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The information about the female [[tiger]], known as Thak man-eater, comes from two documented stories written by [[hunter]], [[conservation movement|conservationist]] and author [[Jim Corbett]]. In a story about the Chuka man-eating tiger (from the book "Temple Tiger and other Man-Eaters of Kumaon", published in 1954 by | The information about the female [[tiger]], known as Thak man-eater, comes from two documented stories written by [[hunter]], [[conservation movement|conservationist]] and author [[Jim Corbett]]. In a story about the Chuka man-eating tiger (from the book "Temple Tiger and other Man-Eaters of Kumaon", published in 1954 by [[Oxford University Press]]) Corbett described how he saw for the first time a female tiger which later became known as "The Thak man-eater". According to the story, in April 1938 Corbett was concealed on a [[Hunting blind|machan]] waiting for the [[Chuka man-eating tiger]], but instead of a male man-eater a female tiger with two young cubs appeared. Corbett described in detail how the tigress was teaching cubs to move silently through the jungles, leading them towards the concealed kill (a carcass of a cow), and on a final stage of the search letting cubs to find the kill themselves, coordinating their search with occasional vocal signals.<ref>Corbett, Jim. (1954) "The Temple Tiger and more man-eaters of Kumaon". Twenty second impression, 2002. [[Oxford University Press]]. Pg. 98-100</ref> After cubs found the kill, she went to sleep close to the tree where Corbett was concealed. After the cubs finished feeding, she licked both of them clean and then the family left. Corbett’s description is one of the first detailed accounts of how female tigers teach their cubs behavioral patterns necessary for the survival of the tigers in the wild. | ||
The second source about the tigress is a story "Thak man-eater" from the bestselling book "[[Man-Eaters of Kumaon]]" (published in 1944 by [[Oxford University Press]]). According to Corbett, between April and September the tigress was apparently shot and wounded twice from a muzzle-loaded gun. One of the wounds to the left shoulder of the tigress became septic, incapacitating her at least for some time to hunt her usual prey. That was, according to Corbett, the reason the tigress started attacking humans, particularly as she had cubs to feed. Female tigers are known sometimes to resort to man-eating when they are partly incapacitated while raising cubs. | The second source about the tigress is a story "Thak man-eater" from the bestselling book "[[Man-Eaters of Kumaon]]" (published in 1944 by [[Oxford University Press]]). According to Corbett, between April and September the tigress was apparently shot and wounded twice from a muzzle-loaded gun. One of the wounds to the left shoulder of the tigress became septic, incapacitating her at least for some time to hunt her usual prey. That was, according to Corbett, the reason the tigress started attacking humans, particularly as she had cubs to feed. Female tigers are known sometimes to resort to man-eating when they are partly incapacitated while raising cubs. | ||