The tiger is one among the carnivorous animals which have expanded throughout the globe and they have divided into different subspecies, Scientifically they are widely known as Panthera Tigris. Tiger belongs to the big cat family and they have dark black stripes throughout the body with brownish orange colored skin but in rare cases they are colored in different shades. The skin of the tiger is very much different from one continent to another as they are designed according to the climatic conditions they grow in.
SPECIES:
Facts about tigers:
SPECIES:
- The tigers are distinguished into nine species out of which 3 species have turned extinct.[The Javan tiger , The Caspian tiger and The Bali tiger]
- Remaining 6 species are The South China , tiger The Siberian tiger, The Sumatran tiger , The Malayan tiger , The Indochinese tiger and The Bengal tiger.
Facts about tigers:
- The roar of a tiger sounds dangerous with added echo which can be heard by a human who is miles away in the distance. [Mostly it can be heard up to 1mile]
- Tiger eyes are so decisive that they can watch everything during dark nights when compared to human they are 6times better in identifying colors.
- Tigers are the only one from big cat family who enjoys themselves getting wet swimming in the ponds.
- Tigers can feed themselves up to 45kgs of food at a time. That's the reason they can survive for so long without hunting for the prey.
- No two tigers look alike as they have different stripes on their bodies which can be identified if observed carefully. Either the paw design is utterly different from one and another.
- Tigers have a lifespan of 15years when they live in the forests. If they are taken care and kept under human guidance then their life span increases up to 20 years.
- The white tiger is the one tiger which has blue eyes when compared to other tigers which are born with yellow eyes.
- The white tiger is not specifically one among subspecies, they just come out due to some genetic problem. The birth occurrence of white tiger is one among 10000births which takes place normally.
- If tigers are in charge then they can reach a speed of 67kms/hr.
- Tigers grow up to 3.5meters in length and have crafty teeth which can penetrate up to 4inches.
- Large number of tigers have more than 102stripes on their body.
Our Earth has lost more than 97% of tigers which is a big loss to the animal lovers across the planet. There are approximately 3100 tigers in all the continents which need to be protected and multiplied in number or else the next generation could only see tigers in a snapshot which would be a grief to describe.
"Save and Protect tigers "