No One Has Ever Seen Tigers Do This Before | Tiger Island | BBC Earth

What is happening? — We're eyes on the five cubs through Robbie's dream. — Five cubs. There are five cubs. No one's ever seen tigers do this before. So Gay is clearly taking a well needed rest and Pop's just sat next to her. But GMA's family is not alone. Oh, there's three cups. There's three. No way. No. Four. No, there's four. There's four cups. Mi, how many cubs does GMA have? — Two cups. Okay. Now she have four cups today. Nearby, the drones have spotted another tiger. It's Jugy. Normally, mothers with cubs avoid other tigers, but GMA appears to be looking after Juganese cubs. Since I'm working in nature, I never seen like such kind of things. One mother living cop with another. This is definitely something different. — Sharing parenting duties could be a response to the threat posed by males. Helping to keep the cubs safe while one parent is busy. What is happening? — We're eyes on the five cups through Robbiey's drain. — Five cubs. So, there are two adult female tigers with cubs, and one of them's looking after all the cubs while the other one's eating. I was about to say tigers are solitary big cats. Are they? I don't know anymore. They're supposed to be incredibly territorial. Females do not cross paths unless they absolutely have to. They don't share cups. They don't share parenting duties. All of this is unfolding just 50 yards over there. This is not what it says in the textbooks. You just don't imagine that there's things to learn still about the most iconic animal on the planet. There is, and it's here.