In the wild, the Sumatran tiger is found only on Sumatra—a large island in western Indonesia—where it roams from lowland forests to mountain forests and resides in a number of unprotected areas. Do Sumatran tigers live in the rainforest? Sumatran tigers live solely on Sumatra, as their names convey. TheirRead More →
Tigers are solitary and often live most of their lives alone. As such, they’re skilled at hunting on their own. Lions, on the other hand, live in sometimes large family groups known as prides. The members of the pride hunt together and portray communal behaviors for various activities. Why doRead More →
Tigers are not known to prey on snakes; wildlife experts speculate the tiger may have eaten them because of food shortage caused by cyclone Aila that struck two months ago. What are the predators of anacondas? At the top of the food chain, adult anacondas have no natural predators. TheRead More →
While it is estimated there were around 5000 thylacines in Tasmania at the time of European settlement. However, excessive hunting, combined with factors such as habitat destruction and introduced disease, led to the rapid extinction of the species. Was the Tasmanian tiger an apex predator? It is commonly known asRead More →
Both canids (wolf or dog-like animals) and tigers have placentas but the thylacine is a marsupial, which evolved to have an external pouch, like kangaroos and koalas. Can Dodo still be alive? It may be four centuries too late to save the iconic dodo from extinction, but there’s still timeRead More →
Tigers, the largest of the big cats, do not live in Africa. Though there are a number of large cats and predators to be found throughout the continent, tigers are not one of them. Wild tigers are found only in Asia across 13 tiger-range countries. Who is Ladi the AfricanRead More →
They live in a variety of habitats from tropical rain forests to mangrove swamps. They like to live near water where there is lots of prey and also in areas with vegetation where their stripes will work as camouflage. What do they eat? Tigers are carnivores and will eat mostRead More →
Siberian tigers live predominantly in Russia’s birch forests but are also found in China and North Korea. Their habitat ranges from Siberia to the forests of the Amur Basin. Do Siberian tigers live in snow? The primary habitats of the Siberian tiger are taiga, or snow forest, birch forest, andRead More →
Indian Tiger or Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) found in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh; … South China Tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) found in China. The population found in Peninsular Malaysia has been given a status of separate sub species Panthera tigris jacksoni. Where are wild tigers found? TigersRead More →
There are more tigers in captivity in America than tigers that exist in the wild. There is no wildlife habitat in the US for them and no possibility of introducing them back into the wild because they have been hand fed since they were two days old and not ableRead More →