Living with Tigers (test 2)
This was a daring new conservation project to teach zoo-born tigers to do what?
-teach the tigers how to live in Africa -survive in the wild
Tigers share their natural habitat in Asia with how much of the world's population?
1/5th
How fast can Ostrich's run? And can Tigers keep up?
40 MPH, Yes
At this point, Tiger Ron weighed more than how much?
500 pounds
The tiger has lost more than what percent of it native habitat in the last century?
90%
When the tigers hunt Wildabeast, which tiger chases and drives the herd to the other tiger (the male or the female)? And why?
Julie (more speed and power) chases the herd to Ron (so he could take it down)
After the tigers chased a park ranger, John and Dave were forced to do what again?
Leave local officials weren't too pleased
Who is the one enemy the tiger can't compete with?
Man
Have the tigers been released into the wild?
No, not yet
what was the tigers first kill?
Porcupine
According to Dave, when you see a tiger in the wild, wh at do you never do?
Run
What country was John Varty taking the tigers to?
South Africa
They finally found a 90,000 acre sanctuary in South Africa that they called what?
Tigers moon (the great Karoo)
what does Dave Salmoni use "as positive reinforcement" to train his tigers?
a cube of meat
The tiger may be extinct in the wild how soon?
an another 10 years
Ron and Julie's first antelope hunt "was a disaster" so what did Dave do?
dave didn't feed them (tough love) wanted them hungry
The plains of hunters moon were difficult because tigers usually hunt in what kind of environment?
dense jungle so they can hide hunter's moon is an open pride
There are more tigers in captivity than where?
in the wild
Dave and John "showed that show zoo-born tigers could" do what?
learn how to hunt
What did the floods at Pinda force John and Dave to do?
leave and find another place
where are the tigers today?
living in the Great Karoo the high life
To try to teach Ron and Julie to hunt, what did Dave do with a dead Spring Buck?
mounted it on the back of a truck (stimulate hunting)
The trick about teaching tigers to kill was not becoming what?
not becoming "prey yourself"
How can a 140-pound Ostrich be dangerous to a tiger?
powerful kick 6 feet tall
Why was "there a real buzz" about the success of this project?
proving that everyone else was wrong thought it couldn't be done
And what did Dave have to do for male tiger Ron?
pull out the needles of the porcupine had to get him away from kill by using meat
John chose Africa because it is the only continent succeeding in doing what?
saving endangered species -saving predators
Once the tigers learned to kill, what does Dave have to worry about?
them killing him Dave is still in charge of them
When the tigers came across their first Zebra carcass, what did they do with it?
they played with it, but never thought about eating it
If a tiger is going to charge you, how will they have their body in relation to you?
they'd be straight lined up with your body