More than three fourths of the Royal Bengal Tigers in eastern India can be found in the marshy delta of the Sunderbans. Sunderbans has been notified as a world heritage site by the UNESCO. These Bengal Tigers are purely carnivores in nature and thrive on small or medium sized animals for their day to day diet. However after a certain point of time when they are unable to hunt for themselves, they become man eaters.

It is still a mystery to the enviromentalists how these Royal Bengal Tigers in Sunderbans thrive on salt water. This is a living proof of the adaptation theory of the ecosystem.

There’s a folklore that is associated with the Royal Bengal Tigers of Sunderbans, which makes the whole area all the more enchanting. It is believed that Bonobibi, the goddess of the forest, guards over all her subjects in Sunderbans. No one, be it fishermen, honey collectors or poachers venture out without invoking Ma Bonobibi.

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