c.1300, to call, call out; to ask or demand by virtue of right or authority, from accented stem of Old French clamer to call, name, describe; claim; complain; declare, from Latin clamare to cry out, shout, proclaim, from PIE *kele-(2) to shout, imitative (cf. Sanskrit usakala cock, literally dawn-calling; Latin calare to announce solemnly, call out; Middle Irish cailech cock; Greek kalein to call, kelados noise, kledon report, fame; Old High German halan to call; Old ...
Most black panthers hunt at night. They are masters of concealment and use every available rock, bush, or depression to hide themselves and get as close as possible to their prey. As they wait, they are silent and cautious.
1 Tigers scratch trees and use their urine to mark their territories. 2  Tigers prefer to hunt by ambush, so by looking a tiger in the eyes you are showing him you know he is there. 3  They are powerful nocturnal hunters that travel many miles to find buffalo, deer, wild pigs, and other large mammals.