"My love, did you know, how intensely and extremely painful tiger mating is for the female tiger? The male tiger's appendage has backward facing barbs (penile spines) that cause eggs to be released inside of her as he pulls out. The process takes a few seconds but they do it up to 50 to 100 times a day! The male tiger bites the scruff of her neck so she can't move much. And while they have many partners during their lifetime during mating season they are strictly monogamous for a period of 5 days. So tigers normally have more than 2 cubs.. they have many cubs at once."
She paused.
"Male tigers are motivated to reproduce to pass on their genes.. males are males across the board aren't they."
Rin finished reading off her phone. She looked at Obito. "It is discouraged to breed tigers in captivity, by the way."
"You don't say?" He smiled. "I did do some light reading on the matter.. Tigers need round the clock care for captive breeding." He sighed and tossed his cloak and gloves down. "There isn't enough of us to handle more than 2 for now. Tomorrow I will remove the male tiger from the enclosure and place him in a jungle. He will find more female tigers this way in the wild, and we won't need to breed them in captivity." He glanced at Rin. "Are you sympathetic to the female tiger? It's normal for them, they must be incredibly resilient to absorb the shock of the pain over and over. The damage is necessary." He hugged her to him, gently propping his chin on her head. "One day we'll have our own cubs to raise and deal with, in time.." he just didn't know when that time would come. Soon.. he was being very patient.
