Trick or Treat Tiger Tuesday

October 5, 2010 | Author Gracey

Whoa! I know I have complicated The Tiniest Tiger Imitation for you today by adding shiny bright jack-o-lanterns as a frame. But, it is October and it is almost the beginning of our super fun The Tiniest Tiger Tick or Treat Time!

This is one of my favorite Tiger Imitations and I think you can see why. It is actually nearly impossible for you to tell if I, Gracey, The Tiniest Tiger, am on the left or on the right. Don’t worry if you get tricked, it is understandable, you are human after all.

Now for a treat. Who can tell me what a Tiger’s ears and a radar dish have in common? Ready to Research? Stalk and Pounce.

Everyone that answers correctly will be entered to win a The Tiniest Tiger treat.

Hurrah!

~Purr it up for Carolyn! Carolyn is our winner chosen by a random number. Congratulations!~

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Tags: Gracey, Radar Dish, The Tiniest Tiger, Tiger ears, Tiger Tuesday, Trick or Treat

Lorraine

Very good imitation, Gracey!
Tigers ears and radar dishes both rotate. Tigers hearing is their best sense.
Austin Meehan

Well, Gracey! You are a trip! Such a tricky little tiny tiger. You don’t fool me though! You are definitely the tiny tiger on the right!!

As for the other question, I agree with Ms. Simon (or can I call you Judy? LOL). Tiny tigers have rotating ears. They can sense when a Tiger (that is not tiny!) is sneaking up on them from behind. These “pinnae” help reduce the amount of tiger/tiny tiger attacks and help to increase the lifespan of everyone’s favorite house pet, the tiniest tiger!

Tiny tigers are so chill! Their life is bro! Gracey, be safe and make good decisions!
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Cats have excellent hearing and can detect an extremely broad range of frequencies. They can hear higher-pitched sounds than either dogs or humans, detecting frequencies from 55 Hz up to 79 kHz, a range of 10.5 octaves; while humans can only hear from 31 Hz up to 18 kHz, and dogs hear from 67 Hz to 44 kHz, which are both ranges of about 9 octaves. Cats do not use this ability to hear ultrasound for communication but it is probably important in hunting, since many species of rodents make ultrasonic calls. Cats’ hearing is also extremely sensitive and is among the best of any mammal, being most acute in the range of 500 Hz to 32 kHz. This sensitivity is further enhanced by the cat’s large movable outer ears (their pinnae), which both amplify sounds and help a cat sense the direction from which a noise is coming.
http://www.catladyland.org Angie, Catladyland/Katt Food

Do they pick up sounds in many different directions?

Which picture is you, Gracey?? That is a tricky question!!
http://abilodea@uwyo.edu Ashlie

Don’t their ears rotate like radar dishes and owl heads So they can pick up sounds in lots of different directions?
Carolyn

You look more and more alike!!! I’m guessing you’re the one on the right!!
- http://www.conservationcubclub.com Gracey
  
  Congratulations Carolyn, you are are lucky winner chosen by a random number.
Judy Simon

pinnae – external ear flaps – rotating like radar dishes, a tiger can catch many sounds and with experience determine precisely where they originated. The ear picks up the high-frequency sounds made by prey rustling in the undergrowth and also low-frequency contact calls, neither of which humans can hear. The tiger’s sensitive hearing alerts it not only to prey but also to the footsteps of people, making it one of the most elusive of animals
Ta Da….Wuv You Gracey! Oh, I cannot tell which is you and which one is the Tiger, good one!