Question

A tigers sense of hearing is very sharp.Give reasons to support this statement

Answer 1

A highly developed ear enables a tiger to detect the faintest rustle from a distance, many a time through dense foliage. It helps a tiger to take up a vantage position in hunt. Notice the white spots on the back of a tiger's ear. They are always twitching like a radar dish analyzing sounds for prey or for danger.

Even the whiskers are excellent sensory monitors .

Even then average strike rate may be 10–20%, only one in 10 to 5 stalks turn into a kill. A tiger's life is tough.

Nature gives tiger a super eyesight and a super hearing ability to catch prey and remain warned of possible threats.

tiger can hear from 0.2 kHz to 65 kHz.