Today we will check 38 interesting and fun facts about tigers. Tigers are the largest member of the cat family. Some wild tigers live to be fifteen years old. Tigers have much better vision than humans. Populations of wild tigers have declined by 95% over the last one hundred years.
Tigers like to eat wild boar.
One tiger eats 50-70 pounds of meat in a meal.
Tigers are one of the animals on the endangered species list.
The tiger is the largest member of the cat family, which also includes pet cats.
In as little as five years all wild tigers could disappear from the face of the earth.
The word streak can mean a group of tigers.
Unlike domestic cats, tigers do not purr.
Sometimes tiger facts can be distressing: three of eight species of tigers are extinct.
Tigers, like human beings, are at the top of the food chain for their species.
The largest tiger is the Siberian Tiger.
A Siberian Tiger weighs around 540 pounds and is 9-½ feet long.
A tiger’s tail helps to balance him when runs.
A tiger’s tail is normally 4-½ feet long–approximately 50% of his body length.
Tigers can go on a hunt twenty times before catching a meal.
Tigers like to eat elk and deer.
Japan, China, Taiwan, and Korea are the largest consumers of tiger products.
Bali, Caspian, and Javan Tigers are now extinct.
There are believed to be 20 South China Tigers in the wild but no one has seen one in over twenty years.
Tiger facts indicate that a tiger in captivity lives up to twenty years.
It’s also a fact that right now there are under 6000 tigers living in the wild.
Baby tigers stay with their mom until they are around three years old.
Tigers have stripes for protection.
A tiger can jump up to ten feet.
Tigers can run up to 43 mph but only in short spurts.
The five remaining living species of tigers are the South China, Amur, Sumatran, Indochinese, and Bengal.
Female tigers can tell from a male’s scat whether or not he needs a mate.
Tigers live all across Asia.
The biggest tiger ever known weighed in at 1025 pounds.
Tigers normally sleep up to eighteen hours at a time.
The tiger has retractable claws just like domestic cats.
Some of the teeth of a tiger are three inches long.
Tigers are solitary animals, living alone unless mating.
A typical tiger litter size is 3-4 cubs.
Every day one Bengal tiger is killed by a poacher.
A tiger can be unusually quiet because he walks on his toes.
A tiger only weighs two pounds when he is born.
The smallest living species of tiger is the Sumatran.
Tigers are nocturnal but their most active periods are at dawn and dusk.
