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Tigers are not social animals in the way we think of social. They come together to mate and raise their cubs, or young. Males do not participate in anyway in raising cubs. Tiger cubs are born completely helpless, and blind. There can by anywhere from one to six cubs, but there are usually three to four cubs born in a litter. The mother will keep the cubs in a shelter, such as a nest made in a thicket, or a shallow crevices in rocky terrain. She will tend to her cubs, nursing them and cleaning them. When the cubs reach their tenth day, normally their eyes will open. The cubs will suckle for the first eight weeks. About that time the cubs are usually old enough to leave the shelter, and start exploring their surroundings under the watchful eyes of their mother. She will continue to suckle them through the fifth and sixth months of their life, when they start learning to hunt. By the time they are eighteen months old, the cubs are totally independent. The cubs will remain, continuing to grow, mature, and learn until they reach two or two and a half years old. For more details, please see the sites listed below.

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