Facts on Tigers

Facts on Tigers

1. Tigers are the largest cat species in the world reaching up to 3.3 meters in length and weighing up to 670 pounds!

2. Do you know that the Bengal tiger is the most common tiger.

3. Unlike most other cats, tigers are great swimmers and actually like the water.

4. Cubs are born blind and only open their eyes 1-2 weeks after birth.

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

6. Tigers are stalk and ambush hunters; they lie in wait slowly creeping towards their prey until they are close enough to pounce.

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

8. Tigers are nocturnal animals.

9. A group of tigers are called an ambush or streak.

10. Tigers can mate with other big cats.

11. Tigers have antiseptic saliva.

12. Tigers can sprint at over 60 km/hr.

13. Tigers rarely roar and are humble towards their group.

14. Tiger's urine smells like buttered popcorn.

15. Tigers prefer to hunt by surprise attack.

16. Tigers are solitary creatures.

17. Tigers have diverse diet.

18. Tigers can imitate the call of other animals.

19. Tigers cannot purr.

20. A tiger’s roar can be heard as far as three kilometres away.