Easy, tiger: study maps big cats' personalities

But now tiger researchers can nod along too -- a study published Wednesday reveals that the world's largest felines have individual character traits. The study adapted a commonly used human personality test to explore tiger traits such as confidence, sincerity, bullying and savagery in two separate populations of tigers held in semi-captivity in China. They were also "regarded by their human raters as having higher group status among tigers," the study said. But now tiger researchers can nod along too -- a study published Wednesday reveals that the world's largest felines have individual character traits. The study adapted a commonly used human personality test to explore tiger traits such as confidence, sincerity, bullying and savagery in two separate populations of tigers held in semi-captivity in China.