Tigers

Introduction:

Did you know that tigers are going extinct? According to Tigers in Crisis all wild tigers will be extinct within the next 10 years.  A tiger is an animal which lives in the jungles of Africa and Asia. It is a member of the large cat family, Panthera tigris. There are six main species of tigers still alive; Bengal, Sumatran, Siberian, Malayan, Indochinese and South China.

Appearance:

Tigers are a distinctive orange with black stripes each type of tiger has a unique stripe pattern tigers have four legs and long tails they have 30 adult teeth including the two teeth at the front that look like fangs.

Habitat:

Tigers live in rainforests, grasslands, savannahs and even mangrove swamps because their stripes enable them to blend in and camouflage.

Tiger habitat is at risk of being destroyed to make room for farms and town. 

Diet:

Tigers mainly eat ambar deer, wild pigs, water buffalo and antelope. Tigers are also known to hunt sloth bears, dogs, leopards, crocodiles and pythons as well as monkeys and hares. Old and injured tigers have been known to attack humans.

Predators:

Tigers population is decreasing by a lot because farmers destroy tigers homes and then the tigers come into the farms and eat all the live stock and then the farmers shoot the tigers so they can make money from their live stock.

Life cycle:

The life cycle of a tiger is not very complicated. The mother tiger only gives birth to 2 or 3 cubs. When the tiger is newly born it depends on its mother entirely. It counts on the mother tiger to give it food and water.

Other interesting facts:

Tigers usually hunt alone at night time. Tigers have been known to reach speeds up to 65 kph (40 mph). Less than 10% of hunts end successfully for tigers Tigers can easily jump over 5 metres in length. Various tiger subspecies are the national animals of Bangladesh, India, North Korea, South Korea and Malaysia. There are more tigers held privately as pets than there are in the wild. Tigers that breed with lions give birth to hybrids known as tigons and ligers.