Updates On 27th Apr 2015

Why is this tiger making a funny face? This tiger is exhibiting a Flehmen response, an action whereby an animal curls it’s upper lip back exposing it’s teeth and tongue to sniff pheromones in the air. This allows the scent to be taken directly to the vomeronasal organ on the roof of the mouth, which in turn helps determine the condition of the scent’s owner.

Check out a video captured by WWF-Indonesia’s camera trap of a male tiger flehming at http://bit.ly/1JrYg7q

Help us continue our camera trapping efforts here in Malaysia to save the Malayan Tiger. Find out more at http://bit.ly/1IC31el

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WWF-Malaysia is a national conservation trust that currently runs conversation projects covering a diverse range of environmental protection & nature conservation in Malaysia. Our mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

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