Royal Mountain Travel Magazine Royal Mountain Travel Magazine Issue 1 | Page 27

One-hornedrhino(Photo:MarianneHeredge)

Tigers are not usually
as ferocious as they
might seem, However,
a mother with her cubs
will be aggressive and so
when she caught sight
of her admirers, she gave
chase.

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few months before, Santa had come
with some clients, and they had sat
beneath the same tree. Before long,
beyond their wildest dreams, not one, but five
tigers came down to the river to drink. The
mother and her four cubs that had been born
aboutsixmonthspreviouslywereshotbyJakob
with his camera, who couldn’t believe his luck.
Tigers are not usually as ferocious as they might
seem, However, a mother with her cubs will be
aggressive and so when she caught sight of her
admirers, she gave chase. The group split and
ran as fast as they could in opposite directions,
Santa and the other visitor running one way –
Jakob the other. Still looking shaky at recalling
his experience, Jakob told how he could hear a
largeandheavyanimalrunningtohisright.Ashe
turnedhishead,hesawthetigress10metresaway
gainingonhim.Beforeshereachedhim,shegave
a ferocious growl and r