Tigers
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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. They 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.
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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.
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You can hear a tiger’s roar up to 2 miles away.
Tigers are good swimmers but they like to keep their heads out of the water. |
A tiger lives alone unless it has babies. Baby tigers are called cubs. |
For the first 2 months, the cubs just drink their mother's milk. |
The mother spends most of this time caring for the cubs, playing with them, feeding them and washing them. |
After eight months, the mother 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! |
LOOK: Tiger skin is striped in the same pattern as its coat. RT if you think that's cool like we do. #tiger pic.twitter.com/hk7f8Hgmo4
— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) July 23, 2013