Tiger Facts
• One of the most interesting tiger facts is that every tiger has entirely different stripes which identify them in the same way every human being has different fingerprints.
• Tigers are the largest member of the cat family.
• Some wild tigers live to be fifteen years old.
• Tigers have much better vision than humans.
• Populations of wild tigers have declined by 95% over the last one hundred years.
• Tigers like to eat wild boar.
• One tiger eats 50-70 pounds of meat in a meal.
• Tigers are one of the animals on the endangered species list.
• The tiger is the largest member of the cat family, which also includes pet cats.
• In as little as five years all wild tigers could disappear from the face of the earth.
• The word streak can mean a group of tigers.
• Unlike domestic cats, tigers do not purr.
• Sometimes tiger facts can be distressing: three of eight species of tigers are extinct.
• Tigers, like human beings, are at the top of the food chain for their species.
• The largest tiger is the Siberian Tiger.
• A Siberian Tiger weighs around 540 pounds and is 9-½ feet long.
• A tiger’s tail helps to balance him when runs.
• A tiger’s tail is normally 4-½ feet long--approximately 50% of his body length.
• Tigers can go on a hunt twenty times before catching a meal.
• Tigers like to eat elk and deer.
• Japan, China, Taiwan, and Korea are the largest consumers of tiger products.
• Bali, Caspian, and Javan Tigers are now extinct.
• There are believed to be 20 South China Tigers in the wild but no one has seen one in over twenty years.
• Tiger facts indicate that a tiger in captivity lives up to twenty years.
• It’s also a fact that right now there are under 6000 tigers living in the wild.
• Baby tigers stay with their mom until they are around three years old.
• Tigers have stripes for protection.
• A tiger can jump up to ten feet.
• Tigers can run up to 43 mph but only in short spurts.
• The five remaining living species of tigers are the South China, Amur, Sumatran, Indochinese, and Bengal.
• Female tigers can tell from a male’s scat whether or not he needs a mate.
• Tigers live all across Asia.
• The biggest tiger ever known weighed in at 1025 pounds.
• Tigers normally sleep up to eighteen hours at a time.
• The tiger has retractable claws just like domestic cats.
• Some of the teeth of a tiger are three inches long.
• Tigers are solitary animals, living alone unless mating.
• A typical tiger litter size is 3-4 cubs.
• Every day one Bengal tiger is killed by a poacher.
• A tiger can be unusually quiet because he walks on his toes.
• A tiger only weighs two pounds when he is born.
• The smallest living species of tiger is the Sumatran.
• Tigers are nocturnal but their most active periods are at dawn and dusk.