Facts about the white tiger. White Bengal Tiger White Striped Tiger

The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris bengalensi) is a special subspecies of the tiger that lives in North and Central India, Burma, Nepal, Bangladesh and the Sundarbans (near the mouth of the Ganges River).

This is the largest of all tigers: Weight Limit, recorded by scientists, was 388.7 kilograms, which is five kilograms more than that of the largest weighted Amur tiger.

The famous white tigers are not a quirk of genetics, but a naturally occurring variety of the Bengal tiger. These are not albinos, as it might seem at first glance (although albinos are also found among tigers, of course) - Bengal white tigers have black stripes and Blue eyes. The white color of the skin is due to a lack of melanin. AT wild nature white cubs are born to ordinary red tigers quite rarely.

Since ancient times, these unusual creatures have been endowed with magical abilities and surrounded by numerous beliefs. They were revered in Kyrgyzstan, China and, of course, in India - it was believed that by seeing a white tiger one could gain enlightenment (probably quite often posthumously). It was from India that white tigers spread throughout the world.

Among animals with normal normal coloration, there are white individuals, which are called albinos. These animals have so little pigment that their eyes look red because of the visible blood vessels. Everyone knows white mice, rats, and rabbits. It is known that in 1922 in India (according to other sources - in Burma) two pure white tigers with red eyes were shot dead. Similar cases have been recorded in South China. the rest known to man white tigers cannot be called albinos in the full sense of the word: most of them are blue-eyed and have brown stripes on their skin. It would be more accurate to talk about the light (white) color variation of their color.

Bengal tigers of the usual red color sometimes give birth to cubs with white hair, which, however, retains dark stripes. In nature, they rarely survive - such animals cannot hunt successfully, as they are too noticeable. White tigers are specially bred for circuses and zoos.

They are bred in captivity separate view Because color is genetically inherited. White parents always give birth to white cubs, but red tigers rarely have such offspring. It is not surprising that people prefer not to count on luck, but simply to cross white tigers with each other. Therefore, white tigers in captivity have poorer health than their free relatives. Although in nature the life of a white tiger, even the healthiest one, is not easy. He is more visible, it is difficult for him to hunt. So zoo relatives, surrounded by care, still live longer - up to 26 years.

All white tigers in captivity are descended from a single male. A tiger named Mohan belonged to an Indian Maharaja.

In May 1951, the Maharajah of Reva was hunting tigers. The hunters stumbled upon a lair with four teenage tiger cubs, one of which attracted the ruler's attention with its unusual white coloration. Three red tiger cubs were killed, and white cub spared. In the palace of Maharaja Govindagari, the tiger, who was named Mohan, lived for about 12 years.
The ruler of Reva was proud that he had such a rare animal and he wanted to have more of them to the wonder of the whole world. When Mohan grew up, he was "married" to a female - an ordinary, red one. She periodically brought tiger cubs, but, alas, there were no whites among them! This continued until one of Mohan's daughters was brought together with dad, that is, they made the very inbreeding (closely related crossing), which, although it weakens vitality descendants, but fixes the necessary signs. The result was not long in coming: in November 1958, in a litter of 4 cubs, one was white. After that, the number of such animals in the palace began to increase rapidly. Contain large group even the Maharajah was unable to do so, and it was decided to sell the "surplus". Despite the fact that the Indian government declared rare animals a national treasure, several tigers were soon taken out of the country. In 1960, one of Mohan's sons left for national park USA in Washington. Some time later, white tigers ended up in the UK, at the Bristol Zoo. Spectacular cats began their triumphal procession around the world.
How many of them are there in the world now? No one can say the exact figure, since these animals are kept not only in zoos and circuses, but also in private menageries. Despite the close relationship of all white tigers, no significant weakening of the viability of these animals has yet been observed.

Most white tigers live in the homeland of their ancestor Mohan - in India. They can be seen in almost every Indian zoo. They are in America and Europe.

In Russia, the white tiger first appeared in 2003. A five-year-old male came to us from Holland. A year later, a bride came to him - a female from Sweden. In 2005, the couple gave birth to three white tiger cubs. Two of them went to Russian zoos - in Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg, and one - in South Africa. And in March 2008, the female brought three more cubs.

