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Diet Tigers are a carnivore that means they can only eat meat. The animals that they will normally eat are usually hoofed animals like deer and wild pigs To help them to hunt they have very strong claws that can hook onto the animal and this will let them to grip onto the prey and then it will start to pull it down to the ground. These cats will also eat buffalo to. These cats will usually sneak up on their prey but they will have to do it very carefully. Before they start the attack they will have to wait very quietly so that the prey does not see it coming. They will usually kill their prey by biting their throat that can be on the back of the animal’s neck. These amazing hunters can only capture their prey in about 10 percent of the time that is the reason why they have to eat 88 pounds of food in one sitting. There are some tigers that can eat about 100 pounds of meat in one sitting. This is very important for a tiger that is because they often miss when they are attacking an animal and then the tiger will go without food for weeks. For a tiger to live in a very good condition a tiger has to eat about 70 different types of big animals in a year. They can also eat really small animals to like they will eat badgers, rabbits, boars, deer, and they will also eat wild cattle to. They will normally eat animals that can be

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Diet Tigers are a carnivore that means they can only eat meat. The animals that they will normally eat are usually hoofed animals like deer and wild pigs To help them to hunt they have very strong claws that can hook onto the animal and this will let them to grip onto the prey and then it will start to pull it down to the ground. These cats will also eat buffalo to. These cats will usually sneak up on their prey but they will have to do it very carefully. Before they start the attack they will have to wait very quietly so that the prey does not see it coming. They will usually kill their prey by biting their throat that can be on the back of the animal’s neck. These amazing hunters can only capture their prey in about 10 percent of the time that is the reason why they have to eat 88 pounds of food in one sitting. There are some tigers that can eat about 100 pounds of meat in one sitting. This is very important for a tiger that is because they often miss when they are attacking an animal and then the tiger will go without food for weeks. For a tiger to live in a very good condition a tiger has to eat about 70 different types of big animals in a year. They can also eat really small animals to like they will eat badgers, rabbits, boars, deer, and they will also eat wild cattle to. They will normally eat animals that can be much bigger than 60 to 2,000 pounds. They will usually attack their prey by biting them on the back of the animals head. This can easily break the animal’s spinal cord and it can easily kill it to. After the tiger is done killing the prey than it will start to drag it to a really save place so that it can eat the dead animal in peace. A tiger can eat about 40 pounds of meat in one sitting. A tiger can go for days without eating any food at all. The other animals that they will like to eat are turtles and they will also eat frogs to. The other animals that they will normally eat are Amber deer, wild pigs, water buffalo and they can also eat so many different types of antelope. They are also known to eat sloth bears, dogs, leopards, crocodiles, pythons they can also eat monkeys and hares to. An adult tiger will hunt at both day and night that is because they can not run in very long distances. So in order to get food they will have to get very close to the animal that they are trying to catch right before they attack it. These cats can easily move

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very slowly and very quietly even they are 20 feet away from their prey, a deer or a buffalo and they do not even hear that there is a tiger somewhere nearby. Right before the prey knows that it is being watched then that will be the time when the tiger will start to leap out of its hiding place they will normally leap about 10 yards over level off of the ground and then after that then they will start to attack the prey. They will sometimes even kill an elephant and rhino but they will only kill the babies that is because it is way too dangerous to attack a full-grown adult elephant and rhino. The other animals that they will eat are chital, sika deer, roe deer, musk deer, rusa deer, elk, gaur and they will also sometimes eat birds, monkeys and other types of animals and they are different reptiles and different type of fish .Tigers will usually hunt at night. When a tiger sees its prey then it will start to sneak really close to the animal that it is trying to catch. Then the tiger will leap out of its hiding place and then it will start to attack the prey animal. Tigers will normally hunt by themselves they do not hunt in groups like lions do. To catch their prey they will have to hide in places and they will have to wait on whatever animal that walks by. The best hunting places for a tiger to hunt is really in a forest path or a place that is near any water area. This is how a tiger can hunt. The first thing that a tiger will do is that they will wait very quietly in a forests path. Than they will use their stripes. That can really come in handy especially when it comes to hunting because they can help the tiger to stay hidden in the shadows. A tiger can go for many days without food. A tiger can easily spot a deer through the grass. A tiger will usually take one step one at a time but they will have to be very quiet. They will have to do that so that they can get close enough to the prey that the tiger is trying to catch. The tiger will start to crouch really close to the ground. These cats will have to be really close in one quick burst. Tigers are not very good runners so if an animal runs than the tiger will not be fast enough to catch it. Then if the tiger gets close enough than that will be the time when they will start to jump out of their hiding place so that they can attack their prey. A tiger can leap as high as 15 feet (4.5 m) in the air. The animal does not even have a chance to even turn around because it will be to late. Then the tiger will start to knock the prey out with their super sharp claws. Then they will start to kill the animal by biting them on the back of the animal’s neck they will also kill the animal by using their very sharp canine teeth. When they start to break the

