Tiger in the Jungle

Tiger in the Jungle

Tigers or Panthera tigris, are the larges species of cat.  They have stripes that are visible even if their hair is shaved.  The makes are much bigger than the females.  A male tiger, counting the tail, can be almost 13 feet long.  That is almost 4 meters long.  A large male can weigh up to 675 lbs or 306 kg. 

Tigers once ranged all over most of Asia.  Now their territory has been reduced by 93%.  It is estimatred that there are about 3,900 tigers in the wild.  That population went up slightly recently.  But there were once tens of thousands of tigers in the wild.  It is estimated that in 1900 there were 100,000 tigers in the world, most in the wild.  

Tigers hunt wild boars, ungulates in general, like deer, and whatever they can catch.  A very few tigers become man eaters.  Most do not.  Most tigers try to avoid man.  Tigers are also unique among cats in that they LIKE water.  Most members of the cat family do not.  

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Jaguar attacking a Caimen

Lion Family

Three Nephite Disciples in a den of Jaguars

(See Book of Mormon, Another Witness for Christ 4 Nephi chapter 1 verse 33)

Cougar by a Pine Tree