The pet I've always wanted. (:

 I've always wanted a pet. My choice was a tiger cub.Haha! Yes, the baby cub.

But, school taught me, that tiger is a wild animal and not compatible for domestic caressing. What if it starts loving me back and takes a grand leap mistaking it for a hug? Fatak!The end.So considering this,I compromised. :p

But my love for these ferocious big cats is a never ending saga.

I like their paw prints.

I like their thunderous roar.

I like their royal charisma.

I like them for their unique stature.

They fascinate me in a manner i cannot explain or define.
P.S - I dislike calling them cats :/ because I don't love cats.Lacking the rich lustrous colour and thunderous roar of the biggies they don't appeal much to me. Okay yes, I accept the fact that they belong to the same cat family and hence i take back all my negatives notions. But the sound they make, their cry, Ah! No match to my biggies.Okay, I shall stop.

They're the protectors of the jungle.
Majestic animals in Indian History.

Magnificent predators.
Meet the most glorious big cats of all time - the mighty Tigers. 

Tigers are the largest members of the cat family and are renowned for their power and strength.

India - Kingdom of the Tiger.
*Pride*

Here are some nice things to know -

Tigers have eyes with round pupils, unlike domestic cats, which have slitted pupils. This is because domestic cats are nocturnal whereas tigers are crepuscular – they hunt primarily in the morning and evening.Despite not being strongly adapted to the dark, tigers’ night vision is about six times better than humans’. Tigers are completely blind for the first week of their life. About half do not survive to adulthood. Tigers have color vision like humans.

Tigers cannot purr. To show happiness, tigers squint or close their eyes. This is because losing vision lowers defense, so tigers (and many other cats) only purposefully do so when they feel comfortable and safe.

When several tigers are present at a kill, the males will often wait for females and cubs to eat first, unlike lions, which do the opposite. Tigers rarely argue or fight over a kill and simply wait turns.

The stripes on each tiger are unique, like human fingerprints.

Tigers have antiseptic saliva. They lick their wounds to disinfect them.

Like those of other cats, the upper side of tiger tongues are covered with fleshy bristles so that when they wash themselves with their tongues, they simultaneously comb their fur.

Cats in general have been found to have a better memory than any other animal, including humans, being several hundred times better than dogs and dozens of times better than primates. Tigers’ short-term memory alone lasts about thirty times longer than humans’, and their memories are made with stronger brain synapses, meaning that they can remember more and do not forget things as easily as we do.

Tigers have a brain that weighs over 300g. It is the largest brain of all carnivores except the polar bear, and is comparable to the size of a Chimpanzee’s brain.

Tigers can mate with lions and other cats in captivity to produce hybrids.A male lion and a female tiger produce enormous offspring, ligers, whereas a female lion and a male tiger produce the much smaller tiglon.Ligers can be over 4m long and are the largest cats in the world.

India: TheKingdom of Tiger is a documentary, based on writings of Jim Corbett, about man-eating tigers and the conservation efforts of the tiger in India.

Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was named after Jim Corbett ( know more about Jim here ) who played a key role in its establishment. The park was the first  to come under the Project Tiger initiative. It was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Royal Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand in India.

A night camp at Jim Corbett and a personal sighting of a Royal Bengal Tiger would make a tiger lovers dream come true! (:

P.S - Not very sure about the tigers memory.Do let me know if otherwise. :)