The Bengal tiger, like other types of tigers, is protected in all states where it lives. It is listed in the IUCN Red Book, the hunting of this predator is completely prohibited, the capture of tiger cubs, the use of tiger body parts is criminally punishable. Although its popularity in the poaching environment does not weaken. After all, according to some reports, the carcass of a tiger costs more than 40 thousand dollars on the "black market", a tiger skin - 20 thousand, and a kilogram of bones - up to 5 thousand.

The first white tiger appeared in the Moscow Zoo in May 2003. After a month of quarantine, he was transferred to the Cats of the Tropics pavilion. A five-year-old male arrived here from the zoo in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. A year later, a female from Sweden arrived in the enclosure next to it. When the tigress settled in, the cats were introduced. And in July 2005, a happy event took place in the zoo - three wonderful white tiger cubs were born. The female turned out caring mother, all the cubs grew up safely. Two of them have replenished the collections of Russian zoos: one went to Novosibirsk, the other - to Yekaterinburg. The third tiger cub went on a long journey to South Africa. In March 2008, three more cubs were born.

In the Cats of the Tropics pavilion, most often you can see only adult tigers. In a large outdoor enclosure, they take turns walking (outside the breeding season, animals can be aggressive towards each other). Our two white tigers are very different. The male character is large, imposing, but very playful. It is he who fiddles with new toys that employees give him for a long time. He wears them in his teeth, pushes them with his paws, sometimes jumps around like a kitten. His special love is the pool. He bathes with pleasure, plays in the water, and in the heat sometimes sleeps in the pool. The tigress is more sedate. Does not enter the water, plays less often. Only when the cubs were growing up did she play with them with pleasure. Tigers also have food preferences: The male does not eat fish and rabbits at all, he prefers meat. For the female, rabbits are a delicacy; she eats fish and offal with pleasure. Our white tigers are in good health, and we hope that the perky young tigers will please us with their cheerful fuss more than once.

Tigryulya is a white Bengal tigress, presented to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, and thanks to the use of her photo on campaign billboards, it has become a kind of symbol of the New Year 2010 in Ukraine.

According to Chinese mythology, the tiger is the personification of military prowess. His image is used in the fight against demons and evil spirits. In Feng Shui, this sacred animal acts as the White Tiger. The spirit of this animal is so ferocious and strong that better protection not to be found from evil.

The White Tiger is the guardian of the West (according to the Feng Shui compass school) or to the right of front door. The white color of the Tiger is explained by the fact that west side light in China is a symbol of the other world or land of the dead, and in this country, as you know, White color is the color of mourning. One must use the White Tiger Talisman with care. This is a very ferocious and strong animal, and if you treat it incorrectly, instead of protecting it, you can get the opposite, its strength will be directed against you. It must be said that the Chinese generally do not use the tiger talisman for internal protection at home if there is someone in the family who was born in the year of the animal that the tiger eats (for example, a wild boar, a rooster, a rabbit). In any case, at home it is better to have either a sculpture of a sleeping White Tiger, or not to have it at all. But if you still decide to use the Tiger talisman, then according to the rules of Feng Shui, it should be metal. In principle, let's say stone or made of wood or glass. The color of the Tiger can be chosen from white, yellow, beige, silver and gold. You can buy the desired talismans and symbols of Feng Shui here: ESOTERICS - an online store of Feng Shui items, unusual gifts and souvenirs. And still very important advice: in order for the Tiger to properly protect you from external aggression, it is necessary that the Dragon be larger than the Tiger itself. He will balance and control the restless essence of the Tiger. The dragon symbolizes masculinity Yang, and the Tiger, as a mutually complementary opposite, - feminine or Yin energy. Therefore, the Dragon must always be larger, otherwise he will not be able to defeat the ferocious tiger hole.

White Bengal Tiger

The Bengal (white) tiger is a rare subspecies, included in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Bengal tiger lives in North and Central India, Nepal and Burma. He also lives in the Sundarbans (near the mouth of the Ganges) and Bangladesh. Bengal tigers of the usual red color sometimes give birth to cubs with white hair, which, however, retains dark stripes. In nature, they rarely survive - such animals cannot hunt successfully, as they are too noticeable. White tigers are specially bred for circuses and zoos.

