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White Tigers
White tigers are very rarely found in the wild. In about 100 yeas only 12 white tigers have been seen in the wild in India. They are almost extinct and most of the ones living are in captivity, mostly in zoos. This specific tiger is neither an albino nor a seperate subspecies of the tiger. They are beautifully white colored and have black stripes. It has blue eyes and a pink nose. It also has white colored fur. The white tiger is born to a bengal tiger that has the gene needed for white coloring. A pure white tiger has no stripes and are totally white.
Pristine wildness !
The striking white coat is caused by a double recessive allele in the genetic code, and only turns up naturally about once in every 10,000 births. Amazingly, the Bengal tiger is the only subspecies in which it seems to happen. As beautiful as it may look, life as a white tiger can't be easy when your life depends on being able to hide from and/or sneak up on things.
Habitat & Range: Tigers usually stay in an area from about 10 to 30 square miles where there is enough prey, cover/shelter and water to support them. Territory actually depends on the amount of prey that is available. The more concentrated the prey the smaller an area a tiger needs to survive.
Life span: White tigers in the wild live to be about 10 to 15 years while tigers in zoos usually live between 16 and 20 years.
Diet: Tigers do not hunt in social groups like lions. They are generally solitary animals. In the wild, tigers will eat pig, cattle and deer. They can eat as much as 40 pounds of meat at one time! After such a big meal a tiger will not eat again for several days. White Tigers have 30 large teeth ranging from 2.5 to 3 inches.
Caring for Young: Tigers are generally solitary animals, except when caring for their young. Tigers keep their young with them for 2 or 3 years until the young tigers can fend for themselves.
Fascinating facts about white tiger:
- The White Tiger is a good swimmer, but a very poor climber.
- They may be slow runners, but they are stealthy enough to catch any prey in their sights.
- Because they are solitary animals, they hunt mostly at night
- White tigers are born to - - Bengal tigers that carry an unusual gene needed for white coloring.
- The other four sub-species of tiger are Siberian, South China, Indochinese, and Sumataran. There are only approximately 5,000 to 7,400 tigers left in the wild.
Status: At the beginning of this century it is estimated that there were 100,000 wild tigers, today the number is less than 8,000. Simply put, tigers are disappearing in the wild. The main threats to tigers are poaching, habitat loss and population fragmentation.
Another big cat from Port Lympne. The Indian or Bengal Tigers seemed quite relaxed in the knowledge that they were far superior to the idiot pointing a camera at them.
The two tigers at the Highland Wildlife park are part of a conservation project with the Scottish Zoological society.
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Quick facts: three Sumatran tiger cubs were born in 2003 at the Toronto Zoo, a first for Canada, as part of a captive breeding program; smallest and darkest of the tigers; critically endangered; believed to be as few as 400 remaining in the wild.
Update: This tiger, named Brytne, was unfortunately killed after being attacked by a younger male tiger introduced recently to the zoo's breeding program. 2011-12-16
The sun peeking through the trees was just right to get this photograph of a black Tiger Swallowtail feeding from wild Liatris. It is amazing how huge the wings of the Tiger Swallow tail are with respect to the size of the body. The muscles needed to flap these wings must be (relatively) quite powerful.
Tiara is a 19 year old rescued Amur tiger. Also called Siberian tigers, they are the largest of all the felines. Healthy males can weigh up to 700LBS!
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's new Tiger Trail opens Memorial Day, 2014. www.sdzsafaripark.org/tigertrail
She is looking at the Blackberry of one lady with which she was trying to photograph this beauty...
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Image is a bit muddy due to being shot through a car window in drizzle but I was pleased with the eye contact :-)
Taken in a controlled environment. I'd love to see one of these in the wild
(Panthera tigris) The tiger is the largest cat species Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN.
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's new Tiger Trail opens Memorial Day, 2014. www.sdzsafaripark.org/tigertrail