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A mother tiger kept a vigilant eye as her young cubs enjoyed the water.(X\/@susantananda3) <\/p>\nPublished on: Aug 18, 2025 09:54 am IST <\/p>\n
A tigress guarded her cubs as they played in a waterhole, capturing hearts online with a rare glimpse of maternal care in the wild. <\/p>\n
A captivating video shared on X by retired Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda has won hearts online. The clip shows a tigress attentively watching over her cubs as they cool themselves in a waterhole. While the little ones splash around and enjoy the refreshing dip, their mother remains alert, standing guard to ensure their safety.<\/p>\n
A mother tiger kept a vigilant eye as her young cubs enjoyed the water.(X\/@susantananda3) <\/p>\n
Take a look here at the video:<\/p>\n
Nanda captioned the video with a thoughtful note: \u201cA mother\u2019s eye never rest the tigress guards the cub as they play cooling their body in a waterhole. Tigers are rare among big cats. They love water. It regulates their body temperature, relieves parasites, biting insects and helps them to conserve energy. Nature\u2019s Air Conditioners.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Also read: Baby elephant explores stream under mother\u2019s watchful eye, internet swoons at adorable moment<\/a>)<\/p>\n Tigers and their bond with water<\/p>\n Unlike many other big cats, tigers are known to be fond of water. They frequently spend time in rivers, lakes and ponds to beat the heat, especially in India\u2019s tropical climate.<\/p>\n Another touching glimpse of motherhood in the wild<\/p>\n This is not the first time Nanda has shared such moving content. In an earlier video, he captured a tender moment between a mother elephant and her calf. The footage showed the baby elephant cautiously stepping into a shallow stream under its mother\u2019s guidance. As the calf gained confidence, it began splashing and playing, while the mother stood nearby, keeping a watchful eye.<\/p>\n Sharing the clip, Nanda wrote, \u201cStep by step, trunk to trunk, the cute baby discovers the magic of water under Mama\u2019s watch\u2026 Every drop of water is a drop of hope. Let\u2019s make sure this moment never disappears.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the clip here:<\/p>\n Both videos highlight the profound bond of love and care that animals share with their young ones.<\/p>\n See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on: Aug 18, 2025 09:54 am IST A tigress guarded her cubs as they played in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[1336,9041,18,19,9044,17,133,9043,9040,9042,461],"class_list":{"0":"post-9123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-baby-elephant","9":"tag-cubs","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-indian-forest-service-officer","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-tigers","16":"tag-tigress","17":"tag-waterhole","18":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755308107_993_story_trending@2x.png\" "\\"\\"\/")
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