Originally Posted by Axiom
.........Axually just one question , is the tiger in the poster a siberian one ?
I assumed it was from my intelligence reports , but given the lack of background data , i thought i better check this .
I wouldnt have thought so. Siberian tigers have a more orange coloured coat which is much thicker - they live in the snow in Eastern Russia. The one in the picture is probably a Bengal tiger or a Sumatran tiger. I would suspect a Bengal tiger - but probably a rather young one. The coat looks reletively well groomed and is of a yellow/white colour. The coat doesnt look thick enough to be that of a Siberian tiger either. Bengal tigers live in India and Bangladesh in very hot conditions and obviously dont need the very thick coat. The best place to see them is the Sundabans mangrove swamps at the end of the Ganges Delta in India and Bangladesh. Bengal tigers are the least endangered of the worlds tigers. The one in the picture with me at MCC is probably an IndoChinese tiger as it was donated to the temple as a cub which had lost its mother in the wild... (thus these are the type which lives in Thailand).