Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Book eight in my Middlemarch Mates series goes on sale tomorrow.
Which tiger call do you like best?
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
In honor of my upcoming release, CatNap…
Thirteen Things About Tigers
1. Tigers are the largest of all the big cats.
2. Tigers are an endangered species with the number in the wild dwindling rapidly each year.
3. Tigers are solitary animals and range over huge territories.
4. A tiger will kill another if it invades its territory.
5. Tigers taste the air by using their Jacobson’s organ. This is a special scent center on the roof of the mouth. They wrinkle their nose and curl their lips upward, baring teeth to scent who or what is in their territory.
6. Tigers, like other felines, twitch their tails from side to side when they concentrate.
7. An angry tiger lashes his or her tail to and fro.
8. The tiger has a bright pink tongue with a very rough surface. The tongue is covered with spikes called papillae, which are used by all cats to strip meat off bones.
9. Tigers are one of the few big cats who enjoy swimming. They’re excellent swimmers.
10. Courting tigers make a lot of noise.
11. Female tigers mate every other year. The males remains close for a few days until he is sure she is pregnant before leaving the female on her own again.
12. Tiger cubs are capable of killing prey by the time they are a year old, but they stay with their mothers until they are two or three.
13. CatNap is out at Ellora’s Cave on 2 September. To read an excerpt go here.
Source: Big Cats by Rhonda Klevansky
What is your favorite big cat?
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