30 really cool facts about Tigers (Class Mammalia Order Carnivora Family Felidae Genus Panthera Species tigris)
1. There
are more tigers privately owned by U.S. citizens than in the wild worldwide.
2. One
tiger alone killed 430 people in Nepal and India in the 19th century.
3. The
tiger's stripes are not only found on their fur, but also on their skin.
4. Cats
share 95.6% of their DNA with tigers.
5. The
stripes on each tiger are unique, like human fingerprints.
6. There
are more Siberian tigers living in captivity than in their native habitat.
7. Tigers
are the only predators known to regularly prey on adult bears.
8. Contrary
to popular belief, there are no wild tigers in Africa. Only in Asia.
9. Cats,
from lions and tigers right down to domestic felines, cannot taste anything
sweet.
10. White
tigers are prone to having crossed eyes (strabismus).
11. Tigers
were declared extinct in Cambodia in 2016.
12. The
Bengal Tiger is the national animal of India.
13. Less
than 10% of tiger's hunts end successfully.
14. Tigers
wait until dark to hunt. Their night vision is six times better than that of
humans.
15. A
dead adult male tiger can sell for US$10,000 or more on the black market.
16. Tigers
that breed with lions give birth to hybrids known as "tigons" and
"ligers."
17. Tigers
can eat up to 60 pounds (27 kilograms) of meat in one night.
18. The
life span of tigers in the wild is thought to be about 10 years. Tigers in zoos
live twice as long.
19. Between
1800 and 2009, tigers killed an estimated 373,000 humans.
20. White
tigers carry a gene that is only present in around 1 in every 10,000 tigers.
21. Unlike
lions, tigers live solitary lives and mark their territories to keep others
away.
22. Tiger
cubs are vulnerable in their first few months, with mortality as high as 50%.
23. 100,000
wild tigers roamed Asia a century ago, but today their numbers have fallen to
around 3,200 due to poaching.
24. There
were once 9 subspecies of tigers: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese,
Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. The last 3 are extinct, one is
extinct in the wild, and the rest are endangered.
25. All
cats, including tigers, have a distinct scent associated with them due to their
individualized scent glands.
26. The
tiger is the largest wild cat in the world, weighting up to 720 pounds (363
kg), and stretching 6 feet (2 meters) long.
27. Tigers
can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them.
28. A
tiger's roar can be heard as far as 1.8 miles (3 km) away.
29. Tigers
are the largest member of the Cat family
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| Bengal Tigers |
30. A
tiger catches prey only once in 10 to 20 hunts.
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| Sumatran Tiger |
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