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What are some interesting facts about tigers?

What are some interesting facts about tigers?
  • Meet the animal whose tongue is hard and rough enough to tear off one’s skin to the bones.

Tigers

The tiger's tongue is covered with numerous small, sharp, rear-facing projections called papillae. These papillae give the tongue its rough, rasping texture and is designed to help strip feathers, fur and meat from prey. The tongue can lick the paint off a wall!.

  • A tiger's intimidating roar has the power to “paralyze” the animal that hears it and that even includes experienced human trainers. Their distinguished roar results from their extremely thick and well developed vocal cords.

The Secret Of A Tiger's Roar

  • Tigers have furs and stripes as designs on their bodies. These stripes are deep into their skin as they can still be seen after the fur is shaved

No two tigers have the same stripes. Like human fingerprints, their stripe patterns are unique to each individual.

They are Amazing and beautiful creatures…

Homeless Tigers!

The tigers have lost 93% of their original range and are now found only in sub-Saharan African region and in Gir National park in India mainly.

Source: Wikipedia

4. Fallen population

The estimated present population of tigers is 3062 to 3948, which used to be 100,000 in the beginning of the 20th century. The remaining tigers exist in small isolated groups and 2000 tigers out of that are in India. In 2016, WWF declared that the population has been recorded to increase for the first time! This is new!

5. The Charismatic Cat

Everyone recognizes tigers and even love the way this yellow eyed creature looks. It is the symbol of strength, aggression and power. In addition to that, muscular built and the fearlessness adds to its personality and that is why it is the mascot of a lot of teams and sometimes, the logo too.

6. Ancestors

The tiger is related to lion, panther and jaguar, but it has been found that the tiger and snow leopard might have their roots going back to 2.88 million years old species Panthera.

7. Different Species

Tiger has 10 different types of species knwon as Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan, Siberian, South China, Sumatran, Bali, Caspian and Javan tiger.

8. Hybrids

The tiger has two hybrids mainly.

The Hybrid “Liger” is the mix of a male lion and and a female tiger. They are bigger than what the pure forms of both the species are. The liger weighs around 800 to 1000 pounds. They have the behavior and body of both the lion and the tiger. The male offspring is sterile and the female is fertile.

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