Tiger Trivia

• A tiger can only usually expect a one in twenty success rate when bringing down prey.
• On average a tiger can eat up to 60 pounds of meat at one time.
• After a feed, a tiger will usually bury the remaining animal carcass in an attempt to hide it from scavengers, and then exhume it for its next meal.
• All tigers have a similar marking on their forehead, which resembles the Chinese symbol Wang, (King)
• A tiger can go two to three days without eating.
• A tiger can spend up to eighteen hours sleeping.
• Tigers reach maturity and are ready for mating at the age of three. 
• Tiger cubs are blind at birth.
• A tiger cub can gain 100 grams in weight per day.
• Tiger cubs play fight with their siblings, which enables them to gain strength and speed. 
• The tail gives the tiger extra balance when running and is also used to communicate to other tigers.
• The tendons in a tiger's leg are so strong that it has been known to remain standing after it has been shot dead.

• tigers almost always attack from behind, a double sided mask had been shown to be effective in preventing attacks.
• There were 8 subspecies of Tiger at the beginning of the 20th century. 3 are now extinct, leaving 5 existing subspecies.
• tigers evolved in Asia. 
• It is estimated that they have roamed the earth for over 6 million years.
• earliest fossil of tigers date back to between 1.5 to 2 million years ago.
• Tiger are protected under the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora) treaty. 158 countries have signed the treaty and agreed to abide by its terms, including those in which most tigers live. 
• They have been on the Endangered Species list since 1970.
• We could lose the wild tiger in as little as five years time.
• The tiger has only one predator...MAN!

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