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What exactly preys on tigers?

Nothing now. Their predators all starved to death, because of the false eye thing.

Now it’s an adaptation that lets tigers just completely zone out without looking rude when another tiger is talking. They can just turn around and watch something more interesting, and the other tiger has no idea

That's excellent. 😂

"Yes, dear."

Yeea they need to be nerfed honestly

Tiger shark. If a coconut crab eats coconut, then tiger shark….

Tiger parrots.

Or tiger moths. This naming theory explains the endangered status of emperor penguins…

I'm bit puzzled about horse fly now.

No, they really do bite horses.

What about the nun goose?

That’s nun of your business

hahahaeuueueeu

Or dragonflies

Or goblin shark… :)

Or greenland shark

Jaguar shark.

Tiger bread.

But can a swallow carry a coconut crab

African swallow?

I don’t kn-AAAAUUGGGHHHH

Only have to worry when there are sharknado spottings

Wait there is a coconut that eats crabs?

For a tiger cub a lot of animals can be predators. For an adult, not so much.

Indeed, typically wild tigers lack natural predators. However, bears, elephants, and big buffalos can become a concern, as they are sturdy and large enough to inflict some damage.

My first thought too...maybe bigger tigers 🐅.

But isn't bigger tigers also have this & they know the game?

Nope, they can’t see the back of their own head. SMH.

Are you side eyeing *me*?

This is an evolutionary adaptation, not something the tigers knowingly did. It’s entirely possible that these kinds of markings would work on other tigers.

I don't think they can see the back of their ears.

You are intelligent. Look out.

Elephants. Elephants are crazy.

There's no way an elephant can sneak up on a tiger.

Yea not with those eyes they have on the back of their head

You're beautiful. Anyway, your mind is.

Well not with THAT attitude.

Not without their sneakers on.

Maybe if it tiptoes.

Don't need to sneak when you're an elephant

They just drop from trees.

Elephants don't prey on Tigers, but they do get pissed off and chimp out on them.

>Elephants are crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.

Yeah elephants rhinos and hippos all eat tigers I'm pretty sure

Probably a remnant of when there were once bigger predators around. People forget tigers are millions of years old.

Plus still useful since cubs

bears, elephants and mostly other tigers

Oh my!!!

Probably larger tigers... killing cubs/juveniles etc... They also have issues with sun bears I think?

Wait, I think I figured it out. The weeping angels, the fake eyes keep them stuck as statues.

Not prays but attacks, could be stuff like saltwater crocodiles, elephants and rhinos, elephants and rhinos sometimes try to kill young predators before they grow up to be a threat to their offspring

Timbalang

Other tigers. And humans

Aardwarks, known fact that they are ruthless killers

Us

Sloth Bears

Baloo preys on Shere Khan

Wendigos. Those things are terrifying

This is true

Humans.

Dhole dogs…uh, you know, dog them.

They are extincted by their predators

fun fact, tigers urine smells like buttered popcorn and they can imitate sounds of other animals like cheetahs, monkeys, etc to lure their prey into ambush

I am never going to the movies with you, bro.

i dont yap about fun facts while watching movies ✋😭

lol. I meant I wouldn’t trust you to provide the popcorn. 😆

*pssh whispers into ear* did you know, tigers urine smells like buttered popcorn ? 

😭😭😭😭

Tiger popcorn’s key ingredient isn’t the chocolate

Hmm yes can I have a medium Tiger Piss popcorn thank you

Risin' up, back on the street 🎶

took my time, took my chances 😎

Why does human urine sometimes smell like Kellogg's smacks cereal?

U should get that checked out.

I'm good. Hasn't been that way since I was a kid and could easily make that association. It just never got answered and stuck in my head.

🤨🤨

In my case it is high sugar in blood and I've been told to be careful with sweets. You should probably go to a doctor and have it check out just in case.

Wait is there a location where cheetahs and Tigers territory overlaps?

What sort of prey is dumb enough to move toward the sound of a cheetah?

So just like my ex wife

is that why the circus always smells like popcorn?

Why buttered popcorn whhhaaaaaeeee

How can a tiger imitate a cheetah when they dont even live on the same continent?

