Friends, I am super excited that today is
World Tiger Day.
In honor of all tigers, I am hosting the Tiger Challenge here on our The Tiniest Tiger’s Conservation Cub Club!
I challenge you to learn 1 new thing about tigers today. When you learn a new tiger fact, please come back here and post the new fact that you learned, so that we can all learn more about the tigers.
Now don’t worry, it doesn’t have to be super scientific, although it can be, but can be anything that you did not know before today about tigers. You can post about any subspecies both past and present, anything at all about tigers!
Go out stalking and hunting, then when you pounce on an interesting fact, drag it back here to share with all of us! Everyone that drags back a fact and shares with us by posting in the comments below will be entered to win a super fantastic prize!
You will win a copy of: The Tiniest Tiger with my paw-tograph,
The Meaning of Meow: Understanding and Caring for Your Cat
And, I might throw in a couple of other fun things too, 😉
Ready, go, pounce!
Congratulations to Amber, the winner of our Tiger Challenge! Amber was chosen by a random number generator. ~purr it up for Amber!~
Thank you everyone for learning more about tigers.
Thanks for speaking up on behalf of tigers. I posted a Jackie Chan video on my site about the tiger trade in Asia. With so few left in the world, we need to care about these incredible cats.
In the 1940s the Armur tiger was close to extinction. There are 6 living subspecies of Tigers.Wild tiger number have fallen by 95% over the last 100 years.All info gotten from WWF website.
Tiger hunting was first banned in 1970! Wow, not too long ago! So Sad! We can’t see that we are destroying our Big Cats and their habits! Thanks to Gracey and Joanne, if we work together, maybe we can get something done! R O A R FOR ALL THE CATS! <3
The Bali Tiger is the smallest of all eight species. (my speakers are not working so i couldnt listen to the video 🙂 ) ps…the mountion lion is the only Big Cat that purrs…I love that fact!)…..Ta ta Gracey, have a nice evening!!
The wild tiger population has decreased by 97% in the last 100 years. Estimates put the number of wild tigers at just 3,200.
Less than half of their offspring live to be 2 years of age much less old enough to reproduce themselves.
Most of these facts are just sad.
Three species of Tiger became extinct in the 20th century. 🙁
On average a tiger can eat up to 60 pounds of meat at one time.
There are only 5 species of tigers left and they are all critically endangered. Of the 5 species left, one is the Siberian tiger. It is estimated that there are only 350-450 left in the wild.
The South China tiger is the most critically endangered of the living tiger subspecies. Scientists estimate there are probably 20 individuals left in the wild. This is especially sad given the honorable place the tiger had in Chinese culture before Mao and for the fact that the South China tiger is the “stem” subspecies from which all the other tiger types emerged.
The roar of a tiger can be heard more than a mile away.
Only 3,200 tigers are left in the wild. 🙁 Gracey, thank you for raising awareness! Purrz!
Fact: A group of tigers is called a streak
Tigers live 10-15 years in the wild, but can live to 20 years in captivity.
The word tiger means arrow and the name comes from the comparison between the speed of the animal and an arrow.
Congrats Amber! That is really a good answer! I didnt know that! Thank you!
It is believed that 12,000 tigers are being kept as private pets in the United States, and 4,000 in captivity in Texas alone! (Wikipedia). This disgusts me! All the more reason…Free Tony The Tiger!!!!
Janet,
ReRun and Mila! Thank you for posting this tiger fact.
Less than half of the offspring survive to the age of 2, which makes conservation even more urgent.
Tiger’s often carry the Chinese mark of ‘Wang’ or ‘King’ on their forehead!
Andrea,
That is one of my favorite facts. Isn’t that interesting?
Well Gracey, since I love baby animals, here is a fact about litters: The average size of a litter is two. I will go and see if I can learn more.
Love you Gracey!