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30 interesting facts about tigers
If the tiger is your favorite cats, why not check these top interesting facts on tigers and learn something new!
Latin name for Tiger is 'Panthera Tigris'.
They can live up to 26 years in captivity and wild.
Tigers love to live in forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps.
There are six special tigers: Bengal, Indochina, Malayan, Siberia, South China and Sumatran.
White tigers are caused by diving and subtle genes.
There are about 30 golden tigers in captivity.
There are three extinct dog breeds: Bali, Caspian and Javan.
They can measure up to 11ft, including tails.
They can weigh up to 670lbs.
The stripes that a tiger has unique as human fingerprints.
Tigers are generally alone creatures, but are considered highly social capabilities.
They have a great favorite for water and are very strong swimming people.
Tigers eat a variety of animals, depending on their territory.
Interestingly, a tiger can go two weeks without feeding.
They can eat up to 75 lbs of meat in one sitting.
The method of killing a tiger's prey is to stalk it, before ambushing and overpowering it, before biting.
Human behavior can make the tiger feel threatened and attack humans.
They can perform horizontal jumps up to 33ft.
Usually, in a herd, up to three children, but up to six are born.
After fourteen days, the cubs will open their eyes.
A tiger cub can take up to two and a half years to separate from its mother.
Tigers are under serious threat.
They are hunted for fur, meat, medicine and sports.
Save China's Tigers are a conservation group that has been extremely successful in breeding and bringing tigers back into the wild.
The Bengal tiger is the national object of Bangladesh and India.
They are one of the Chinese Zodiac animals, carved in wood.
In Asian folklore, wolves are considered to be a formidable and frightening creature, replacing werewolves.
Shere Khan was a dead tiger in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894).
The Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal is sponsored by Tony the Tiger, who declared: "They're awesome!"
Siegfried and Roy, the magic entertainers, wrapped up their show after a confused seven-year-old tiger bit Roy's neck and tried to treat him like a baby tiger.