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animal’s neck than the animal will start to die very fast. The tiger will never stop eating until they are totally full. These cats can eat about 40 pounds (18 kg), of meat in a day. If they are not done eating the dead animal than they will start to drag it under the ground. So it can hide it from other predators that might want to come and eat it for themselves. If the tiger is not done eating the dead animal than they will usually hide it until it wants to eat it again . A tiger will eat any animal that ever walks in its territory. The animals that a tiger will hunt are different types of deer and antelope. They can also eat wild pigs and monkeys. If there is no big animal in their territory than that will not be a problem because than they will start to eat really small animals like they will eat different types of birds, lizards and they will also eat squirrels to. They can also hunt in the water to. When they are in the water than they will eat these different types of animals and those animals are usually fish and crabs. The other animals that they will sometimes hunt are snakes, boar, buffalo, deer. They can even attack a crocodile and a leopard and they can also kill a camel to.

Habitat/RangeTigers live on the Continent of Asia. They like to live near areas that are in forests but there are some tigers that like to live in places that have really tall grass this can come in handy for them when they go out to hunt. Tigers have evolved on South Central China but they have moved into other areas of Asia to and those places are in Siberia, Sumatra, Indochina, and they can also be found in some parts of India to. Tigers do not live on the Continent of Africa. They can also be found on very small areas that are in Asia as well. Tigers are usually found in climates that can be in tropical rainforests to deciduous forests to really cold and mountain hardwood forests. The Siberian tiger lives on the Siberia and it can also be found on the Manchuria they are usually found in the mountain forests that can be bigger than 3,000 feet high. Tigers used to live all over Asia but now they can only be found in India, China, Siberia and they can also live on Sumatra to. Tigers used to live all over Turkey and they also use to live all over southern part of Asia and in Southeast Asia and they also used to live on the far eastern part of

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the continent. There are some species of tiger that still live on south and on the southeastern part of Asia to. The other places where they can be found or in China and in the Russian Far East. The type of habitats that these animals can be found are in the tropical rainforests, they can also be found in the snow-covered coniferous and on the deciduous forests. They can be found in mangrove swamps, and they can also be seen in drier forest areas to. These cats can be found on every single habitat that can be found in Asia and those habitats happen to be tropical rainforests, mangrove swamps, grasslands, rocky county and they can also live in evergreen forests to. The other habitats that they can be found is in jungles and in reedy swamps. Tigers can be found on the eastern and on the Southern part of Asia. The tigers that live in Asia they all can be found in thick forests or places that have very tall grass so that it can be easier for them to hide in the grass when they are hunting. In a place where they have to live it has to have so many different types of animals so that it can survive . There are some tigers that like to live in places that are very warm. The Amur tiger lives in the far east of Russia. In this part of Asia is known to be really cold over there . These cats live on so many different types of habitats and those places happen to be tropical forests, evergreen forests, woodlands and they can also be found near mangrove swamps and they can also be found on grasslands, savannahs and they can also be found on the rocky country. The Siberian tiger can be found on the northeast part of China. They can also be found on Eastern Russia and they can also live on some parts of North Korea. This is the type of region that is called the Amur region. This region got its name from a river that is called the Amur River this activity forms in a very small portion of the eastern border that is between China and Russia. This type of region will activity form in different types of mountain areas and they can also be found in coniferous forests. This region’s climate is between summer and winter seasons. When it is summer than it will start to be very hot. When the winter comes than that will be the time when it will start to get very cold it high up in the highest altitudes. These cats can be found on so many different types of habitats and those places can be found in south and in East Asia. The habitats that they live in is tropical forests, evergreen forests, woodlands, grasslands, rocky country, swamps, and they can also be found on

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different types of savannas to. They like to live in a place that is all covered by water.

