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Photo Gallery - Tigers
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- There are five sub-species of tigers:
1. Amur (Siberian) tigers
2. Bengal tigers
3. Indochinese tigers
4. South China tigers
5. Sumatran tigers
- Tigers can run up to 35 miles per hour (only for initial short distance).
- The life span of a tiger in the wild is approximately 10 to late teens, possibly 20 years, depending on individual and/or the "health" of their environment.
- Zoo tigers live to be between 16 and 20 years old. There are some rare instances of an individual reaching 30.
- Like a human fingerprint, no two tigers have the same pattern of stripes on their coats.
- Tigers are excellent swimmers and can easily cross rivers and lakes 3.7-5 miles (6-8 km) wide.
- Tigers fail at least 90% of the time in catching prey during hunts, but rate can be lower depending on prey species.....they also can be opportunistic in usurping a kill from others or possibly going after some forms of carrion.
- Tigers sleep 18 20 hours per day. In the wild, sleeping a lot is normal and appropriate when not on the "hunt", but it can vary with the season and environmental effects.
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