本期看點：
老虎被稱為百獸之王，它美麗的外表和神秘的行蹤深深吸引了我們的視線，並我我們帶來很多的遐想。 曾經有詩人寫道“虎照亮了夜的森林”。今天就讓我們跟隨一個老虎的家庭，去更多地了解老虎這種美麗而神奇的動物。
本期關鍵詞：
tiger 老虎 tigeress 雌性老虎 tiger cub 老虎幼仔
精彩內容片段：
Our heroine today is a 12-year old Bengal female tiger. Her name is Larkshimi which means Goddess of Luck in Hindi. She gave birth to three tiger cubs this time.
Female tigers in the wild can live up to 15 years averagely. It will have 5 chances to give birth to babies in her life, and 2 or 3 cubs each time. In the first 8 weeks of the new born cubs, they depend entirely on mother’s milk.
Male tiger cubs are more naughty than the female ones. They also grow up quicker and stronger. In tiger’s family, father tiger don’t have to take the responsibility to raise kids. All the workload will be done by mother tiger herself. Adult male tiger and female tiger only meet during mating season. After mating, they live in each other’s territory.
Some of the tiger cubs will die of disease or natural disaster, and more of them will be hunted by hunters or killed by other predators. Only half of the tiger cubs will survive and grow up to guarantee the continuation of the tiger family.
我們的主人公是一隻12歲的雌性野生孟加拉虎，她的名字是拉克什米。在印度語裏是幸運女神的意思。她這次生育了三隻可愛的小虎仔。
野生雌虎的壽命大約是15年，平均能産下5窩虎仔。平均每次2到3隻虎仔。在最初的8個星期中，虎仔們全靠媽媽的奶水生活。
雄虎仔比雌虎仔更淘氣，生長速度也更快一些。雄虎不必負擔哺育子女的義務，所有工作都由媽媽承擔。雄虎和雌虎只在交配季節相遇，交配後它們生活在各自的領地裏。
有些虎仔將在乾旱、疾病、自然災害中喪生。更多的被獵人或其他食肉動物殺死。只有將近一半能夠生存下來，長大並繁衍後代。
Larkshimi finds it is good time to prey, because it is the mating season of chitals. The fighting chitals easily forget the existence of tiger and lead to a fatal mistake.
When Larkshimi tried to killed the chital, she has to avoid the sharp buckhorn which will be very dangerous to the tiger. After killing the chital, Larkshimi took the prey to where her cubs hide themselves. Larkshimi calls her cubs to come out and share the food. When the cubs happily come to the prey, Larkshimi is already out of breath.
Now the cubs are already 4 month old. Mother will give chances for the cubs to eat first. It surely not a easy thing to tear the skin of chital open. The cubs are always persistent. The female cub is waiting aside and see if her brothers have made any progress.
拉克什米感覺這是捕獵的好時機。因為這是白斑鹿的交配季節。爭鬥中的白斑鹿忘記了虎的存在。
當老虎試圖咬死白斑鹿的時候，就要避開鋒利的鹿角。然後殺死鹿把獵物帶到孩子們藏身的地方。然後呼喚孩子們來吃獵物。當孩子們歡欣地跑過來的時候，虎媽媽已經累得氣喘吁吁了。
小虎們已經四個月大了。媽媽會讓孩子們先吃食物。當然堅韌的鹿皮並不容易撕開。但是小老虎們堅持不懈。小雌虎則在一旁等待哥哥們有沒有進展。
責編：蘭華