Tigers

The tiger is one of the most endangered species around the world. Today, there are only an estimated 5.000- 7.000 tigers existing worldwide (D'Silva, Roy) . This number has decreased drastically over the last few years, even though the tiger has few natural enemies. Besides large buffaloes, bears and elephants, humans are its worst enemy. Tigers mainly live in Asia, India and Russia. Due to the wide spread, every tiger sub- spices have adapted to its ecosystem differently, some live in tropical rainforests, mangrove swamps, grasslands or savannas. They have developed in different in size, color and behavior throughout the evolution. There are three main reasons why the tiger is endangered. These include poaching, loss of their natural habitat…

A Tiger for Malgudi is interspersed with various incidents and characters that depict the conflict between tradition and unconventionality. The lively descriptions of villagers with their characteristic terror of the primitive man and of the tiger as “a cave-dweller and jungle beast” carry the reader back to the savage times when man’s foremost preoccupation was to save his race from utter annihilation at the hands of wild beasts. The village and the sheep are symbols of innocence and unalloyed…

The Lady Or The Tiger SUMMARY In a very olden time, there was a half-barbaric king who built an arena in which his offenders would face their fate. In the arena, which people called the arena of the king, the offenders had two doors to choose, behind one waited a hungry tiger which could tear them apart into pieces, and behind the other waited a lady whom the king chose particularly for them. If they chose the lady, they would be assumed innocent, but if they chose the tiger then they would…

The Tasmanian Tiger is also known as Tasmanian Wolf or simply Thylacine. The last one died at Hobart Zoo in 1936 and the species was officially declared as extinct in 1986. Tassie Tigers were secretive and nonterritorial creatures that avoided human contact, hunted at night and lead a typical feline lifestyle. With the arrival of Europeans in Tasmania started their long and painful journey to extinction. In 1888, the government introduced 1£ price for its head, leaving them at the mercy of…

Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger Part A The Tasmanian tiger or the Thylacine was a carnivorous marsupial that became extinct in 1933. According to the Australian Museum, the modern Thylacine made its appearance about 4 million years ago on the Australian mainland. However, it became extinct 2200 years ago on the mainland, possibly due to the competition with the dingo. (Evans.2015). The tiger’s main decline in Tasmania was largely due to the impact that humans had. The biggest cause of extinction…

The coat of a white tiger is not pure white. There are many things about white tigers people didn't know about. Such as, white tiger being bred differently. They are bred through inbreeding which means mom to son, father to daughter, or brother to sister generation after generation. A white tiger is born with defects because the same gene that produces the white coat causes the optical nerve to be wired on the wrong side of the brain. So every white tiger is cross eyed even if they look normal.…

The story of "White Tigers" by Kingston is story written in first person, in which Kingston accompanies a bird who travels up a mountain. Kingston approaches a hut and within the hut are an older couple who offer to provide her with the training necessary to be a warrior. She decides to stay because her parents believe her destiny is to become a warrior. The older people teach her to blend into her environment. At 14, she is blindfolded and instructed to take off into the mountains and perform a…

From the age of two, I have always been interested in working with tigers. My first stuffed animal was a white tiger named Bone Tiger. Once I had Bone Tiger, I took him everywhere with me. As I got older, I would ask my parents for more stuffed animal tigers. Although I collected many stuffed animal tigers throughout my life, I have always kept Bone Tiger. My interest in tigers continued to grow as I got older. I grew up in Medway, MA., which is about 30 minutes from Southwick’s Zoo. Southwick’s…

White Tigers have evolved due to genetic variation. Some people might think, that the white tiger is its own species, but it is not. The white tiger is not an albino form, although some people might think it is it’s actually a different form of Bengal Tiger. The reason, that you never hear of a white tiger being from a Bengal tiger is simple, our minds just don’t think like that. Our minds, well some of the human’s minds go to the fact that a white tiger has got to be its own species. The white…

To start off, I came up with the idea of a tiger as the head, as it is a national symbol, and it is the national animal of Malaysia. While the tiger also indicates bravery and agility in the Malaysian culture. Whereas, I used the orangutan because it is indigenous in the island of Borneo which includes parts of Malaysia. However, the orangutan is often seemed to show happiness and fun. Moreover, I used the Malayan tapir, because it is indeed a unique creature, due to the fact it almost resembles…