Term Papers on The Tiger

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The Tiger

     The Tiger is often described as a particularly dangerous, sly, and
invincible predator.  The Tiger is the largest of the cat family.  They have
powerful bodies, large paws, and very sharp claws.  The head of the Tiger is
rounded and has a convex profile.  The ears are black with white in the middle.
The Tiger's eyes are a yellowish-orange color, but at night they almost look
green.  Coloration of the Tiger is reddish yellow or rust- brown on the upper
side, and a whitish under side.  There is prominent beard like growth of hair on
the cheeks, and they may have a short neck mane.  There body is covered with
heavy black stripes ( Grzinek's Animal Life Encyclopedia 1972).

     During the day a Tiger may rest in the shade, or lie in a quiet pool of
water to escape the heat. Tigers like water, and are very good swimmers.
Northern Tigers undertake long migrations. These migrations occur when epidemics
wipe out the prey populations.  This type of migrations happens often.
Temperatures down to -45 degrees Celsius are not harmful and do not dampen their
activities ( Mammals Multimedia Encyclopedia 1990).

     Tigers usually live and hunt alone.  When they hunt they can leap 5 to 6
or jump as far as 10 meters.  Tigers do not usually prey on people, but some do
become man eaters.  If a Tiger becomes a man eater it is because of a wound,
weakness, or just because it is to old.  The young accompany their mother on the
hunt when they are 5 to 6 months of age.  Tigers begin to hunt alone when they
are just eleven months old.  Before the young can hunt alone, the mother will
demonstrate how it is done(Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia 1993).

     Tigers usually prey on deer wild cattle called gore, and wild pigs.
Whenever humans have domestic animals, Tigers will feed on cattle, horses, sheep,
and goats.  A cattle eating Tiger will kill an ox about every 5 days, or from 60
to 70 a year.  If a tiger has trouble finding food it will eat birds eggs or
berries.  If a Tiger can not find any kind of food at all, it will eat any kind
of flesh it can find( Grzinek's Animal Life Encyclopedia 1972).

     Tigers have only  three major requirements:they need  large prey,water,and
cover.An adult tiger requires 12 pounds at a  time, but it may eat as much as 60
pounds in one night.A tigress with three young require 280 kg of meat every
twenty days.At times a tiger must go without food,or will have to make do with
small animals.In many areas tigers have to kill much more than this amount
because people often chase them away from kills.The tiger attemps to pull dead
prey near water.As a tiger feeds,it often inerrupts the meal by going over to a
body of water and drinking a large amount.(Grzinek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
1972)

       Tigers live in Asia,and can not be found on any other continent. Tigers
prefer damp,thickly overgrown places such as dense jungles, andriver banks
covered with reeds or brush.They like to prowl rainforests,woodedhillsides,and
swamps in many parts of Asia.They only survive in parts of that range.(Compton's
Interactive Encyclopedia 1993...

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