Wednesday, July 21, 2010

TIGER: THE HIGHEST DEVOURER

In the jungle the tiger is one of the most feared animal not only of its big body but because it's the jungle's apex prediator Tiger is the destroyer,devourer and a carnivore. In the forest smaller animals were afraid of tigers because they know that tiger would really eat meat and if it be possible their meat. Tiger wants to eat meat coming from the different animals from the forest that's why it goes out to look for food and if ever he finds smaller animals the tiger runs after them and make them its lunch.

The length of the tiger reaches up to 3.3 meters in total length,weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 lbs.), and having canines up to 4 inches long. The larger tiger subspecies are comparable in size to the biggest insticnt felids. Aside from great bulk and power, their most recognisable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes that overlays near-white to redish-orange fur, with lighter underparts.

Tiger have a lifespan of 10-15 years in the wild, but it can live longer than 20 years in captivity. They are territorial and generally solitary animals,often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey demands. This coupled the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on earth, has caused significant conflict with humans.

Their historical range once stretched from Mesopotamia and the Caucasus through the most ofSouth and East Asia. Today it has been radically reduced. While all surviving species are under formal protection, poaching' habitat destructiopn and continue to threathen the species.
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Tigers are among the most recognisable and popular in the world. Tiger appears on many flags and coats arms as mascott for sporting team
and as the national animalsof sevral Asian nation.

Tigers were really fearful animals, thats why we should be careful especially when we are at the zoo. We should follow all the directions to be far from accident.


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