Among animals with normal normal coloring, there are white individuals, which are called albinos, but this is a delusion, the white tiger is not an albino. These animals have so little pigment that their eyes look red because of the visible blood vessels. Everyone knows white mice, rats, and rabbits. It is known that in 1922 in India (according to other sources - in Burma) two pure white tigers with red eyes were shot dead. Similar cases have been recorded in South China. The rest of the white tigers known to man cannot be called albinos in the full sense of the word: most of them are blue-eyed and have brown stripes on their skin. It would be more accurate to talk about the light (white) color variation of their color. Their life expectancy is shorter compared to ordinary tigers and they have more fragile health. AT natural conditions it is more difficult for a white tiger to survive, since it is given out by a light color during the hunt. Many people believe that these predators originated from Siberia, and the white color is a disguise when living in snow conditions. In fact, white tigers originated in India.

For millennia white tigers seemed to people beings shrouded in a halo of mystery. Sometimes they instilled fear, often became objects of religious worship. In Kyrgyzstan, they talked about the white tiger, which is able to solve all the difficult problems of people. During the ritual dance, Kyrgyz shamans, falling into a deep trance, turned to the tiger with a request for help. In medieval China, a white tiger was painted on the gates of Taoist temples to protect against evil spirits. white tiger personified a certain guardian of the land of the dead, symbolized longevity. Stone statues in the form of a tiger were placed on Chinese graves: the demons must have been terrified of such a “guard”.

And the Indians firmly believed that if a person sees a white tiger, he will be granted enlightenment and complete happiness. It was from India, where the white tiger was perceived as a super-being, quite material, and by no means mythical, that the white tiger set off on a journey around the world.

All white tigers in captivity today are descended from one common ancestor, a male Bengal named Mohan.
In May 1951, the Maharajah of Reva was hunting tigers. The hunters stumbled upon a lair with four teenage tiger cubs, one of which attracted the ruler's attention with its unusual white coloration. Three red tiger cubs were killed, but the white cub was spared. In the palace of Maharaja Govindagari, the tiger, who was named Mohan, lived for about 12 years.

The ruler of Reva was proud that he had such a rare animal and he wanted to have more of them to the wonder of the whole world. When Mohan grew up, he was "married" to a female - an ordinary, red one. She periodically brought tiger cubs, but, alas, there were no whites among them! This continued until one of Mohan's daughters was brought together with her father, that is, they made the very inbreeding (closely related crossing), which, although it weakens the vitality of the descendants, fixes the necessary signs. The result was not long in coming: in November 1958, in a litter of 4 cubs, one was white.

After that, the number of such animals in the palace began to increase rapidly. Even the maharaja was unable to maintain a large group, and it was decided to sell the "surplus". Despite the fact that the Indian government declared rare animals a national treasure, several tigers were soon taken out of the country.

In 1960, one of Mohan's sons left for the US National Park in Washington. Some time later White tigers ended up in the UK, at the Bristol Zoo. Spectacular cats began their triumphal procession around the world.

How many of them are there in the world now? No one can say the exact figure, since these animals are kept not only in zoos and circuses, but also in private menageries. Despite the close relationship of all white tigers, no significant weakening of the viability of these animals has yet been observed. Most whites tigers lives in the homeland of their ancestor Mohan - in India. They can be seen in almost every Indian zoo. They are in America and Europe.

The frequency of appearance of white tigers is 1 individual per 10,000 with normal coloration. White tigers breed excellently in captivity.

Now there are about 130 white tigers in zoos around the world.

In 1987, an image of a tiger was discovered in the graves of the central Chinese province of Henan, its age is approximately 6000 years. The tiger talisman was made from shells and was found next to the body. This was the earliest appearance of a white tiger as a talisman.

Popularity white tigers gradually began to lead to the fact that there were too many of them, and now special authorities monitor their population.

Origin of the species and description

A mammal is an animal from the order of cats. Predator. Belong to the genus Panthera and is one of its most prominent representatives of this kind. The tiger population originates from the Pleistocene, the remains of the found predators are up to 1.82 million years old. The first remains of ancient tigers were found on the island of Java in Asia. It used to be believed that China was the birthplace of Tigers, however, recent research in this area has refuted this theory. And also the remains of tigers of the late Pleistocene period were found in China, India, Altai and Siberia on the territory of Japan and Sakhalin.