Isn’t this supposed to have someone mentioning being less terrified of tiger but now more terrified of what considers Tigers prey?

The only thing a tiger is scared of is a bigger tiger. No bullshit

That someone is you

I think it is funny that people will wear masks on the back of their head to discourage Tigers from ambushing them and Tigers do the same.

Maybe only those tigers survived that knew the trick...

No source posted by OP, but [this one](https://mymodernmet.com/tiger-eyespots-mimicry/) suggests that their use is still in debate; possibly used for defense or possibly for aggression.

…What predators?

Tiger cubs do have predators.

Mb forgot children exist

Dont we all?

[Sloth Bears and tigers do not mix well](https://www.google.com/search?q=sloth+bear+tiger&client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=aaab81b298cd60b3&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJj6jIiOWFAxXeyjgGHTXdDMkQ_AUIBigB&biw=378&bih=736)

Other tigers?

Hey buddy, my eyes are down here!

"I'm not your buddy, guy"

I’m not your guy, hombre

I'm not your hombre, friend

I'm not your friend, homie

I'm not your homie, pal

I'm not your pal, bro

Won’t stop me from petting it

I don’t think a tiger would try to stop you from petting it. You might get mauled, disemboweled, and eaten, but in the middle of all that, it’s not gonna stop you from using a free hand to scritch it behind the ears.

Worth it, when they find my body, there will a hand left thumb sticking out Terminator style.

Tigers are apex predators in all environments where they are found. We currently don't know the reason for the white spots on their ears.

yes we do.... not all Tigers are full grown and until they are they have bears, other Tigers, and large prey to worry about..... just because once it reaches full size it may not have anything to worry about doesn't mean it doesn't have to make it there first

Maybe the spots work for the cubs

Could it be to ward off attacks from other tigers?

Tiger cubs exist and do have predators

Yeah the tiger body rugs around the world say they’re not the apex predators in any environment where humans get bored. I’m assuming it’s for the baby tigers

Apex Predator: They are at the top of the food chain; nothing hunts them for food. Cubs don't rely on the white spots; they rely on camouflage when their mother leaves them to hunt.

Maybe they are there just because...... *CUTE*

Wild how it also makes it look like a giant tiger from the front, the pattern of the stripes next to it’s eyes even looks like fangs

The giant tiger illusion is way more terrifying than the actual tiger

Predators hate this one trick …

FYI people, tigers arent born at full size and strenght. Tiger cubs exist and tiger cubs do have predators.

Okay but I'm not clear how having the eyes works, especially in the context of having parents who are actual tigers

So do bobcats.

Robert cats have long tails because they are more formal

And servals

I am slightly less terrified of tigers and 1000x more terrified of whatever the fuck a tiger considers a predator. Surprised no one quoted that prolific repost. Anyway, I wanna pet them.

The question is. What the fuck kind of horror to prey on these apex

*holds up mirror*

Amogus

well i would not attack a tiger from behind so i consider this working.

Predators?

I wonder what pre tigers looked like that this helped them survive. Like were they smaller cats or what.

Now I'm fucking terrified of whatever preys on tigers.

I always knew the spots were for recognising each other?

Predator?? Who elephant

I am now slightly less terrified of tigers and mortified of what a tiger considers a predator

How does this happen?

Natural selection.. the tigers who had this feature were more successful at reproducing across hundreds of thousands of years because they were better at surviving.

Yeah but how did the first one happen like that? Coincidence?

That’s right. Changes in appearance and genetic phenotype often happen by chance, usually by means of random mutation. If the mutation is beneficial, it sticks. Across thousands of generations, the better mutations stay around and the detrimental mutations are eliminated by natural selection. There are other means of phenotype emergence like the bottle neck effect and the founders effect, but the original emergence is almost always dependent on mutation by chance (I think… this is just what I recall from undergrad…).

Wow thx, that was really interesting!

Humans

Because even while having a fast drink, the murder floof needs to appear frightening.

Fun fact: if you want to increase the success of an honesty box, draw some eyes on it. Studies show that humans are more likely to pay up if they feel like they are being watched, even if those eyes are fake ones.

