Tigers are "kings of the forest" and prefer to live in shaded environments with lush vegetation and water. At the same time, tigers are typical mountain forest animals, such as tropical rain forests, evergreen broad-leaved forests and other places.

Distribution range.

Distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of China, India, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and other countries.

Posture.

Fur:

Tigers have two coats, guard and undercoat. The guard hair is long and protects the skin. The undercoat is shorter to trap air for insulation. The main function of tiger hair is to keep warm.

Color:

The tiger is covered in pale yellow to red fur with black to brown stripes that blends in with the grass and is a good concealment color to avoid detection by prey.

Skull:

A tiger's skull is thick and round, providing more support for its powerful jaw.

Eye:

Tigers have yellow irises (except for white tigers, which have blue eyes) and round pupils.

Tigers have six times better night vision than humans because of a special layer of film called the visual carpet behind the tiger's retina.

The stimulation of the retina can be enhanced by reflecting the light inside, thereby improving night vision to 6 times that of humans.

Ear:

The back of the tiger's ears is black with distinct white spots.

Tigers have acute hearing and are particularly sensitive to high-frequency sound waves up to 70 kHz, and their ears can steer according to the source of the sound waves.

Tail:

The tiger's tail is very long, consisting of 25-30 coccygeal vertebrae, about 1 meter long (about half the body length), and has ring markings.

The tip of the tail has no long hair and is gray-black. Balance and steering control at high speeds.

The state and mood can be judged by observing the performance of the tiger tail.

Habits of tigers.

1. Activity time.

Tigers are mostly active at dusk or early morning, resting and lurking during the day, but this is different in the cold winter.

2. Predation.

They prey with extreme ferocity, speed, and decisiveness, consuming the least amount of energy for the greatest harvest.

When encountering prey, it crouches down, seeks cover, and sneaks in slowly. When the prey enters the attacking distance, it will suddenly jump out to attack the back, so as not to be hurt by the resistance of the prey.

3. Food intake.

An adult tiger eats an average of about 6 kilograms of meat a day and about 3,500 kilograms of prey a year. But this only refers to tigers kept in zoos.

Tigers in the wild eat more.

4. Hobbies.

Loves water and is good at swimming.

5. Fear of heat.

Tigers don't like hot weather. Because there are no sweat glands, it likes a cool place.

As the "king of the forest", loneliness is the norm.