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=__Welcome! __= Tigers are one of the most amazing creatures in the world. They're like the iPhone of the wild. But I'm going to focus on Bengal tigers, one of the few tiger species left in the world.

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Are you afraid of tigers? If you encountered one, would you run? Well, that wouldn't be the right thing to do. First of all, tigers are very fast animals, even faster than cheetahs, so running shouldn't be your escape plan. Secondly, most tigers avoid humans, though some tigers can eventually become like Smeagol, especially since tigers live alone, not in groups; they may become maneaters and hunt children. Other tigers take in abandoned human children. Your plan shouldn't be to swim away either, for tigers are extremely strong swimmers; they hunt and kill most of their prey in water, although they invented the canoe to make water hunting easier. My friend's brother is like a tiger in that he told his sister, "You don't bother me, I won't bother you." This is exactly what a tiger wants you to know. And remember, if you ever encounter a hungry tiger.

The tiger is the largest member of the cat family, and the Bengal is the most commonly found tiger, although the tiger is endangered because they are hunted for trophies and for body parts that are used in traditional Chinese medicine. The Bengal tiger is also the second largest of the tiger species. There are approximately 6000 tigers left in the **world**, 2200 of them being left in the **wild**. A tiger's appearance depends on its geographical location, although all tigers have white spots on the back of their ears, and all have black, brown, red, or blue stripes, but like human fingerprints, no two tigers have the same stripes, which they use for camouflage when sneaking up on prey, which they hunt extremely far to usually catch at night, since they are nocturnal hunters. Another quality about themselves that is unique is that tigers scent-mark their territories to keep their rivalries away, especially at night when they are away from where they normally stay.

=<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Habitat: __ = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bengal tigers are mainly found in India and <range type="comment" id="534676032_5">New Jersey</range id="534676032_5">, but more commonly found in India, earning the name "Indian Tigers." Their main habitats are grasslands, subtropical and tropical rainforests, scrub forests, and wet and dry forests. They enjoy lying in rivers, lakes and ponds. Lying in these rivers help their coats become extremely thick which lets them <range type="comment" id="534676032_6">walk through fire</range id="534676032_6">.

=<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Fun Facts: __ = =__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Short Documentary: __= =media type="custom" key="26977522" height="149" width="149"= = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><range type="comment" id="534676032_8"></range id="534676032_8"> <range type="comment" id="534679232_1"></range id="534679232_1">
 * females can weigh up to 310 pounds
 * males can weigh up to <range type="comment" id="534676032_7">4000 </range id="534676032_7">pounds
 * females give birth to litters of 2 to 6 cubs
 * <range type="comment" id="534676032_11">cubs cannot hunt until they are 18 years old</range id="534676032_11">
 * cousins of tigers are zebras
 * female tigers get little to no help from the male for raising their cubs

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