Size/WeightTigers are the biggest cats on the planet. But the most biggest tiger in the world is the Siberian tiger and a male can grow about 11 feet (3.3 m) long. That is even bigger than a car. The smallest tiger in the world is the Sumatran tiger and they can grow about 8 feet (2.4m) long. The weight of the Siberian tiger is 1,027 pounds. A adult tiger can grow about 4.5 feet (1.37m) to 9 feet (2.7 m) long. The males are a lot bigger than the females are. The biggest tiger in the species is the Siberian tiger and they can weigh about 500 pounds (230 kg). The smallest tiger in the world is the Sumatran tiger and they can weigh about 250 pounds (115 kg.). Their tail can be bigger than 3 to 4 feet (0.9-1.2m) long. The length of a male Siberian tiger is 10 feet (3 meters) and the length of an male Sumatran tiger is about 8 feet (2.4 meters) long. An average male Siberian tiger can weigh about 400 pounds and they can reach about (181 kilograms). The weight of a male Sumatran tiger is about 220 pounds (100 kilograms). A tiger can weigh about 240 to 500 pounds (109 to 227 kilograms). Their body length is between 1.4 and 2.8 m (4.5-9.25ft). The height of the tigers shoulder is between 80 to 110 cms (31 to 43 inches). The length of the tiger’s tail is between 80 to 110 cms (31 to 43 inches.) The length of the tiger’s tail is about 60 to 110 cms (24 to 43 inches). They can also weigh about 100 and to 300 kgs (220-660 lbs.). An adult tiger can grow about 10.75 ft. (3.3 m). They can weigh about 660 lbs. (300 kg). Their body and their head can grow about 4.5-9 feet long. Their tail can be bigger than 2 or 3 feet long and their tail can be bigger than 674 pounds. The Siberian tiger is the most biggest tiger in all the tiger subspecies they can weigh about 500 or they can even weight much more pounds like they can weigh about (225 kg). The males are a whole lot heavier than the females are. The lightest tiger in the subspecies is the Sumatran tiger and the males can weigh about 250 pounds (110 kg) and the females can weigh about 200 pounds (90 kg). The measurements of a tiger it depends on that type of tiger. The length of their head and their body is 41/2 to 9 feet (1.4-2.8 m).

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The length of their tail is about 3 to 4 (90 to 120 cm). A male tiger can weigh about 660 lbs and the females can weight about 370 pounds. The length of a female can only reach about 370 pounds. The length of a male tiger is 8 feet to 8 inches to The weight of a male tiger is 10 feet to 9 inches long. The females are a lot smaller than the males are they can stand about 8 to 9 foot in a range. The weight of the Sumatran tiger is about 264 pounds (this is the weight of a male Sumatran tiger). The weight of a female Sumatran tiger is really about 200 pounds. The length of these cats is really amazing and their length is 7 to 9 feet long.

Life span When the tiger is in the wild then they can live even longer than 10 to 15 years and when they are living in captivity then they can live about 20 years when they are living in a zoo or in a reserve. When these cats are in the wild then they can also live about 15 to 20 years when they are living on their national habitat and when they are living in a zoo than they can live for 26 years. When these animals are living in a zoo or in a reserve then they can live until they are about 26 years old. When these animals are in the wild then they can live about 8 to 10 years and when they are in captivity then they can live until they are 26 years old.

