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White Tigers
Beautiful, but misunderstood, white tigers are really just genetically flawed Bengal tigers. Extremely rare in the wild, they can appear in a litter with normal colored siblings. Those in captivity often suffer from inbreeding abnormalities.
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What are facts about white tigers diet?
White tigers have the same diet as any other tigers. They eat meat, primarily that of large mammals such as deer and pigs. They are more common in captivity (because we often breed tigers to be white). But a few do live in the wild.
What is the difference between orange and black tigers and white and black tigers?
White Tiger : White with Black stripes Leopard : Golden with Black unique spots Jaguar : Black with No markings
What are the causes of endangerment of white tiger?
the most endangering wild cats are the lions or known as king of the jungle
For 25- 35 seconds as per their practice...The Tigers in zoo and other artificial parks can stay long underwater because they are somewhat trained to do so...After 30 seconds they start bubbling and struggle to go up...
How does a white tiger get its food?
The tiger is not a so called running animal. Dogs can run for a long time without getting tired and wolves will occasionally follow their prey for several kilometers - if they are very hungry. African wild dogs sometimes even follow potential prey for distance of more than 5 and 10 kilometers before they catch it.
This is not the case for the White Tiger. The White Tigers (Bengal Tigers) sneaks upon their prey, silently because of their pliable shoulder blades (scapula) which allow them to walk very close to the ground - almost like a snake. This can be seen in some of the videos provided in the video section of this webpage. The Tiger hunts alone, unlike the lions hunting in herds. Tigers wouldn't be able to hunt alone unless they were so much stronger than lions that they are.
The Romans put tigers and lions together to watch them fight and the tiger always won.
Capturing preyAll tigers, perhaps with the exception of the Snow Tiger, will fail to capture their prey if they don't succeed in coming into a distance of the prey of no less than approximately 30-40 feet (10-12 meters). The hunt starts when the Tiger suddenly explodes in its movement attacking the prey. The hunt is always very short.The Tiger will try to catch the prey on the first 120-180 feet (40-60 meters) otherwise it will have to give up. The endurance of the Bengal Tiger is perhaps slightly better than the endurance of the Siberian and other Tigers. When they get really close to the prey they jump on top of it and grab it with their forelimbs.
Killing preyWhat happens now depend on the size of the prey. If they prey is relatively small it will be bitten in its neck. In this case the powerful canine teeth penetrate the neck of the prey and crush the prey's spine damaging nerves - and the prey dies. If you don't know how tough the skin of a cow or a horse can be, try to cut in a newly died cow whenever you get the opportunity.If it's a larger prey the neck region is often too thick for this tactics and the Tiger turns around and goes for the throat and squeezes the air tube until it is broken or cannot recover from the squeezing. The squeezing is primarily performed with the teeth next to the large canine teeth. The Tiger keeps on squeezing until the prey dies from suffocation.
Female White Tigers and their cubsFor periods the Snow Tiger can survive on relatively small prey, but if for instance we are talking about a pregnant female tiger it needs large prey to fulfill its energy demand. A female with cubs has to kill a large animal approximately every four days to feed herself and her cubs. Eating and digesting foodWhen the prey has been killed and the Tiger needs to open the prey it uses teeth that in position corresponds to our molar teeth. To do this it need to keep it heads in an angle to the prey and use some of it most underlying teeth. Some of the Tigers teeth constitutes an almost scissor like system enabling it to cut the meat rather effectively. The good thing about meat is that it is very easy to digest.Unlike vegetables and other green types of food it doesn't need to be grinded in thousands of pieces to be processed in the stomach and in the guts. This is an advantage to the tiger that don't need food in its stomach to be digested for several days.
How long until the White Tiger become's Extinct?
White tigers are all decended from a very small number of wild caught white tigers. There are very few if any white tigers currently in the wild. However as a white tiger can be born to two normal coloured tigers and is not a species in itself, it will go extinct when all tigers are extinct
Why do white tigers live in the rainforest?
Yes they do. Elephants thrive in such dense forests that is rich in vegetation and has a plenty of water. Water and food are two things that can attract an elephant to a place and a tropical rain forest has an abundance of both which makes it a preferred habitat for elephants.
The Balinese Tiger and the Javan Tiger are two extinct species of Tigers.
What are the defenses of white tigers?
The same as any tiger, immense strength, long canine teeth, sharp claws like meathooks. Also, the roar itself can be terrifying to an enemy.
Where are the white tiger's biome?
White tigers are only rare color phases of the Bengal tiger, and are only found in India in the wild. They are extremely rare in the wild.
When was the white tiger put on the endangered species list?
There are funds that are taking care of a tiger program. They rescue hurt tigers and they also take in animals that were abused and neglected. They breed tigers and teach them how to hunt and take care of them selves in the wild. Eventually, when they are ready they let them go out into the wild.
How have humans caused the extinction of white tigers?
White tigers are not extinct. A few remain in the wild, and there are over 200 in the world, mostly in zoos. There were never a lot of white tigers, and humans hunted them and their orange brothers and sisters nearly to extinction for their fur and body parts.
How long do white tigers Stay with parents?
around the age of 2 because when they were a little younger they would go hunting with 1 of their parents so that when they leave there parents they will know how to hunt for their own food.
Does a white tiger have an estimated population?
There is only about 200 worldwide. They are a mutation, there has never been a documented wild birth of a white tiger. All white tigers have been bred and raised from the same white tiger found in the 1950's, all inbred to keep the white gene alive.
How is a white tiger reproduction?
Following mating, the gestation period for tigers is approximately103 days. The male tiger does not stay with the female after mating, and does not participate in raising the cubs. The average litter size of tigers is 2 or 3 cubs (the largest is 5). One usually dies at birth. Once a tigress has mated and given birth to cubs, she will not come into estrus again until her cubs are between one and a half and three years of age, with enough skills to begin life on their own.
Why do white tigers live in forests and swamps?
Because they needed a change of scenery from the artic waters.
How do south china tigers hunt their food?
Actually - the People of China. Ancient Chinese Medicine believes that Tigers body parts have medicinal properties. Because of this Tigers were killed extensively and indiscriminately. Because of this, they were pushed to near extinction. In 1977 the Chinese Government put a ban on hunting these rare animals. Approximately 60 odd tigers now survive in the wild making them one of the 10 most critically endangered species of animals.
What kinda of animal does a white tiger eat?
A white tiger is not a different species - it is just a tiger that happens to be colored white. Tigers eat a variety of prey ranging in size from termites to elephant calves. However, an integral component of their diet are large-bodied prey weighing about 20 kg (45 lb) or larger such as moose, deer species, pigs, cows, horses, buffalos and goats.
Do white tigers live in cold climate?
white tigers live in southern asia.
Actually,
White Tigers are very, very rare in the wild. In the last 100 years, less than 12 white tigers have been seen in India. You only get one white tiger cub (in the wild) every 10,000 births or so. Other than the rareness of the white coat, white tigers are like other orange tigers, and live where Bengal tigers live, since the gene for a white coat only resides in Bengals.
Now, the white tigers you see in the zoos all come from one white tiger that was captured nearly 60 years ago. The people who bred him inbred the male with his daughters and granddaughters to produce these beautiful tigers we see today.
