Tigers hunt primarily at night when wild ungulates are most active. When locating their prey, tigers depend much more on hearing and sight than on olfaction. In most cases, the tiger approaches from the side or behind and rushes at the victim from as close a distance as possible, trying to throw it off its feet by the enormous force of the impact. At the same time, it lunges for and grasps the victim’s throat with its canines. The hold is retained until the prey dies of strangulation, and usually several minutes afterward.

A tiger generally carries or drags its kill into cover, occasionally over a distance of several hundred meters.

Tigers eat a lot of prey: antelopes, stags, deer, bison, elks, fishes…

The amount of meat eaten in one meal ranges between about 18 and 40 kg, although in zoos tigers are usually fed 5 to 6 kg of meat per day.