Is it true that tigers won't attack a human who is looking at them?
Fishermen and bushmen originally created masks made to look like faces to wear on the back of their heads because tigers always attack from behind. This is to prevent the tigers from biting into the spine, which is their favored attack method.
Due to their stripe camouflage, they hide behind thick bushes and attack their victim from behind. It is also said that Tigers are less likely to attack when we see them, in fact, most of the villages in India wear a face mask on the back of their head just to trick the Tigers.
(Wikipedia)
Ekoran lebih 400 kejadian serangan maut harimau sejak beberapa tahun dahulu, memakai topeng muka dibahagian belakang kepala adalah salah satu ikhtiar yg digunakan oleh penduduk² kampung di kawasan hutan bakau Sundarbans di Dataran Sungai Ganges, Brahmaputra dan Meghna, Teluk Bengal, India bagi melindungi diri dari diserang/dibaham harimau ketika berada didalam hutan, atau diatas sampan/perahu ketika mereka memukat dan mamancing ikan di kawasan sungai sekitar dimana terdapat juga beberapa serangan dari harimau yang berenang kearah sampan/perahu mereka tanpa mereka sedari.
Dikatakan sangat berkesan, walaupun ada antara mereka dilihat diekori harimau ketika berjalan didalam hutan namun tiada harimau yang menyerang mereka sejak mereka mengamalkan pemakaian topeng muka dengan cara tersebut.