1 interesting fact A adult tiger has very sharp teeth they have 30 teeth that can be found inside of their mouth. The length of the Canine teeth is about 2.5 to 3 inches (74.5 to 90mm). They have very big teeth that are known to be very sharp to. Their teeth can help them to hold onto the prey that they are trying to catch and their teeth can also help them to kill their prey to and they can do it by biting them on the

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back of their neck. They also have very sharp teeth that are located near their cheeks they use this type of teeth to cut up the food that they are going to eat. The other tool that they will use to eat their food that they will use is their tongue which is known to be very rough. Their tongue can help them to lick the meat off of the dead animal and they will continue to lick the meat until all that is lifted is the bones and the skin. When a tiger gets big enough than that will be the time when their teeth will start to grow really big. They also have really small teeth that are called incisor teeth these types of teeth can be located right in front of the tigers mouth. The incisor can help the tiger to grip the prey and it can also help them to pull the meat off of the bones. There is another set of teeth to but these teeth are a whole lot different than the incisor and those teeth are the canine teeth and these teeth are located right behind of the incisor teeth and these teeth are known to be very sharp indeed. The tiger will activity use their canine teeth to help them to stab the prey animal on the back of its neck. Tigers are known to have the biggest canines than any other animal that is a carnivore. These cats have so many different types of teeth that they use for all different types of reasons the other teeth that they have is called the molars this type of teeth is found right behind the canines. The tiger will use these teeth to eat the meat and they will also eat the bones sometimes to. These types of cats have very powerful jaws that can easily bite and hold down to their prey. The length of the canine teeth is about four inches long and that is the size of a human’s middle finger. On the tiger’s paws they will have 5 toes on each of them and on their feet they will have four toes on them and all of these toes all have claws. The tigers claws can be bigger than 3 to 4 inches that is the length of the claws and they are known to be retractable as well.

2 interesting fact Every single tiger does not have the same pair of stripes. Every single tiger has their own unique set of stripes. This is a way to till the difference between the

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two different tigers. This is just like the same with humans with their fingerprints. There is no person that has the same than the another person does But this is not the usually way to tell the difference between these types of cats because it is so hard to see their stripe pattern when they are in the wild. Even today's scientists are having a very hard time because it is very hard to see them because their camouflage is so good . The pre does not even notice that there is a tiger somewhere in the area. But no one activity knows why these cats have stripes on their fur but scientists believe that they tiger uses their stripes to help them to blend into their surroundings. This is called camouflage. This also makes their prey very hard to see them hiding in their forests, wetlands habitats and their stripes can also help them to hide in the grasslands to. The tiger that has most set of stripes in the world is the Sumatran tiger. The tiger that does not have the most set of stripes is the Amur tiger the other name for this tiger is called the Siberian tiger and they only have a few stripes on them. Every single tiger has their own set of stripes just like humans with their fingerprints. The tigers stripes are located on their skin if a person tries to shave these cats fur off than a person will sample know that these cats have an totally distinctive camouflage pattern that is known to be preserved. Every single form and density of their stripes can really tell the difference between the 6 tiger subspecies. There are a lot of tigers that have the total of 100 stripes on their fur. The Javan tiger had a whole lot more set of stripes than the tigers that we have today. This tiger is extinct now there are no more Javan tigers that are on this planet anymore. (Extinct means that they longer living on the planet anymore which means they are gone forever. Researchers that study tigers make the stripes so much easier for them to tell difference between the two tigers and make studying them a whole lot easier for them to. They can easily tell which tiger is which. With their stripes helping them to hunt than this will make things a whole lot easier for the tiger because it is really hard to see a tiger when they are hiding in their habitat. This can also make their prey very hard to even know that they are even there or they are even coming. Their stripes makes the tiger an amazing predator in Asia. Tigers are not just amazing at hunting they are also great swimmers to. Every single big cat in the world hates to get wet or water but there is only two big cats that love the water and those cats are the jaguar and the tiger. These cats are known to be very

