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What are some interesting things about white tigers?
They are bengals, and are genetic anomalies. They should not be bred in captivity because many have health problems and birth defects.
Why are some tiger cubs born white?
White tigers are a genetic sport. It is a recessive gene.
What is the White Tigers habitat like?
grassy with lots of trees
How are white tigers made?
White tigers are the same as normal tigers, their genes just had some type of mutation.
How do tigers looks?
Most Tigers have orange and black stripes unless they are white and black. Most Tigers have orange and black stripes unless they are white and black.
What are some forms of genetic diseases?
Their are many forms of genetic disease. Some of them are chromosomal abnormalities, gene defects, multifunctional problems, teratogenic problems and many more.
What are facts about white Bengal tigers?
White Bengal Tigers are Bengal tigers that are white with gray stripes. Most species of tigers have white individuals, but the most common are Bengals. White tigers once existed in the wild, but the last wild white tiger was seen in 1958. The genes that cause white tigers have vanished from wild populations as the have shrunken vastly inrecent decades.However, a number of white tigers exist in captivity, the descendants of wild white tigers that were captured. In order for a tiger to be white, it has to have two copies of the gene for whiteness. This means that in order to be sure of getting a white tiger, breeders must breed two white tigers. This means that many breeders inbreed their white tigers in order to get more of the valuable white ones. This is much easier that trying to find unrelated white tigers to breed, but causes the animals to be inbred; the tigers have unusually large numbers of double-recessive genes, and little genetic variety. These white tigers are less healthy than non-inbred tigers and can have diseases, deformities, and decreased fertility.However, there is nothing inherently unhealthy about tigers with the white gene; it does occur naturally. White tigers are unhealthy only because humans interfere with tiger breeding to produce more white tigers than would naturally occur. Some non-inbred white tigers do exist, as well as inbred orange tigers with health problems.Because of the excessive inbreeding practiced on white tigers, some groups oppose the breeding of any white tigers. The opposition is usually grounds that it is unhealthy for them to exist, that they are bred at the expense of breeding healthy orange tigers, and that selective breeding for the white genes is detrimental to the genetic diversity of all captive tigers. Maintaining genetic diversity amount captive tigers is considered important because wild populations are declining and could vanish.
What are some needs of white tigers?
The needs would be the same as all Bengal tigers. Food, water, and cover for concealment. There has not been a white Bengal seen in the wild for many years. They are only a genetic mutation of the Bengal tiger. > there use to be many Bengal tigers and there would still be a huge population if people would stop hunting then for there coat.., Danika
What are some adaptations of white tigers?
W
What colors is a white tiger?
its pink
What are some behaviors of white tigers?
like others.
Are white tigers on display?
yes at some zoos
