Amazing Facts about Tiger in English
25 interesting facts about tiger in English
You must have heard this slogan ‘Save The Tiger’. This did not become popular just like that. You will be surprised to know that there are only so many tigers left on earth that if they are distributed then there will be only one tiger for every 20 lakh people. That is why we have been asked to save the tiger. It is a matter of happiness that the number of tigers is increasing. Let us know some very interesting facts about this animal of cat species…
Interesting facts about tiger from 1 to 10 – Tiger in English
1. ‘World Tiger Day’ is celebrated every year on 29th July. It started celebrating in 2010.
2. Tiger is not only the largest animal of the cat species but is also the third largest carnivorous animal on earth after the polar bear and brown bear.
3. The lifespan of a tiger is about 10 years in the wild and almost double that in a zoo.
4. The gestation period of a female tiger is 3.5 months, she gives birth to 3 or 4 children at a time.
5. A tiger’s legs are so strong that it can remain standing for some time even after death.
6. The weight of a tiger’s brain is 300 grams. It has the second largest brain among all carnivorous animals.
7. There are nine types of tigers but three types have become extinct in the last 80 years.
8. A tiger can weigh 300 kg and be up to 13 feet long.
9. The chances of being born a white tiger are 1 in 10,000.
10. The stripes found on the body of a tiger are also unique like our fingerprints.
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11. According to the 2016 report, there are only 3,891 tigers left in the world. Of which 70% are in India and Karnataka has the highest number of 408 in India.
12. There are not as many tigers in the forests as are kept by people.
13. A group of Tigers is called ‘Ambush’ or ‘Streak’.
14. A tiger can produce sounds up to 18 hertz and its roar can be heard from 3 kilometers away.
15. The children born from the sex of a male tiger and a female lion are called ‘Tigons’ and the children born from the sex of a male lion and a female tiger are called ‘Ligers’.
16. You will be surprised to know that every tiger has round white spots behind its ears.
17. Tigers are also found at a height of 3960 meters above the ground.
18. Tigers are non-vegetarian, they eat only meat. Their favorite food is wild buffalo, boar and deer. They wait for the night to find prey because their ability to see in the dark is six times better than humans and they always attack the back of the neck. Only one out of 10 of their hunts is successful.
19. Tiger can run at a speed of 65 kilometers per hour and can swim continuously for 6 kilometers.
20. Tiger can jump 30 feet long and jump 12 feet high.
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21. A tiger can eat 27 kg of meat in one night.
22. The cat shares 95.6% of its DNA with the tiger.
23. In the 19th century, a tiger took 430 lives in India and Nepal alone. If the calculations are made from 1800 to 2009, a total of 3,73,000 humans have been killed by tigers.
24. It is illegal to buy or sell every part of a tiger’s body, from whiskers to tail, in the market.
25. The national animal of India including Bangladesh, Malaysia and South Korea is the tiger.