Bengal Tigers
Bengal tigers are one of many beautiful varieties of the big cat pride.
The pattern on the top of the Bengal tigers head in Chinese means king.
There were eight tiger subspecies at one time, but three became extinct during the 20th century. Over the last 100 years, hunting and forest destruction have reduced tiger populations from hundreds of thousands of animals to perhaps fewer than 2,500!
Tigers have been poached and killed, to be used for Chinese medicines, rugs, coats and much more horrid things. They are an endangered species.
Despite their fearsome reputation, most tigers avoid humans; however, a few do become dangerous man-eaters. These animals are often sick and unable to hunt normally, or live in an area where their traditional prey has vanished.
Tigers are mammals and are carnivores too, they live for around 8 - 10 years. A Tigers roar is very loud and can be heard from an amazing 2 miles away (3km)!
They are powerful nocturnal hunters that travel many miles to find buffalo, deer, wild pigs, and other large mammals for dinner. Tigers use their distinctive coats as camouflage (only two have exactly the same stripes). They lie and wait to creep close enough to attack their victims with a quick spring and a fatal pounce. A hungry tiger can eat as much as 60 pounds in one night.
A tiger relative to the average man:
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