Tiger Communication
The area that a tiger inhabits is called a Range and they are generally ten to thirty square miles. Once one tiger dies or leaves his/her range, another tiger moves in and takes their place. Young tigers will leave their mother's range when they become an adult.
Tigers have a good sense of smell.
They use their sense of smell to communicate
with each other. Tigers will lift their tails and shoot urine onto bushes,
trees, and grass. The tigers smell the urine and their dung is used to
mark their ranges. This lets other tigers know that range is occupied.
Female tigers also use scent-marking to attract males when they
are ready to mate. The scent-marking also helps keep rivals out of each
others way. A Tiger will also mark its territory by scratching tree trunks.
Sometimes they scratch the ground too.
Another way
tigers communicate is by Roaring. A tiger's roar is also a way to
tell other tigers to keep out. But tigers don't always want other tigers
to stay away. They can sometimes be nice to each other. When two female
tigers meet they are often friendly, but when two male tigers meet they
snarl, spit, and sometimes they fight.
**Fact** It is very rare that the adult male will tolerate the presence of another male. It's more likely that they'll spend time with a female.