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strong swimmers. There are so many different types of tigers that have been found bathing in ponds, lakes and rivers. They can also attack their prey when they are in the water to. There are some cats that do not like the water but the tiger is not one of them. When there is a day that is totally steamy in the Asian forests than the tiger will usually lay in a river so that it can cool itself off. The tigers that are used to cold climates they will spend a lot of their time playing in the snow. They also love the snow. There are some tigers that are used to places that have very cold temperatures. These cats can also make a kill when they are in really deeper waters. The tigers is an amazing swimmer they can easily swim across a river or lake that can be wide as 3.7-5 miles (6-8 km) long. This is how wide the type of rivers and lakes that some tigers can swim in. On a very hot day than they will usually cool themselves off in a river, in a lake or in a pond. These are one of the big cats that is amazing swimmer. The other great big cat swimmer is the Jaguar.

3 interesting factThe size of a territory of a tiger really depends on how many food that is lifted in the area. The size of a tiger’s territory can grow about 10 to 30 square miles (26-78 sq. km). There are some Siberian tiger that can have a very large territory that can be bigger than 120 square miles. Tigers are also known to be solitary animals but there are sometimes that their territories that will overlap with another tiger’s territory. The place where a tiger can live and hunt will be inside of their territory. A male tiger’s territory can easily overlap with seven different female tigers. A tiger can mark their territory by using their scent. They will walk on so many different types of edges so that they can keep other tigers away from their territory and so that they can make sure that their territory is safe from other tigers by taking over their territory. All the prey that is in that area belongs to that tiger because they own that territory The size of their territory really depends on how many food is in that area. If there is not a lot of prey than the tiger will have

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to find a much bigger territory to live in. The tigers that live in the north which is known to be very cold. Then there will be not a lot of prey for them to hunt the territories that can be found in the north can be wide as 400 square miles (103,600 hectares).That has the same size as the city of Los Angeles and that Is very big. Tigers live all by themselves in an area that is called a territory. It does not matter how small or how big the territory is all that matters is how many food is around in that area. Both male and female all have their own territory that is set up for them. A tiger will usually mark their territory by using scent that they will use to rub their heads and its chest up against a tree. All of those smells are a warning to tell other tigers that this is their home. If another tiger does wander into that tigers territory than they will usually fright to the dead but most of these frights are mostly done by males. But there are sometimes that females will fright for their territory to. When one of the tigers wins than they will start to take over that tigers territory and the loser will have to leave and then they will have to find another territory to live in. Tigers will normally live on that same territory in all of its life. But they will move out of their territory if there is no more food or if another tiger has beaten them in a fright. There are about six different subspecies of tigers that are still alive today and those tigers are the Bengal tiger and the Siberian tigers are the biggest tiger in the world these guys can be bigger than 11 feet to head and to the tail. The smallest tiger in the world is the Sumatran tiger They are more 8 feet to head to the tail.. The other subspecies of a tiger is the Indochinese tiger, The Malayan and the South China tiger. There are also 9 subspecies to but there are some other tigers that are not around anymore this means that these tigers are extinct and those tigers are the Javan tiger, Balinese tiger and the Caspian tiger. Just like any other cat the tiger can mark their territory by spraying a lot of urine all over trees and bashes this will usually come together when they are using the glandular secretion they can also mark their territory by leaving a lot of fecal droppings or they can also mark it by scratching the trees by using their very sharp claws. The territory of a tiger has to be bigger than 10 to 30 square miles of territory that is how long a tigers territory has to be. These cats will normally spray their urine on different types of bushes and in trees. They will use their spray with a very special mixture of urine and they will also use their scent gland secretions. They can also mark their territory by

