JOURNALING: Over the last 150 years, the tigers' range has shrunk by nearly 95%. There are estimated to be around 3,900 tigers left in the wild. The largest number of wild tigers are in India.
Tigers have soft toe pads which help them walk silently through their habitat. A Tiger typically will travel 6-12 miles during a night's hunting. A tiger's stripes act as camouflage, allowing it to blend in with its surroundings for stalking and ambushing its prey.
A large deer can provide a tiger with one week's food, but only one out of every ten hunts is successful. Tigers are usually solitary in nature, interacting briefly only for mating purposes and occasionally to share their kill. Tiger cubs are born blind and only half of the cubs survive to adulthood.
CREDITS: PHOTOS - Center: Julissa Helmuth from Pexels; Others: Shutterstock; TIGER FACTS - Mostly from World Wildlife Fund; SKETCH - based on sketch by mommatrish; KITS - "Zoo-tastic", Clever Monkey Graphics; "Falling Apart", Erica Zane
