Warning: This video contains graphic imagery of a tiger dissection, which some viewers may find distressing.

For this project, BBC Earth Unplugged teamed up with experts from National Museums Scotland to look at the anatomy of an Amur tiger. She was an old female, euthanased after acute kidney failure. She was from a sanctuary and was dissected as part of an extensive research programme, looking into captive welfare in big cats.

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