Wild Cats - Tigers

[esmii]

Information on Tigers

I know this animal isnt a pet, but shouldn't this be an 'Animal subforum' rather than just pets?

http://www.planet-wissen.de/pics/IEPics/portraet_tiger_gross.jpg

Tigers live in hot, humid areas and also cold, snowy areas of Asia.
Siberian [Amur] Tigers mainly live in the colder areas.

There are 5 subspecies of Tigers:

Siberian [Amur]
Bengal
Indochinese
Sumatran
South china

The 3 extinct subspecies of Tigers are:

Javan - Last seen in 1972
Bali - Last Tiger said to have been poached in 1937
Caspian - Extinct in the 1950's

http://www.savethetigerfund.org/Kids/basics/5tigers/extinct/images/caspian.jpg
Caspian Tiger photograph

Tigers can come in 3 colours

Tawny brown/Light Orange with Black stripes
http://www.wwf.org.uk/picturelibrary/jpeg200/am/amur_tiger.jpg

White with reddish or brown stripes
http://wmh.walla.co.il/community/2004/4/29/9153235/White_Tiger2.jpg

And finally, a mixture of both..[Middle one]

http://www.longleat.co.uk/images/photographs/tigers.jpg

Fast Facts:


The male doesn't stay with the female tiger after mating

Cubs stay with their mother for round about 2 years

Tigers 'Paw prints' are called Pug Marks

Tigers have 10-15 different sounds

No two tigers have the same stripes, eyes or pug marks

There are less than 200 white tigers left in the wild

There are less than 7,000 Tigers left in the world

Tigers hunt every 1-4 days

Tigers eat one meal every 3-4 days

Tigers scent trees, just like household cats

Tigers are good swimmers, unlike other cats

They are better at short distance running than longer

White tigers are not a subspecies of tiger

Panthera Tigris means "Roaring Tiger"

Tigers, are believe it or not carnivores

Feel like testing your new found tiger knowledge?
Click here (http://http://www.savethetigerfund.org/Flash/Amore/tigerquiz.html)

I wrote this myself, with my own knowledge etc, so please dont accuse me of copy and pasting!

[Nutrigrain]

Sounds like someone in my class lol :P.... taking you like tigers then?

:)

[esmii]

Lol, Yeah im going to an animal college to get the necessary awards to work with them, and other cats. :]

[Nutrigrain]

Sounds Cool :) Hope that all goes well for you :D

[Herman]

Haha awesome. :) Never seen those white-coloured tigers. :D

[mynameishelen!]

I lurve the white ones ;D

[Dirgeofcerberus]

Very nice info, what about Ligers?
You should have posted about them. =]

[esmii]

Ligers <333 Here just for you:

Ligers & Tigons


http://static.flickr.com/7/7233767_a6e109a08a_m.jpg

'Ligers' are a rare species developed by A female tiger and a male lion.
Tigons are the opposite, having a female lioness mother and a male tiger.
They are a very large wild cat due to the fact that both Tigers and Lions are the two largest cats in the world..
http://static.flickr.com/3/4965756_b81171f7b6_m.jpg

They have both stripes and spots and are said to weigh double a siberian tiger..
That weight being 400 and 600 pounds!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/photogalleries/ligers_dynamite/images/primary/Liger2.jpg
Ligers and tigons are only bred in captivity, as it is very unlikely for two different species to mate in a natural habitat, in regards to the lion's pride being defensive.
http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/images/animals/hobbs.jpg