Video: White tiger

According to archaeological data, it is known that the tiger separated from the line of ancestors more than 2 million years ago. Much earlier than other representatives of this class. Scientists also know that the first ancestors of tigers were much larger than modern representatives of this class. The modern white tiger was first discovered in 1951.

The color of the tiger is isolated by mutations, and is very rare in wildlife. This species spread by crossing a white tiger with a yellow female. Parents with the usual color, sometimes white offspring are born. AT modern world white tigers successfully live and breed in nurseries and zoos.

Appearance and features

The white tiger is a very large and strong animal. dangerous predator. The male white tiger weighs from 180 to 270 kg, depending on the place of residence of the animal, and the lifestyle, the weight and height of the animal may be greater. There were males weighing up to 370 kg. It is known that the animal that lives on the continents is much bigger than tigers living on the islands.

Features of the body structure of the white tiger:

• The height at the withers is 1.17 m. The height of adult males is approximately 2.3-2.5 m;
• Female white tigers are smaller in weight and size;
• The weight of an adult female is 100-179 kg. Growth from 1.8 to 2.2 m;
• Tigers have a well-developed muscular body. Moreover, the front part of the body in tigers is more developed than the back part;
• The average head size of an adult male is about 210 mm. Tigers have small ears, rounded at the ends, with white hairs on the inside of the ear;
• The iris of the eyes is gray-blue. Tigers see well in the dark.

Since the tiger is a predatory animal, it has developed jaw with sharp fangs. An adult tiger has 30 teeth. The formula for the arrangement of teeth in a tiger is as follows: 2 large fangs and 6 incisors, 1 painting tooth and 2 premolar teeth are located below. Above 3 premolar teeth and 1 painter.

Tigers have large developed fangs, the size of which is about 9 cm. These fangs help to kill the victim and tear apart the meat.

The coat of tigers is warm and dense. Tigers living in cold climates have thicker coats. The cover is low, the coat is white. Hairs are sparse. On gray smoky wool there are black stripes. There are about 100 black stripes on the entire body of the animal. It should be noted that white tigers are very rare, and they acquired their color due to mutation.

How long does a white tiger live?

On average, in wildlife, tigers live from 14 to 17 years. However, there are also centenarians who live much longer. In the conditions of the reserve, the life of a tiger is several years longer.

Where do white tigers live?

The habitat of the white tiger is the same as that of other Bengal tigers. The natural habitat of this species is Northern and Central India, Nepal. Ecological region Terai Duar. Banks of the Ganges and Bangladesh. Representatives of this genus are found in Asia. Where do they lead their population from. Java Island, Afghanistan, Iran and Hindustan.

White tigers mostly live in captivity, but in the wild this species occurs in an amount of 1 individual per 10 thousand tigers with a normal color.

What does the white tiger eat?

The tiger is a predatory animal, and the diet big cats mostly meat. White tigers love to eat ungulates.

The main prey of tigers is:

• roe deer;
• tapirs;
• musk deer.

Also, tigers can sometimes eat birds. Most often these are pheasants and partridges, small herbivores and other animals. And, of course, every cat loves fish. Tigers are not afraid of water and are happy to catch prey from it. White tigers spend quite a lot of time hunting.

In summer, a tiger can sit in ambush for quite a long time, tracking down its prey. The tiger is a neat and rather cunning animal, it comes to its prey with small and neat steps. Hunting is carried out from the leeward side, so that the victim could smell his scent. Having gained confidence that the prey is incapable of escaping in a couple of jumps, the predator overtakes the prey.

Tiger for small animals is a real death machine. It's almost impossible to run away from him. Tigers are fast and agile. While running, their speed is 60 km/h. Having overtaken the victim, the tiger throws it to the ground and breaks the neck and spine. After the tiger carries the dead animal in his teeth to his lair, where he tears it apart with the help of fangs.

Features of character and lifestyle

Adult tigers are quite aggressive animals vigilantly guarding their territories and not letting strangers into their possessions. Tigers mark their possessions by leaving urine marks everywhere on bushes, trees, rocks. Male tigers live and hunt alone. Having sensed a stranger in his territory, the male will react to it very aggressively, and will try to drive the stranger out of the territory. Apart from other tigers, the tiger has no other predators.

Young tigers live alone until it's time to breed. Tigers are polygamous. And with one female there is one male. Tigers are quite family animals. They worry about their offspring, create a den, protect their offspring. They hunt and guard the females and brood.

