Tigers
Tigers are bigger and stronger than lions. In fact, the tiger is the biggest and strongest wild cat on the planet.
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Tigers live in hot and cold places in Asia.
Asia
Tigers hunt animals for food. A tiger is a good hunter. It can hunt in the day.
In the day, it can hide in long, dry grass. Its stripes make it hard to see in the grass.
It can hunt at night, too.
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They kill their prey with their sharp claws on their paws and their sharp pointy teeth.
Its teeth are good for cutting meat.
You can hear a tiger’s roar up to 2 miles away.
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Tigers are good swimmers but they like to keep their heads out of the water.
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A baby tiger is called a cub.
In the first 8 weeks, the cubs drink their mum's milk. The mum spends most of this time caring for the cubs.
A mum picks up the cubs with her mouth. She does not hurt the cub.
She plays with them, feeds them and cleans them too.
Much later, the mum teaches the cubs how to hunt.
Cubs stay with their mum for 2 to 3 years.
Fantastic fact As well as stripes on its fur, the tiger has stripes on its skin!
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