Hold That Tiger!
– – Tigers tend to be thought of as jungle creatures, but a British television crew filmed a population of “lost” tigers living at a higher altitude than any others known. These cats were spotted roaming in the remote Himalayan nation of Bhutan at an altitude of 13,450 feet!
While the number of tigers has plunged to fewer to 3,200 from 100,000 over the past century, countries where wild tigers range hope to double their numbers by the year 2022…
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FOXSYLVANIA 
September 24, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Siberian tigers, of course, prove that Felis tigris species can live in almost _any_ environment. But, I have to wonder if this Bhutanese population might potentially be endangered by territorial rivalry with the local subspecies of Asiatic black bear?
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September 25, 2010 at 1:10 am
Tiger vs. bear; that would be some fight!
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September 25, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I know. Just look at the Midwestern ones that fight it out every Sunday during NFL season.
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