A Bengal tiger and her cub were recognise by tourer as they banquet on acrocodilein Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan , India .

The 6 - year - old Panthera tigris T-124 , aka Riddhi , had been spotted pursuing these scaly targets antecedently . A videosharedin February shew her approach a crocodile from the water system ’s edge – although that especial crocodile managed to turn tail into the water .

The same ca n’t be said for a more recent catch of Riddhi ’s though , with images and videos showing thetigerand her three cubs chowing down on a crocodile . The lad were born in 2023 , with tourists spotting Riddhi with them in June of that year .

In anannouncementof the cub ’ reaching , the internal park mentioned a “ danger of crocodile ” in the area prompt increase monitoring in the surface area as a precautional measure – perhaps the crocodiles were the ones in need of protective cover !

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The parking lot wasdeclareda Project Tiger reservation in 1973 , and became a national park in 1980 .

Riddhi is descended from tigress T-16 , aka Machali , who is also known for a tussle with a crocodile that earn her the moniker “ crocodile killer ” .

Riddhi is also no stranger to clashes with her own coinage , oftenfightingwith her mother Arrowhead and babe Siddhi over territory . One encounter with Siddhi in2021left Riddhi in need of stitch on her glossa .

There were design to relocate Riddhi to Sariska Tiger Reserve due to these bloody family rows , with Riddhi reportedly also shoot down a lad . However , that decision sparkedoppositionfrom those who said the Sariska and Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserves were n’t equipped for tigers . Tiger T-75 made this same move in 2018 , but then die of heat stroke a few months later .

Riddhi ’s relocation was scratch when she domiciliate up with a virile tiger T-120 , with theTimes of Indiareporting an official of the park saying , “ The manful Panthera tigris was sighted in the area and there are theory that T-124 have mated . In such scenario shift the tigress is not a good melodic theme . ”

“ Since long , no fighting has been witnessed and this has made wood department to reconsider the determination . There was a protest too from the touristry industry stakeholders for shifting a tigress from a chief tourism zone of Ranthambore . ”