What is the noise called that a tiger makes -- lions roar, canaries sing, what do tigers do?
I can’t think of the term for it or even how to phonetically spell the sound—it’s kind of a high pitched growl/war cry? Not a roar, I don’t think, coz lions have that deep, guttural, bellowing howl—but tigers are more high pitched, jungle-type warning v. the savanna where sound carries farther.
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Lions and tigers each roar.
Tiger is going to speaking tomorrow at 11:00 AM.
(sorry)
That Tiger is going to grovel, not growl.
From my extensive experience with tigers, the most likely thing you will hear one say is:
THEIIIIIIIIR GREAT!
It’s actually “THEIIIIIIIIRRRR GRREAT!”
Tigers chuffle as a friendly greeting, a sign of non aggression. The do it even as blind, helpless newborns. They also whine, grumble, growl, and roar.
The great cats roar, and cannot purr. They have a bony hyoid. Small cats that purr have a cartilaginous hyoid and cannot roar (although the cougar, who is the largest of the small cats, has a hell of a scream.)
BUT….What do tigers dream of, when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras or Halle Barry in her catwoman suit?
Tigers love pepper. They hate cinnamon
Tiger sounds like this…
I AM SORRY!! I AM REALLY SORRY!!
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