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Habitat: India,
Southeast Asia. Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar. Wide range
from cold Himalayan forests to rainforests.
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- Diet:
Deer,
pigs, wild buffalo and other animals.
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- Enemies:
Humans
(poachers).
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- Also known
as the Indian tiger.
- Up to 10
feet in length. Males can weigh up to 480 pounds and females up
to 300 pounds.
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- While mainly
nocturnal and solitary, they sometimes hunt during the day and do
show some signs of socialization.
- Bringing
up of newborns is done by the mother alone.
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- Bengal Tiger
cubs are born blind and are on their own after about 2 years. Everything
they need to know about surviving alone is learned in those 2 years.
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- Some males
have territories of up to 200 square feet.
- Has longer
canine teeth than any other animal. Their jaw is extremely powerful
and they have the strength of over 10 men.
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- Stripes act
as a camouflage.
- Its roar
can be heard a mile and a half away.
- Tigers actually
love the water!
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- They have
explosive speed for short distances, but tire quickly.
- While they
are a very feared hunter, Bengal tigers are only successful in killing
a prey "about" 1 out of 20 times. Many times their prey
is alerted that they are nearby and many times they are simply outrun.
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- They usually
kill their prey with a strategic bite from their vice-like jaws;
many times to the neck area. They have been known to drag huge newly
killed 400-500 pound animals over 250 meters to a "safe"
eating area.
- Since they
will feed on cattle and livestock, it presents a problem between
the Bengal Tiger and man.
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- No two tigers
have the same pattern of stripes.
- Night vision
is 5-6 times better than humans.
- Males have
longer cheek whiskers than females.
- Its claws
are retractable.
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- Can eat as
much as 65 pounds in one meal.
- Starts feeding
on prey from hindquarters.
- Seldom goes
out into open country.
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- There are
other species of tigers such as the Siberian Tiger, Chinese Tiger,
IndoChinese Tiger, CasmanTiger, Sumatran Tiger, Javan Tiger, and
Balinese Tiger.
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