How much land do tigers need?
The home range size of female tigers in Nagarahole NP where there are or were high prey densities is about 15 to 20 km². Males have home ranges which typically overlaps several female ranges
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How do tigers eat their food?
I’m referring to tigers in the wild eating their recently deceased prey animals. Clearly this is different to captive tigers being fed by a zookeeper. For large prey animals tigers employ a suffocating throat bite which is positioned just below … Continue reading →
Tiger stripes – some detailed information
There are three main types of variation in tiger appearance: body size, striping patterns and the coloration of the skin and skull characteristics. This post is about tiger stripes. The ground colour of tigers’s skins (pelages) varies from dark red … Continue reading →
How many types of tigers are there?
Six subspecies of tiger 2018 How many types of tigers are there? Scientifically speaking a ‘type of tiger’ is a subspecies so the question could be rephrased: How many subspecies of tiger are there? And the answer based on a … Continue reading →
Can tigers swim and can tigers climb trees?
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 … Continue reading →
Siberian Tigers Wander Across the Border to Raid Chinese Farms
The Russian government wants to get along with the Chinese government. They have similar philosophies; dictatorship disguised as a quasi-democracy. Russia also wants to get along with China for economic reasons because Europe is putting the squeeze on them financially … Continue reading →
Tiger Facts
Tiger facts should be succinct and selective as this is a very large subject. The facts should also be in rough order of priority so that the most important are seen first. Facts about the tiger should satisfy people searching … Continue reading →