FIGUEROA,+HENRY

=Tigers= By: Henry Figueroa

Period 5

=Table of Contents= Page 1. . . . . What is a Tiger? Page 2. . . . . Habitat Page 3. . . . . Diet Page 4. . . . . Different Types of Tigers Sub Topic - Siberian Tiger Sub Topic - Indochinese Sub Topic - South China Sub Topic - Bengal Sub Topic - Sumatran Page 5. . . . . Migration Page 6. . . . . Population Page 7. . . . . Reproduction

Page 1 = = = = = = = = =Introduction to Tigers= Tigers are the largest living cats. Grown up adult tigers, are about 1.8 - 2.8 meters. They weigh around 272kg. The tiger's fur and stripes helps the tiger camouflage in its habitat, the forest. Their are many different colored tigers. There are lots of different species, they are just from different habitat and they have different fur color. They live in wet, humid and hot jungles. They also live in icy cold forest. There are many different types of tigers. The most commonly seen is either the Chinese tiger or the Siberian tiger. There are only three types of tigers that are now extinct. They are the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers. ==

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= = = = =Habitat= Tigers live in wet, humid, hot jungles, and icy cold forest. The tigers have stripes because they need to camouflage so that they can get food and also hide for there own good. Tigers also have different fur color depending were they live. They have different fur color so that they can blend in and camouflage with trees and other things that are around them. Tigers have lost 40% of their habitat in the past decade. They depend in two main things. The first one is good protection and hiding to hunt their preys and also to protect themselves from other animals. The second thing is lots of food. Their has to be lots of animals that the Tiger can feed off because if there is not it will die of hunger. Tigers can adapt to lots of habitats. The problem it faces is that many of their habitats have been removed or destroyed because of wildfires or removing land to make industrial buildings or anything else.

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=Diet=

The Tiger's favorite prey is the deer and the wild boar. Tigers also eat antelope, buffalo, guar, domestic livestock, peafowl, monkeys, civets, porcupines, fish, frogs, crabs, large monitor lizards, pythons and young elephants and rhinos. They eat grass and fruits but they mostly eat meat. Tigers hunt for their prey by listening and looking. They must have good hearing and eye sight. The tiger approaches the tiger from the side. They usually go to semi- crouch or crouching position.

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