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scratching a tree with their super sharp claws. Their territory can also be much bigger to. So that they can have a lot of prey so that they can support the tiger. The size of the tiger really depends on how much food that is in the area. There are a lot of very big animals that do not have the ability to see very well in color like humans can. To keep a tiger away from their territory they will have to send their territory so that they can keep other tigers away from their home. Tigers can make a very loud roar that can be heard over 2 miles away but they will normally roar if they are ready to attack or they feel like they are being threatened. The other sounds that they will make is this sound and it can be very loud and it is called a moan. They will activity use this to talk to other tigers that can be over very far away. The other sounds that they will make is this type of sound that is called a chuff and they can also make a prustening sound to. These sounds are more like a friendly greeting and they can only be heard in a very short distances. Tigers do not know how to purr like a normal house cat will do, The type of sounds that these cats will make are grunts, moans, growls and they can also make a snarl sound to, The time that they will grunt is when they are being aggressive. A growl may also turn into a hiss and they can turn into a spit sound to. The other way that they can talk to each other is by swishing their tails in all different directions and they can also move their heads down low they will also do this by opening their eyes really big and their mouths are closed. These are other ways on how tigers can talk to each other. Tigers have so many different ways on how they talk to each other. Every single tiger in the world has a white spot that can be found right on the back of their ears. They can twist their ears around this will show that the tiger is warning another tiger to stay away from it. When they are trying to protect themselves than they will act a whole lot different. If they are trying to protect themselves then they will usually snarl, flatten their ears are against their head and they will also show their teeth. The other way that they can show that they are protecting themselves is when their eyes become narrow and their tails when they are holding their tails very low. When a female tiger is calling her cubs than she will use an moan sound and they normally do it very softly. If the tiger is meeting up with a family then they will make a very friendly sound that kind a sounds like a sneeze or an snort this sound is called an chuff. The other way that they will greet each other is when they are rubbing each

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other’s heads. The Malayan Tiger shares their habitat with other different types of animals to and those animals are leopards, Dhole ( a other name for it is called the wild dog). Asian elephant, Gaur, Sambar, and the Malay Tapir. The Amur tiger will share the their habitat with other animals to and the animals that are often found in their habitat is the Eurasian Lynx, Far Eastern Forest cat, Brown Bear, Asiatic Black bear, Wolf, Wolverine, Red deer, Sika deer, Roe deer, Wild boar and the Goral will also live with the Amur tiger to. It looks like there are a lot of species of deer that share the same habitat with the Amur tiger

Responding Baby tigers are so cute the moment that they are born they will look like a 12-inch long striped kitten. A adult tiger can reach about seven feet long and they can weigh about 300-420 pounds that is what the baby cubs will grow into when they get older. The female tiger will only give birth to only two, three or even four tiger’s cubs that are being born at the same time. The job of the female tiger is to protect them, feed them and most importantly to teach them how to hunt so that they can learn how to survive on their own without help from their mother. The tiger cubs will be ready to leave their mother when they are about two years old. The female tiger will normally give birth to only 2 or 3 cubs in a litter. The cubs can weigh about 3.5 pounds when they are born. Half of the cubs will die right before they are a year old. That means some of the tiger cubs will not survive. The babies will start to follow their mother in 6 months this is when they are a year old and that will be the time when they will start to hunt for themselves. The cubs will start to leave their mother until they are about 3 years old and they can also leave until they are in their twenties this will both happen in the wild and in captivity to. The breeding season for a tiger is really during the winter and they will usually have 2 or 4 cubs and they will be born blind the moment that they are born and they will remain like that for 103 days. The cubs can weigh about 2 to 3 pounds that is how big they are when they are a new born baby. But there are sometimes that there is one tiger cub that will usually die when they are about to be born. The cubs will continue to feed on their mother’s milk in only for 6 to 8

