Tigers are best known for their stripes. They have more than uniquely positioned stripes that are used for the identification of tigers just like our fingerprints. Stripes provide camouflage. White tigers are special kind of tigers that appears rarely in the nature. These tigers have white fur with stripes and blue eyes. Tigers are solitary animals.
They meet only during mating season. In rare cases when tigers form a group, it is called a "streak" of tigers. They are territorial animals, which mean that they demand certain piece of the wild just for themselves. Depending on the tiger species that area usually ranges from square miles, but in some cases it can be much larger - up to square miles. Tiger will mark his territory with a mixture of the urine and liquid from a gland that has intensive smell. That way, other tiger will know that territory is occupied.
Tigers have large paws and sharp, retractable claws they can hide their claws. They use them for killing of the prey and for fight with other tigers. Print of tiger paw is called pug mark.
Tigers usually eat large mammals like wild boars and deer. There are other types of large felines in the forest, but not tigers. What is the state of energy and the environment in the US?
On the island of Sumatra, tigers are found in the montane and peat swamp forests. In Thailand, they occur in the evergreen and deciduous forests. Siberian tigers inhabit the temperate broadleaf, Korean pine, and mixed forests. A Siberian tiger cub. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. An average male Bengal tigers weigh around pounds. The Bengal tiger has a body length of 6 feet and a tail length of 3 feet and therefore has a total length of 9 feet long.
A female Bengal tiger is only pounds and 8 feet long including tail. Bengal tigers are incredibly strong and are able to drag their prey almost half a mile even though the prey may be heavier than itself. A tigers coat can actually take on a variety of colours. The standard colours of a Bengal tiger are an orange body with black stripes coming down the sides. The two most common variations are the White Bengal tige r and the Golden Tabby.
The White Bengal tiger is white with either brown or black stripes coming down the sides. The Golden Tabby is a whitish yellow colour, with amber stripes coming down the sides. Tigers have large fangs for killing and maiming prey. Bengal tigers have the longest canine teeth of any living felid measuring approximately 4 inches millimetres in large individuals.
A canine tooth of a tiger is larger and longer than that of a similar-sized lion. Bengal tigers also have large, retractable claws that allow them to climb and kill prey. Their stripes help them camouflage as they stalk their prey.
Bengal tigers have excellent vision and good hearing. The heaviest Bengal Tiger ever reported was Female Bengal tigers are considerably smaller and have an average weight of kilograms pounds , but they can weigh up to kilograms pounds.
Bengal tigers are mostly solitary, however, they sometimes travel in groups of 3 or 4 individuals. Bengal tigers reside in the low-land parts of the rainforest where there are grasslands and swamps.
Some male Bengal tigers occupy square miles of territory and they protect it very fiercely. Bengal tigers are extremely strong animals and can drag their killed prey some 1, feet to hide it in bushes or long grass until it feeds upon it.
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