The Sundarbans is home to over 100 Bengal tigers, one of the largest single populations of tigers in one area. Discover (and save!) To survive a tiger attack, back away slowly and calmly if the tiger is snarling and looking like it's going to attack. Before modern times, Sundarbans were said to "regularly kill fifty or sixty people a year". A man who was mauled by a tiger in Siegfried and Roy's show decades before the famous 2003 attack spoke about it for the first time. Tigers About the House, a three-part documentary series about Giles Clark's life with Spot and Stripe, begins on Monday 16 June on BBC Two at 8pm. The cubs take comfort from being together. your own Pins on Pinterest. The black stripes break up the color and make them harder to spot. Most animals in the wild do not see colors and dimensions as well as humans, so a solid object is much easier to see. Researchers have provided the first experimental evidence confirming a great British mathematician's theory of how biological patterns such as tiger stripes or leopard spots are formed. Spot is being held by Kassie, one of two female tiger handlers working at the zoo. This Pin was discovered by Lin Kerns. The black, white, and gray of a Tigers stripes may even look like shadows for some of those animals, giving the Tiger a … Tiger attacks in the Sundarbans, in India and Bangladesh are estimated to kill from 0-50 (mean of 22.7 between 1947 and 1983) people per year. Never turn your back and run since it will just invite the tiger to chase and attack you. Spot and Stripe strike a pose.