An adult tiger eats from 18 to 27 kilograms of food a night (40 – 60 pounds). Other examples of how much tigers eat at one sitting or during one day are as follows: A male tiger ate 35 kilograms of flesh in one night (77 lbs). A tigress consumed 30 kilograms of flesh …
Male and female tigers communicate through a combination of visual signals, vocalisations and scent marks. It is believed that scent marks are perhaps their most important method of communication. Tigers deposit a musky liquid which is strong smelling and which is referred to as “marking fluid”. Apparently, cubs do not produce this fluid. It …
The tiger has two basic techniques for killing prey and they are dependent on the size of the animal. Smaller animals are normally killed with a bite to the back of the neck. Larger animals are suffocated by a bite to the throat. Neck bite This is much like the domestic cat’s bite to …
The tiger’s strength is legendary. There are many stories about this cat’s awesome ability to move a carcass that is several times heavier than itself. The authors (Mel and Fiona Sunquist) of Wild Cats of the World refer to some incredible examples of the tiger’s strength. One account comes from Myanmar (formerly Burma). A …
Tigers have to travel widely to find enough food to survive. There are not many recordings on how far tigers travel while hunting at night. A scientist, George Schaller, estimated using the average walking speed of a tiger, that tigers in the Kanha National Park travel between 16 to 32 km per night (9.9 …
The answer to both the questions is an unequivocal YES. They can do both very well. I suppose this is to be expected as the tiger is the world’s largest cat and all cats are very similar in their athletic abilities. As for swimming, tigers can swim well and during the hot season in …