In relation to humans, tigers are also aggressive. Meeting a man with a tiger in wildlife means certain death. In reserves and zoos, animals are less aggressive and allow a person to take care of themselves. Training a tiger is very difficult and dangerous. The tiger is a wild animal and domestication of this species is almost impossible. However, in America there are still cases of tigers living in houses, but these are more often the offspring of circus animals, whose parents are already accustomed to people.

Social structure and reproduction

Tigers live alone and unite in families for the breeding season. Consisting of a male, female and brood. Most often, the male pursues the female, showing with a certain grimace that he is ready for mating. But the fact that females themselves come to males is not uncommon. If several males claim one female, a fight occurs between them. The fight may end in the death of one of the animals. The strongest gets the female.

Tigers mate several times a year. This usually happens in December or January. Although usually it does not depend on the season. The male understands that the female is ready for mating by the smell of the female's urine. Mating occurs several times. The first litter is brought by a young female white tiger at the age of about 4 years. Most often, a second brood is born after a few years. The pregnancy of a female tiger lasts about 103 days.

The tigress arranges her lair for a long time, for the birth of cubs. Making sure it's completely safe. After all, over time, the tigress will go hunting leaving the cubs in the den. For one litter, 3 or 4 tiger cubs are born. Tiger cubs appear blind, and for the first six months they are fed with mother's milk. Over time, they also begin to go hunting with their mother.

White tigers are rarely born, both heterozygous orange parents with white ancestors have a 25% chance of producing white offspring. Offspring where one parent is white and the other is yellow may be white or may be yellow. The probability of the birth of a white tiger is 50%.

Natural enemies of white tigers

Since the White Tiger is a large and dangerous animal, it has few enemies.

To natural enemies white tiger refers to:

• . An elephant can trample a tiger, although elephants do not experience aggression towards these animals and are able to coexist peacefully side by side. An elephant attacks a tiger only when frightened, sensing danger, or receiving an order from a person. In India, people used to hunt tigers on elephants. Killing tigers with weapons. It was the safest form of hunting for humans.
• Brown bears. rarely can cope with a large adult tiger, and vice versa, bears killed by a tiger are often found. But a bear can kill an immature young or a weakened female.
• Human. The main danger to tigers comes from humans. Destruction of places natural habitat animals by man. The construction of cities by cutting down the jungle and forests. The decline in the population is largely due to the hunting of tigers. AT Chinese medicine fangs, organs and tissues of tigers are used. And also precious animal skins are an adornment in rich houses, like stuffed animals. For a long time in India, tiger hunting in the 19th and early 20th centuries was massive.

Population and species status

Every year, the tiger population is rapidly declining. There are only 6470 individuals worldwide. There are only 400 Amur tigers. White tigers are rare and on the verge of extinction. The destruction of natural habitats, the construction of cities and roads lead to the fact that white tigers are becoming less and less. In addition, animal hunting and poaching has caused irreparable harm to tiger populations around the world.

The white tiger species is listed in the Red Book, catching tigers and hunting them is prohibited. The status of the species in the Red Book is "endangered species". White tigers are carefully protected in all countries and hunting for them is prohibited.

Protection of white tigers

To save the endangered species of White tigers, the following measures have been taken:

1. A complete ban on hunting for tigers of any breed has been introduced. White tigers are highly protected around the world. In India, white tigers are a national treasure. Hunting for tigers in the modern world is carried out only by poachers and is prosecuted by law. Killing tigers is punishable by law and is punishable by fines and imprisonment.
2. Arrangement of reserves. As mentioned earlier, white tigers mostly live in nature reserves. Zoologists help maintain the population of this species by crossing white tigers with regular-colored tigers. In the reserves, animals live quite comfortably and they are able to breed. Almost all representatives of this species that are not kept in reserves have one ancestor. This is a white tiger named Mohan. Over time, the offspring were transported to reserves around the world, where white offspring were also born from them.
3. Radio tracking and animal tracking systems. This method of animal tracking is used to keep the animal safe and better understand the animal's habits and study the behavior of the tiger in the natural environment. A collar with a special tracker is put on the animal, which transmits a GPS signal. Thus, a person can track the location of the animal. Helps to monitor the health status of the animal and prevent serious diseases among animals. Most often this system used in large reserves.