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weeks and then after that is done than they will start to eat meat. The cubs will contact their mother to protect them when they are about at least a year old and or an half older. When they reach this age than this will be the time when they will start to hunt for themselves. The maturity of the females is really 3 years and the males will usually reach maturity when they are about 4 years old. Tigers usually live all by themselves but they will only come together when it is time for them to mate. Than after they are down with the mating process than they will be back being on their own again .When the mother is ready to have her babies she will normally have them in a den which will be in a bush or in a cave to. These are the type of places where she will give birth to her cubs. A female tiger will normally give birth to the total of one or five tiger cub that is the that is how many cubs that a tiger mother will normally give birth to. A tiger cub can grow about 2 or 3 pounds (1 to 1.5 kilograms). The cubs can weigh about 12 inches (30.5 cm) long. The cubs will continue to have their eyes closed until they are about 2 weeks old. The cubs will normally stay really close to their mother so that they can feel safe just in case if there is another predator in the area that can easily kill a baby tiger. Like a male tiger can be some of the predators that can easily kill a baby tiger cub. The gestation period for a baby tiger cub is 103 days. A female will normally give birth to only 2 or 3 cubs but there are sometimes that she will give birth to 7 cubs to. The cubs will start to eat meat until they are 3 months old. When the mother goes out to hunt than she will usually being back different body parts of the animal when they start to eat meat but they will still drink their mother’s milk. They will continue to drink their mother’s milk until they are about five or six months old. When the mother goes out to hunt than that can be a very dangerous time for the cubs that is because they are all alone when their mother goes out to hunt and the reason why it is so dangerous because they will be killed by other animals like wild dogs and leopards. These are the animals that can easily kill a baby tiger cub. There are about two or three cubs that will usually make it to adulthood. When the cubs start to get a little older than the mother will start to teach her cubs how to take care of themselves. She will also teach them how to swim and to teach how to eat the meat off of an dead animal. The cubs can located her by when she is swinging her tail. This will let the cubs know where the mother is. A baby tiger’s favorite toy is their mother’s tail.

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This is a very good practice for the cubs because it teaches them how to catch prey and the skills that they will need for when they are an adult. There is another way how they learn how to hunt and that is when they are playing with their brothers and sisters. The way that the cubs will play is that they will jump, nip and they will also roll around. The cubs will need all of these skills for when they get a lot older and when they start to take down prey all by themselves one day. The mother will take them on their very first hunting trip when they are 6 months old. When they are on these hunting trips then the cubs will just sit and watch on how their mother catching and kills an animal just like what they will have to do for when they get a lot older . The mother will stop hunting for them until they are 18 months old. That will be the time when they will start to hunt for themselves. The cubs will start to leave their mother when they are 2 years old. Once they are that old than they will be out on their own without any help from their mother. Right after they leave their mother then they will set out to look for a territory of their own. The females will normally find a territory that can be found very close to their mom’s territory. The males will find a territory has to find a territory that has to be very far away from their mom’s territory. The females will raise their cubs all by herself. She will not need any help from the father. The males have been known to even kill a baby tiger cub. Even their own father will sometimes even kill their own cubs.

Survival Status Tigers are totally endangered. There are about 3 different subspecies of tiger that is extinct today. The tigers that are extinct today is the Javan tiger, Balinese tiger and the Caspian tiger these are the tigers that are not around anymore. That means that these animals are extinct. The tiger population used to have about 140,000 tigers in the world but now there are only about 5,000 and 7,000 of tigers that are still lifted and all of them are in big trouble because all of these tigers are all endangered. These cats are in trouble from being gone from the planet forever. The reason why tigers are so much in trouble because people are killing them. People have been killing them in one hundred years ago the reason why

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they were hunting this beautiful cats is because they through it will be fun to kill a tiger. These cats have no choice but to deal with the entire gun shorting that is against them. There are about thousands of tigers that have been killed by humans. Every sense those years had passed the government in Asia wanted to make laws that will stop people from killing tigers. But people are not listening to these laws there are people that are still killing tigers the other reason why people are killing the tiger is because of their very beautiful skin coats so that they can make rugs out of them and they are also getting killed because of their bones. People will make Chinese medicine out of the tiger bones and they are also using their bones to make wines out of them. But killing is not the only problem that tigers have to worry about people are also moving onto their territory the reason why because people have been cutting down their forests homes so that they can make houses and farms. If people cut down their forests homes than the tiger will have no place to live on they will also have a very hard time hiding they will also have a very hard time hunting for food to. This means that there is not a lot of prey for the tiger so that means that these cats have to go for a very long time without any food in their stomachs. Tigers are in big trouble because they are losing their habitats. There are about 5 different subspecies of tiger that are still alive today and those animals are The Bengal tiger, Indochinese tiger, Malayan tiger, Sumatran tiger, and of course the Siberian tiger this tiger can also be called the Amur tiger to. Tigers are totally endangered and they are in trouble all over the Continent of Asia. The reasons why they are in trouble of disappearing is because people are killing them for their body parts so that they can make tropics and Asian medicine out of them. The other big threat is people are taking over their homes and the populations of their prey. These are the biggest threats that is going on with these big cats. In the year of 1920 people think that there were more than 100,000 tigers that were lifted in the wild but now there is not a lot now there is only about 2,500 adult tigers that are still alive today. The climate change is also a problem for the tiger that is because the warm is heating up the planet and the tigers are starting to feel this heat. All of this heat is making the tigers to lose their homes that are in the coastal erosion areas which can be located in India’s Sundarban islands. When the sea level raises than the tigers habitats will start to get floated and then the sea water will start to move up into

