Some interesting facts about tigers 🐅

Their are some very interesting facts about Tigers
  • Their are 9 subspecies of Tigers
    • Bengal Tiger
    • Siberian Tiger
    • Sumatran Tiger
    • Caspian Tiger
    • Malayan Tiger
    • South China Tiger
    • Indochinese Tiger
    • Javan Tiger
    • Bali Tiger
  • The tiger is the biggest species of the cat family.
  • The Heaviest wild Tiger on Record was a Bengal Tiger in northern india which weighed 388.7 kg (857 lbs)
  • Tigers can reach a length of up to 3.3 metres (11 feet) and weigh as much as 300 kilograms (660 pounds)
  • Many subspecies of the tiger are either endangered or already extinct. Humans are the primary cause of this through hunting and the destruction of habitats.
  • Around half of tiger cubs don’t live beyond two years of age.
  • Tiger cubs leave their mother when they are around 2 years of age.
  • A group of tigers is known as an ‘ambush’ or ‘streak’.
  • Tigers are good swimmers and can swim up to 6 kilometres.
  • Rare white tigers carry a gene that is only present in around 1 in every 10000 tigers.
  • 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.

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