"Did Ya Know"s

You are now at the page where you learn more interesting qualities about those fierce, bold, furry creatures!!!

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Great facts: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YVmvZkZ7-g0jjfpDsGvoX_eH9L1N6zKhl6eVwccTSpo/edit#slide=id.g818b8aedf3_0_25

Now back to the fun facts:

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Facts sorted by categories:

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Just how Tigers grow：

-A tiger and lion hybrid is called a Liger or Tigon

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Human-related:

-Us humans are often not viewed as prey (unless threatened) to tigers!

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Physical movements and quality:

-Most tiger species' strips are also on their skin (tattoos?), not only their fur!

-Like our fingerprints, no 2 tigers have the same stripes pattern

-Tigers' foreheads has a marking that resembles the Chinese character meaning " king" (王）

-Tigers can swim quite well, unlike other cat species.

-Tigers have antiseptic saliva!

-Tiger cubs are born blind and have their first view usually after 1-2 weeks!

-Even a single punch from a tiger could cause death!

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Senses, mental, abstract:

-Tiger urine can smell like buttered popcorn

-Tigers are often humble towards their group (not fighting over food)!


-Not necessarily nocturnal, but tigers like hunting and doing active things especially at night

-Tigers can mate with other big cats

-In the wild, tigers can live about 20-26 years (without life-threatening dangers)!

-Adult tigers usually live alone!


-Most cat species hate water, but not tigers (mostly)!

-Tigers can imitate the call of a lot of other animals

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Comparing:

-Tigers are the largest cat species in the world!

-Tigers usually can't purr unlike usual felidae/feline species (also read fact below this one)...

-Tigers communicate using scent markings, visual signals and lots of sounds like roars, growls, snarls, grunts, moans, mews and hisses.

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Ha, you thought （！）：

-Tiger cubs are born blind and have their first view usually after 1-2 weeks!

-Only about half of the cubs survive, since they are born blind...

 -Cubs start learning to hunt at six months of age but stay with their moms until they are about 18 months old.

-A group of tigers are called an ambush, or streak, not a pack (they aren't wolves)

-A Tigon is different to a Liger (depends on tiger and tiger's parents' genders and stuff)

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Sources:

https://www.earthrangers.com/wildwire/top-10/top-ten-tiger-facts/

https://www.ranthamborenationalpark.com/blog/amazing-facts-about-tigers/

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/10-tiger-facts/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/tiger-facts.aspx

https://www.toptenz.net/10-interesting-facts-ligers-yes-theyre-real.php

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