Tigers Characteristics

This week has been incredibly challenging for me because I've had a lot of homework and very little time to reseach my favorite animal in the world. However because I am so fascinated by these creatures, learning about them has become one of my favorite things to do. Tigers aside from being large and beautiful, they are also fascinating. They have charactaristics that make them unique when compared to other animals.

Here's a few things I learn about about tigers and their characteristics this week:

The stripes on each tiger are very unique. Every tiger has it's very own distinct pattern. Very much like fingerprints.

Not all tigers are orange in color. There are some white tigers that have black stripes and blue eyes. The white tiger is actually just a Bengal tiger which has inherited 2 copies of a recessive gene and always has blue eyes due to a condition call leucism. Most white tigers alive live in captivity or zoos.

Tigers have loose skin on their belly, which helps them reduce the chance of them getting injured when kicked by their prey.

Tigers have long retractable claws, which are used to grab and hold their prey. They sharpen their claws by grinding their claws against a tree.

Tigers have a long sturdy tail which enables them to better balance themselves when walking on small sufaces.

Tigers have muscular jaws which only move in a verticle direction.

Tigers have a structure at the back of their eyes, behind the retina called the tapetun lucidum, which enables them to have better night vision. The tapetum lucidum causes thier eyes to glow at night when light is shone on them.

Tigers have an amazing sense of hearing. Their hearing is so sharp they are capable of hearing infrasound waves below the range of normal audible sound (20 hertz).

Tigers use their whiskers to sense where they will inflict a bite and it helps them to navigate in the dark.

Tigers mark their territories by scratching and urinating on trees. Their urine smells like buttered popcorn.

Tigers have sharp like needles on their tongues. This helps them peel off skin and flesh from bones while eating. They also have razor sharp canines that also help them tear and rip the flesh off their prey.