The white tiger is a real miracle of nature. Dangerous, but as time has shown, a very vulnerable beast. white tiger without human support, it can simply disappear from the face of the earth within a few decades, which is why it is so important to protect nature and maintain the tiger population. Let's save this animal on the planet for a new generation.

Among almost all animal species, there are albinos, and tigers are no exception to the rule. All these animals are characterized by certain signs - the white color of the coat and red eyes, this color is associated with a small amount of pigment in the body, which is responsible for the color. Most albinos are born in rats, mice and rabbits.

In India, two real albino tigers with red eyes were killed. Previously, white tigers lived in South Korea, but there they were completely exterminated. Although there are many white tigers in the wild and zoos, they are not true albinos - their coat color is white, but their eyes are blue or there are brown stripes in the lens.

People, having learned about the existence of albino tigers, came up with a lot of legends, they began to fear and idolize these animals. There is a belief in Kyrgyzstan that a tiger with white hair can protect a person from any difficulties and problems. Shamans quite often performed rituals during which the tribe asked the white tigers to help them and send a fertile harvest.

The Chinese believed that white tigers are protectors from evil spirits, so the gates of temples were decorated with their images.

Listen to the voice of the white tiger

In Chinese mythology, the tiger is the guardian of death, and it symbolizes long life. The Chinese put statues of tigers even in cemeteries, thereby expelling evil spirits.

Indians showed great respect for white tigers. They were sure that a person who met a white tiger would become rich and happy. If in other countries white tigers were mythical deities, then in India they are considered a real higher being.

The surviving white tigers today live in zoos. The ancestor of albino tigers is. History testifies that in 1951 a hunter discovered a den of tiger cubs, in which there were 4 tiger cubs of the usual color, and one was completely white.

Ordinary tigers were killed, and the white one was taken to the palace. The tiger of an unusual color was named Mohan, he lived in the palace for 12 years. Everyone admired the beauty of this proud animal, and the ruler dreamed of getting offspring from his pet. A grown up white tiger was brought together with an ordinary red tigress.

But the birth of babies brought disappointment, and when the male was brought together with his daughter, several red tiger cubs and one white were born. Soon quite a lot of white tigers began to live in the palace, so it was decided to start selling them.

Although white tigers rapidly multiplied, the government of India recognized them as the property of the republic. Soon, albinos were sold outside of India. They appeared in national parks UK, America and other countries. The beauty of white tigers delights everyone.

The white tiger is a subspecies of the Bengal tiger with a special coat color. White tigers have white or cream fur with brownish-black stripes and beautiful blue eyes. These tigers are not classified as a separate subspecies - they are also considered Bengal tigers, but with a genetic mutation. These are quite large animals weighing up to 230 kg and with a body length of up to 3 meters.

Distribution and habitats

See the white tiger vivo very difficult, ten thousand individuals come across only one tiger with such a rare color. In nature, these tigers were found only in a few regions of India. However, they are kept in zoos quite often.

The first white tiger was caught by man in the middle of the last century. Subsequently, other individuals with a white color were obtained from him. Now many zoos in the world contain white tigers, all of them are descendants of the tiger that was caught in the last century.

Food

The white tiger, like all other tigers, is a predator. He is able to hunt large prey - wild boars, deer and other animals. In zoos, tigers are fed fresh raw meat.

Lifestyle

Usually the white tiger is active in the morning and evening, and the rest of the time he prefers to sleep or lie down in some comfortable secluded place. Usually the tiger moves slowly on the ground and does not climb trees. Only small tiger cubs can play climbing trees. The white tiger can swim and loves to swim in hot weather. He is not afraid of winter and easily tolerates low temperatures.

In captivity, tigers breed quite well. Many zoos manage to get healthy offspring of white tigers, but they do not always give birth to the same white tiger cubs. Even if both the female and the male are white, they can have red babies.

• The contours of the stripes of each tiger are individual and never repeat, like human fingerprints.
• The white tiger is not an albino, as it has dark stripes on its coat, and its eyes are not red.
• Many white tigers suffer from kidney disease, poor eyesight, strabismus, clubfoot, and curvature of the spine. All these diseases appear in tigers due to genetic mutations arising from inbreeding.
• Tigers rarely roar, but if they give a voice, then it can be heard at a distance of three kilometers.
• There are approximately 100 white tigers in Indian zoos.

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