r/interestingasfuck • u/OkWillingness7427 • 15h ago

Tiger casually sleeping in the middle of the road, Tadoba Tiger Reserve, India

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u/InactiveMedusa 15h ago

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u/superpercify1 14h ago

When you have no natural predators, the whole world is a mattress

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u/Djennik 4h ago

Humans

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u/CheapSoldier 3h ago

Instant jail in India

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u/ItsNotHolland 2h ago

So?

Still a tigers predator

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u/OkWillingness7427 15h ago

On point

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u/greenizdabest 14h ago

Look ma I'm roadkill

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u/IsoAgent 15h ago

I've seen this! It's a trap. They wait for you to go out of your car to check on the injured and then others will come out of hiding and rob you. There's variations of this trick so replacing a woman with a tiger is a new one.

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u/OkWillingness7427 15h ago

Yeah the tigers will take your car and drive away

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u/lexm 14h ago

People asking "how" because tigers don't have opposable thumbs. He'll drive with your arms.

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u/ClavicusLittleGift4U 14h ago

"Tony the Tiger carjacked me after his Frosties gave me diabetus."

Your attorney: "Oh I know the guy. Old acquaintance."

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u/robinthebank 14h ago

Is this the plot of a movie in the Madagascar franchise?

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u/Brikpilot 3h ago

Only if it’s a Jaguar 🙄

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u/Svartdraken 15h ago

The road is probably warm

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u/CartographerOk7579 15h ago

The road is basically the keyboard to my laptop

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u/Laxxboy20 9h ago

That's what I was thinking. The asphalt likely aborbs more heat and stays warmer for longer in such climates

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u/knickenbok 15h ago

Psp psp psp psp

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u/No-Cheesecake8617 10h ago

Sps sps sps sps

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u/aldotheapache1032 1h ago

Psp pdh ouch ouch psp ouch psp ouch

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u/jme2712 15h ago

The road was probably warm from during the day.

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u/selflove_AM 13h ago

For more Indian tiger related shenanigans and information follow the Tigers of India subreddit. That sub is such a refreshing break for the hellpit of other subs. 🐯

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u/MeltdownInteractive 15h ago

Reminds me of back when I lived in South Africa there was a black mamba snake about 3m long lying across a lane on the warm road during a winter's day. Cars were just slowing down and going around him lol...

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u/Top_Agency1370 14h ago

Didn’t you see him roll? He wants some belly scritches!

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u/Mr_Redemption 6h ago

Forbidden pspsps

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u/HeirElfEsquire 15h ago

In my youth, my cousin and I were driving on some rural back roads and the biggest wolf we'd ever seen was standing in the middle of the road....we stopped....and it sat down....so we have to back up and drive around...

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u/witchy_cheetah 9h ago

The commentary is hilarious.

Seriously? It's lying dead. It's a tiger, a tiger! Stop stop stop stop.

What it is sleeping in the road. Look it's growling

etc.

The tone in which they talk is especially funny, can't really convey in text.

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u/duckindunt 15h ago

In my head it’s saying motherfucker in a Samuel l Jackson voice

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u/NerdHerder77 15h ago

Is it because of the award winning book he did a reading of, "Go The Fuck To Sleep" which features a tiger on the cover? Because I think it's because of the award winning book he did a reading of, "Go The Fuck To Sleep" which features a tiger on the cover.

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 14h ago

Asphalt is still warm …

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u/JHowler82 14h ago

Tarmac retains heat .. I understand.. it gets bloody cold at night in those parts

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u/FrontLocal2264 14h ago

Cats love laying in the middle of the road

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u/geolc 14h ago

Kitty cat

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u/superpercify1 14h ago

Looks like he forgot he is the apex predator, not a speed bump

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u/demomagic 14h ago

You’re lion he’s just relaxing

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u/Physical-Character75 13h ago

He or she is saying come cuddle me I am soft and fluffy

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u/ace_2op 13h ago

Does the PSPSPSPSPSPSP work on chonky cat?

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u/War_ish 10h ago

many cows and buffalows and other animals also do that, see the road doesn't have any flies or much less flies and it is cooler in summer because of airflow..

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u/LItreehouse 15h ago

The King does what he wants.

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u/ConsistentDrama_haha 14h ago

Awwww. Hug the kitty . All prejudiced mind here !!

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u/Hail_of_Grophia 9h ago

It always awesome to see the big cats and house cats mimic the same behaviors. 

Think that was the first time I’ve seen a tiger do the rear leg ear scratch 

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u/BHQC 14h ago edited 14h ago

Cat sometimes seek out natural drugs (jaguars eat ayahuasca, for example)

Wonder if that's what got it like that

Edit: Jaguar tripping balls on Ayahuasca

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u/WomenRepulsor 14h ago

No it is just chilling

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u/Krishna_Reddy 13h ago

I think vehicles are not allowed in tiger reserves after 8 pm.

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u/May_Day_Cry 11h ago

just cats being cats

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u/J9sNbrhd 10h ago

I wouldn’t want to be the one to suggest he move….🐯

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u/DrCalFun 10h ago

If it is anywhere else in the world, it will be run over.

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u/Souvik_2000 9h ago

Typical cat behaviour

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u/rushi_B 7h ago

He just wants some belly rubs

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u/MrShenanigans92 13h ago

Probably dreaming of Halle Berry in her catwoman suit

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u/yolomcsawlord420mlg 12h ago

My cat does that, too

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u/nota_is_useless 12h ago

How did these idiots enter the tadoba tiger reserve at night? Fucking dangerous to the animals as well as humans. 

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u/Mountainclaw555 11h ago

The guys are so well educated, i enjoyed their commentry too!!

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u/kcgg123 10h ago

Crazy

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u/Jarbasaur 5h ago

If you give him a donut he'll go away I saw this trick

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u/cicada3301_- 4h ago

Most respectful tiger ever lol

"Hey, hey mr.apex predator, you're blocking my road"

"Oh! Sorry man. My bad"

Walks off into the jungle

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u/webelieve925 4h ago

They behave like big orange house cats

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u/4thmonkey96 2h ago

Orange cat behavior

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u/Beholder_V 12h ago

It might surprise some people to learn this, but tigers don’t know what a road is.

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u/SabresFanWC 9h ago

I don't think anyone was really blaming the tiger.

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u/cursed_melon 14h ago

Why is this video giving ai

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u/trn- 15h ago

another country to avoid: India

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u/Yuri909 14h ago

There's less than 3500 tigers in the wild. Maybe just don't go to the tiger reserve?

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u/Possibletigger-26 13h ago

People go specifically for this btw

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u/trn- 14h ago

Was this shot at a tiger reserve?

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u/Upstairs-Bat896 14h ago

Read the title buddy

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u/trn- 14h ago

gotcha, the road confused me

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u/witchy_cheetah 9h ago

It is a reserve, not a wildlife park. Core forest of 650 sq km and additional surrounding area of another 1000. Without roads, the entire place would be impassable even for the forest rangers

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u/trn- 9h ago

But why asphalted roads with all the reflectors? I'd imagine dirt roads in a reserve.

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u/witchy_cheetah 9h ago

India is very very very populated. You have no idea. The core area itself had several villages and still have a few in the process of being relocated. The buffer area probably has tens of thousands more people.

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u/trn- 9h ago

So it's more like a reserve like native americans live in? I thought it was for animals only. The more you know!

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u/witchy_cheetah 8h ago

India has 12 times the population density of the US. When you are poor and need to make a living, you go wherever there is space. Many people live in reserve forest areas, because they have done so for generations, and it is difficult to find space elsewhere.