1997
"Tigers do not 'roam' the forest as romantic writers like to have them do; instead they doggedly work carefully delineated territories, on the lookout for their next meal—and on alert for any other predator that threatens access to it."India, Snarling Tiger, 1995
"No one knows how many wild tigers exist today. The commonly cited estimate of 5,000 to 7,000 is a guess, since census methods can be faulty, some governments inflate numbers, and cat experts may understate numbers for fear of losing protected status. What is certain: If tigers are to survive in the wild, they need massive human intervention."India, Charger Leap, 1997
"An in-your-face male, Charger triggered this remote-camera power portrait through a wide-angle lens only three feet [0.9 meters] away. He earned his name for his unbridled aggression, charging other male tigers as well as vehicles—including an assault attempt on an elephant carrying terrified tourists, uncommon behavior among tigers."India, Bathing Tigress, 1996
"With feline grace abandoned, Bachhi takes her picture by breaking an infrared beam at an unmanned remote-camera in Bandhavgarh. Sweltering in 120-degree [49°C] heat, she seeks relief in a pool, despite its fetid brew of rotting leaves and monkey urine."这些西伯利亚虎是“西伯利亚虎保护计划”的一部分。这个计划已经发展为一个栖息地保护计划---------依照各国保护野生虎的能力而划分区域。
Russia, Snowy Siberian Tigers, 1997
These Siberian tigers are part of the Siberian Tiger Project, which developed a habitat-protection plan that classifies areas according to their ability to sustain tigers in the wild.图片故事 西伯利亚虎,在中国被叫做“东北虎”(野外400头,中国20头),是世界上体型最大的老虎(单只活动范围100平方公里)。20世纪末俄、中、朝曾签订“野生西伯利亚虎保护计划”旨在对其进行无国界保护(其实在朝鲜半岛已经灭绝)。目前尚有一线生机。
Bengal Tiger Eye, India, 1997
"Like candles guttering in the wind, three of the worlds eight subspecies of tigers have been snuffed out. The Caspian, Bali, and Javan tigers are gone; the five surviving subspecies—Bengal [such as the tiger shown here], South China, Indochinese, Sumatran, and Siberian (Amur)—are all endangered."India, Tiger Carrying Cub, 1997
"Jaws that can crush a backbone become a tender conveyance as Sita totes a cub to a new den, a constant chore to safeguard her young from leopards, wild dogs, and other tigers. Hiding cubs well is critical, since she may be away hunting for 24 hours or more. Sita is living proof that this endangered species can flourish if only given enough room and enough prey."