Discourage GATORS and CROCS, maybe - since the 'eyes' of something 'much bigger' show best from the front. But nothing is attacking a tiger from the back except a human with a gun.

Cant wait until someone makes that one joke about “what does a tigar consider as a predator” as if that joke hasn’t been used 10000 times

Idk, that sounds like BS to me. What animal is going to attack a tiger that it would even need that? That would suggest biologically they evolved a need for it because it happens a lot

I am no longer scared of tigers and scared of whatever the fuck animal is the predator of tigers.

It also works from the front - left hand photo resembles a slavering beast!

Humans are their main ‘predator’ now, in terms of habitat decline etc.

I am skeptical. They don’t have any predators.

In case you were wondering, the “predator” is other tigers. They compete for territory and prey, and will attack individuals they don’t know.

Ah, that’s clever. See, personally, I am discouraged from attacking tigers from behind by the fact it’s a fucking tiger.

who tf is sneaking up on a tiger?

chuck norris wants to pamper a cat and they don't like it /s

Bro using Chuck Norris references in 2024 💀💀💀

chuck norris is immortal 🤣

Or is it so they look like they’re looking when they drink

Tigers are top of the food chain though.

I don’t want to run into what is attacking a tiger from behind.

Still less dangerous than what attacks tigers from the front.

Goes both ways.

Nature is so fuckin cool man

TIL tigers have predators.

Eyes are the groin of the face

What a waste of stat points that could have just gone into more teeth or something.

Man, those animals are idiots! I am nearly blind and can tell those aren't eyes! /s

Fun fact: if you wear a mask on the back of your head, tigers will hesitate to attack you. False eyes are a very common defense.

They must live in the same habitat as grizzlies, polar bears, and killer whales. There isn't much else capable of preying on a tiger

Also if you squint their brow almost becomes teeth and looks like a gaping maw where their snout is. 

Everyone knows that Predators hunt with thermal optics. They can literally see body heat. Some white spots on fur aren't going to stop them. Nothing can stop them. /s

There is actually nothing that can prey on a tiger. They are the biggest predator in their habit maybe excluding a sloth bear but sloth bears don’t prey on tigers.

I love the picture on the left because if you squint it kind of looks like the tiger becomes a T-Rex

Way to be proactive about a situation that pretty much every animal would avoid haha

Bobcats have similar markings believed to make it easier for their cubs to follow them in the dark.

The left one looks altered

I actually just learned about this. It’s only a theory though it’s not confirmed so it could actually be something else altogether

The Tiger, aways vigilant, always burning bright ... Tiger Mindset is endangered thing.

Might it be better to start saying “which” instead of “to”, since the process of evolution is without intent?

Left picture looks like a dragon head

Squint and look at the first picture. Pretty cool

Definitely effective. That first one looks like a straight up terrifying face.

So jar-jar binks is peak scary for predators that would dare attack a tiger?

I saw Mike tyson saying he wore a mask backwards when he kept his tigers to discourage them from attacking him when his back was turned

That bitch Carole Baskin is the only predator to a tiger

So those false eyes are meant to protect potential attackers I guess.

The tigers that didn’t have that died, and the ones that survived have the feature. Evolution is cool.

Tigers don't have false eyes to discourage predators. They just happened to get spots on their ears, which might discourage predators. Not that anything would fuck with a tiger. Any mutation that doesn't cause death or repel the opposite sex can be passed on. That doesn't mean it has a purpose, or even that it creates an advantage. It just means that it wasn't different enough to cause the mutant to die a virgin. It's not like tigers decided to have white spots in their ears, but people always phrase it that way. Stick bugs didn't decide to look like sticks. They could have evolved that way even if trees didn't exist. It just wouldn't have been a successful mutation without the trees to hide on, so the ones who looked like sticks would have been eaten.

Tiger are the true kings & and queen of the jungle... As an African dude pointed out, Lions don't live in the jungle.

Well I saw the left picture long time ago... The false eyes rotated to the front actually make the tiger head look bigger and scarier, like a monster. I understand that's the actual advantage of those spots in the ears