In people's mind, the tiger is a fierce "man eater". In fact, this idea is only half right. After years of observation and research, scientists have put forward a more objective answer to this question.
When answering the question of tiger cannibalism, we should first distinguish the different meanings of "cannibalism tiger" and "wounding tiger". The so-called habit of eating a tiger is not to hurt people, but not even people.
There are many reasons for the formation of tiger eating habit, including the relationship between environment, man-made reasons and its own factors. If the local environment is suitable for the survival of tigers, the natural ecosystem has not been damaged, the number of animals is large, and it is easy for tigers to find food, they generally dare not attack people. Because tigers are cautious and suspicious by nature and have been afraid of people since childhood. Unless you can't find wild food and are too hungry, you dare to venture close to residential areas and steal livestock. In this case, in order to prevent the invasion of the tiger, human beings either kill the tiger, or get injured or even die in the fight with the tiger.
This kind of tiger that hurts or even kills people for some reason cannot be regarded as a tiger that specializes in eating people. According to the conclusion of scientific workers, "man eating tiger" is by no means a normal tiger. Most of them can't run fast because of old age or injury. Their vision and hearing are not as smart as herbivores, or their claws and teeth are not sharp enough and their strength is not strong enough. Their ability to hunt is greatly reduced. They can't catch up with flexible prey, such as deer, muntjac and antelope. It's even more difficult to subdue powerful objects, such as wild boar, buffalo and buck. Finally, forced by hunger, he had to attack people and became a "cannibal".
The number of "man eating tigers" is very few. On average, there is not necessarily one man eating tiger in every 100 tigers. However, although the number of man eating tigers is very small, they are a serious threat to mankind. For a long time, people have regarded tigers as harm and hunted them. As the number of wild tiger species is decreasing, people's ecological awareness is increasing. While effectively preventing the invasion of tigers, they understand the importance of protecting this endangered animal. The tiger is listed as a protected rare animal in the hope that it will not be extinct.