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13 Interesting facts about tigers are there in the world. Of course, the tiger facts is very interesting for you to know. The facts are:
- The tiger is the largest species of the family cat
- Tigers can reach lengths of up to 3.3 meters (11 feet) and weigh as much as 300 kilograms (660 pounds).
- Tiger subspecies including the Sumatran Tiger, Siberian Tiger, Bengal Tiger, South China tiger, and the Indochina Tiger Malayan Tiger.
- Many subspecies of tigers either endangered or already extinct. Humans are the main cause of this through hunting and habitat destruction.
- About half of tiger cubs live on less than two years.
- Tigers / Lions leave their mothers when they are about 2 years.
- Tigers are good swimmers and can swim up to 6 kilometers.
- Rare white tiger is a tiger because it carries a gene that is only present in about 1 in every 10,000 tigers.
- Tigers usually hunt alone at night.
- The tiger is known to run at speeds up to 65 miles per hour.
- But in every hunting only less than 10% successful for the tiger.
- Tigers can jump easily over 5 meters.
- Various subspecies of tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh, India, North Korea, South Korea and Malaysia.