Wild Siberian tiger caught on video
By Liao Wei
2014-12-05
A far-infrared camera installed in Hunchun National Siberian Tiger Nature Reserve captured the trace of a wide Siberian tiger in Hunchun, Northeast China’s Jilin province, a migration hotspot for Siberian tigers in China.
Lang Jianmin, director of the reserve's scientific research and publicity center, checked the video on Dec 3 and found the tiger showing up on Nov 25.
The tiger, with bright eyes and strong legs, walked into the screen at 13:17 from the left side and then raised its head to look around, facing the camera.
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Photo taken on Nov 25, 2014 shows a wild Siberian tiger in Hunchun National Siberian Tiger Nature Reserve. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn] |
Lang said it was the most vivid scene of a Siberian tiger captured in the reserve.
This area is a frequent destination for tigers and leopards, and the reserve has captured their traces on this road before.
"We can tell it’s a female Siberian tiger, but can’t tell whether it’s an adult one or not, since we could not find its footprints to measured its pace," Lang explained.
The tigers, one of the world's rarest mammals, live in Eastern Russia, Northeast China and northern parts of the Korean Peninsula. Fewer than 500 remain in the wild. China puts its own number of wild Siberian tigers at between 18 and 22.
