Tigers

Tigers are the largest cat in the cat family in the world. Some have orange fur and black stripes. Then some have white fur and black stripes. There are nine different types of tigers. Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. Out of all these different types, the last three are extinct, another ones extinct, and the rest are endangered.

Tigers mainly eat certain things like deer, wild pigs, antelope and water buffalo. They hunt animals as well, crocodiles, monkeys and leopards. In the 1900’s 100,000 Tigers were around. Tigers range from South and South East Asia to far eastern shores. Today they are only found in China and the Russian east part of the world.

 Tigers have many different habitats, like forests, savannah, rocky county, and grasslands. Tigers are more active at night. There stripes provide a camouflage. Tigers are very heavy so they use their body weight to help get their prey. They then bite there neck to kill them. Tigers are very very good swimmers and can even kill prey while swimming. They love to be around tall grasses and trees so they can scope out their prey without them noticing and then they attack.

               
During mating season the female tigers get very protective and make their territory all around their home or habitat. November to April is usually mating season time. The female tiger carries her cubs in her womb for about 103 days. About three or four cubs are in a litter.

                The cubs stay around their mom for about 8 weeks, then become independent at 18 months. Then when two and a half years goes by, they leave there mom. Tigers live 10 – 15 years, and get to about 3/3 and a half feet at their shoulders. Then in length from head to body they get about 6 feet. They can weigh up to 400 – 675 pounds. They have huge paws and claws and could easily kill a human. The only predator a tiger has is humans and possibly a gorilla, but the gorilla still doesn’t have such a good chance at killing the tiger.

My favorite type of tiger is the white tiger, also known as the White Bengal Tiger. Mostly found in India. The white tiger is very rare and as years go by the get rarer. Tigers becoming so rare is due to human’s trophy hunting or people are capturing them for an exotic pet trade L