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Tiger Trivia: Did you know?

The tiger population in India is moving towards extinction faster than we can say

Tiger! Soon school excursions to tiger parks, adventure holidays to tiger

sanctuaries or even a visit to the oo to see the ig cat will e a thing of the past!

The earliest known portrayal of the Royal Bengal Tiger in India comes to us

from the Indus Valley Civilization where a 25 BC seal featuring a tiger was

found!

"t the current rate of poaching and haitat loss, it is estimated that tigers in the

wild could completely disappear within the next ten years

#engal Tigers are native to India, $epal and #angladesh% Tigers are fully grown at

&'( years of age% )ale #engal tigers reach up to *&+ kilograms and three metres in

length, while the female #engal tigers are &+'-+ kilograms and up to *%. metres

long

Tiger stripes are like fingerprints! "o two are the same! The stripes are not

only in the tiger#s fur$ %ut are a pigmentation of the skin!

&t full running speed tigers reach up to ' kilometres per hour!

Tigers have a white spot on the ack of oth ears, which looks like eyes% This

tricks predators into thinking the tiger is looking at them% This is why they arecalled /eye spots

& group of tigers is called a (streak#!

Tigers have two noses! 0ell, not literally of course% " secondary scent gland called

/1acoson2s organ2 is located in the tigers mouth and is used in assisting the

animals in identifying other scents%

&ll tigers have a similar marking on their forehead$ which resem%les the

Chinese sym%ol )ang$ *+ing,!

The tail gives the tiger extra alance when running and is also used to

communicate to other tigers%

The tendons in a tiger2s leg are so strong that it has een known to remain standing

after it has een shot dead%

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