Thursday Thirteen: Edishun 24

Since last week was Lion Trivia, I'm doing Tiger Trivia this week becuz my big bruther Mao sed that the tigers hoo reed my blog mite feel slited and come to my howse and eet me if I don't rite abowt them, too. So heer we go:

1. A group of tigers is called a 'streak'.


2. ‘Tigons’ have a tiger father and lioness mother, but ‘ligers’ are fathered by lions with a tiger mother. Just ask Napoleon Dynamite.


3. In the last century, tiger numbers have declined by a 95 per cent. Its only predator is man.
4. Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, but also on their skin.
5. Stripe patterns often differ between the two sides of the tiger’s body.
6. Tiger night-vision is more than five times better than that of humans.
7. Adult tigers are solitary hunters.
8. Adult tigers can eat up to 60 lbs of food at one sitting. After a big kill, they may not eat again for a week or two.
9. When hunting, tigers only manage to catch prey in one out of 10-20 attempts. (Compare this to my speshul frend Daisy's hunting suksess: she gits her lizzerd at leest 50% of the time.)
10. Tigers love water and are great swimmers.
11. A tiger's roar can be heard two or three kilometres away.
12. Total length ranges from seven to 12 feet.
13. It is estimated that well over 10,000 tigers live in captivity around the world, which means there are currently more tigers in captivity than in the wild.

Thursday Thirteen: Edishun 24

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