White tigers are very rarely found in the wild. In about 100 yeas only 12 white tigers have been seen in the wild in India. They are almost extinct and most of them live in captivity, mostly in zoos. This specific tiger is neither an albino nor a separate subspecies of the tiger. They are beautifully white colored and have black stripes. It has blue eyes and a pink nose. It also has white colored fur. The white tiger is born to a Bengal tiger that has the gene needed for white coloring. A pure white tiger has no stripes and are totally white.
Tigers usually stay in an area from about 10 to 30 square miles where there is enough prey, cover or shelter and water to support them. Territory actually depends on the amount of prey that is available. The more concentrated the prey the smaller an area a tiger needs to survive.
Life span: White tigers in the wild live to be about 10 to 15 years while tigers in zoos usually live between 16 and 20 years.
Diet: Tigers do not hunt in social groups like lions. They are generally solitary animals. In the wild, tigers will eat pig, cattle and deer. They can eat as much as 40 pounds of meat at one time! After such a big meal a tiger will not eat again for several days. White Tigers have 30 large teeth ranging from 2.5 to 3 inches.
Caring for Young: Tigers are generally solitary animals, except when caring for their young. Tigers keep their young with them for 2 or 3 years until the young tigers can defend for themselves.
Michel
I think you need to put more reasons and how the people can help. Sebastian
ResponderEliminarYou give enough information about white tigers, this is a good way to make us think about which may be the reasons why this specie is near extintion (as many others are). Who is responsible, is what we should be worried about, we must ask ourselves why do people tend to destroy instead of thinkikng about effective ways to preserve what nature gives us. Maybe after reading your essay people can send you suggestions of what could be done to prevent or save this tiger of becoming extinct.
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