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a freshwater river that will activity start to become very saline or become very salty. All of these factors are making these big cats move into the northward areas which is known to be a very big human territory which is where humans and these cats will usually meet with each other. This is another problem that tigers have to deal with. The other threats that these cats are facing is that they are getting killed and poached because people are killing them so that they can sale their striped coats in different black markets all over Asia. People are also killing them for their body parts so that they can make Asian medicine that can also be a very bad threat to the human communities to, The other big problem for the tiger is that the human population keeps on growing very fast. When the human population grows than there will be no room for the tiger and their prey to live on and there will be no room for the tiger to hunt. There are so many cultures that believe that the tiger is the symbol of strength and courage. People are also taking over their habitats so that means there is no room for the tiger and their prey to live on. Tigers are endangered all over their range. The reason why they are endangered is because they are getting killed because of their body parts they will use their body parts so that they make trophies and to make Chinese medicine out of them. There is another big problem for the tiger to and that is their habitats are getting destroyed and people are also taking over the population of their prey to, these are the most biggest threats that the tiger is facing today, in the year of 1920 some people think that there were about 100,000 of tigers that were found in the wild. But today there are only a few of them but the total amount of tigers that is in their population is really 2,500 adults that are still alive on the planet today. But their numbers are starting to decline very fast. The biggest problem for the tiger is that they are losing their habitats. That is because people are moving into places where tigers live and that means that these tigers are being pushed into really small places where there is not a lot of food for these big cats to eat and to survive in their habitats. When tigers do not have a lot room to hunt then the wild prey that they hunt will start to wander into places where there are people and they will start to kill their farm animals and they will also sometimes even kill people. The reason why because people are taking over their habitats so that means the tigers will have no choice but to wander in human territory so that they can look for food.

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Message from the author

There are so many people that are working very hard to save the tiger from disappearing forever. People are making a lot of land so that tigers can live in peace and so that they can be safe from people. There are hundreds of groups that are trying to help the people that often live very close to these big cats. The other thing that they are trying to do is to stop people from selling tiger skins. They are teaching these people good ways on how they can share the forest habitat with tigers and how bad it is to kill them. This is what a lot of people are doing to help the tiger and their survival in the wild. We must do something to help and to save these amazing animals. These cats need all the help that they can get. Tigers have the right to continue living on this planet. They are doing their part in nature and we should find a place in nature to. This is a really big planet that is filled with wonders and discoveries that are just waiting to be found. We have to make this planet a safe place for us and for the other living creatures that we share it with. This is our beautiful home it deserves to have a second change to live on for the next generation to come on this planet. There is a really big, bright and beautiful future that is what will happen if we find a way to protect our planet. Then our world and our home will be a much happier and a much cleaner place to live in. We have to make room for other living creatures to. God made animals for a reason just like he made us. That is what I know about tigers. If we all work together we can save the tiger and other animals that live on this planet to. Together we can make a difference in our beautiful world that we all share. Thank you so much for doing your part. With you reading and enjoying this book. You are helping your favorite animal and its survival in the world. Without your support and love and respect. Your favorite animal will have a chance to make a comeback. This is a huge thank you for helping these animals and everything else that has to do with nature. Nature it is very important. Without nature our planet will not be so beautiful and full of wonder that can open a person’s eyes to world that they never had imagined. Nature thanks you for your support.