• In a poll conducted by Animal Planet TV Channel, the tiger was voted as the world’s favorite animal, narrowly beating the dog. Tigers received 21% of the votes and the dogs 20%.
  • A tiger can only usually expect a one in twenty success rate when bringing down a prey.
  • It is believed that the two white dots on the back of a tiger’s ears are designed to act as a visual beacon to enable the cubs to follow their parents.
  • Almost all of the captive white tigers have descended from a wild white Bengal tiger named ‘Mohan’ that was captured in India in the 1950s.
  • In spite of being the biggest of all cats, Tigers cannot ‘purr’.
  • Tigers in the Sunderbans are known to feed on fish and crabs.
  • Tiger cubs are usually born between March and July.
  • At night, a tiger can see well! The night vision of a tiger is six times better than that of a human being.

Student: Piyush Kumar

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