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Tiger tiger burning bright!

STRIpE SToRY
“Tigers, except when wounded or when man-eaters, are on the whole very good-tempered...” – Jim Corbett every tiger in the world
Tigers are called Panthera Tigris in Latin, Bagh in Hindi and Bangla, Kaduva in Malayalam and Pedda Puli in Telugu. is unique. They all are
Shalini Oreya, VII B, Bridgeford School, Ranchi designed differently! No
two tigers have the same
TIGER STEALTH pattern of stripes.
black stripes of the animal,
lost in the orange ochre The average male tiger weighs about 180-
sea, 200 kg and the female about 140 kg. even GIVE ME A pAW!
behind a fighter, with their heavy bodies, tigers are not slow
Tiger it is to be. movers. They can reach a speed of up to 65 a tiger’s paw consists
km/h. Tigers hunt at night and like to hunt of a pad and four
behind those yellow eyes, alone and not in groups. They usually kill toes. a fifth toe is
lies an inevitable soul. their victim by biting on their neck or the commonly called the
sharper than the lies, back of their head. Tigers mainly rely on dew claw. They are
as endless as the North Illustration by: their sense of sight and hearing rather than retractable and are
Pole. B Sharanya, VII, Bala Vidya on smell when hunting prey. Tigers may a part of the tiger’s
Mandir, Chennai
Shloka Mashru, IX H, Jamnabai consume up to 40 kg of meat at one time. weaponry.
Narsee School, Mumbai
Manya Chopra, VII A, Gwalior Glory High School,
Gwalior
HoME ALoNE
WATER LoVERS
The female gives birth to her cubs in a den. she rears them
on her own, suckling them until they are six months old. Tigers like water! They are
The cubs venture outside and start eating meat when they good swimmers and are
are eight weeks old. Tiger cubs spend almost two years with very often found cooling off
their mother, which is when she teaches them to hunt. in pools and streams.

CANINE CoMFoRT
The tiger relies heavily on its powerful teeth for survival and if it loses its
canines it can no longer kill. it is likely to starve to death. so, the tiger is
very possessive about its sharp canines. Tigers can bite through bones
with their powerful teeth and jaws!
Samridhi Singh, V, Bridgeford School, Ranchi;
Shivani Antil, IX- D, Delhi Public School, Sonepat

NIGHT VISIoN
Tigers have excellent night vision and can see six times THE pERFECT BoDY
better than humans in the dark. Tigers usually avoid TIGRESS TALK
strong sunlight during the day and like to spend the day The tiger is a personification of perfection. its The tigress likes to remain confined
by sleeping. at dusk the round dark pupils of the eye open muscles are crafted to achieve perfection in to her area and generally hunts
fully and they are able to see everything more clearly. running and killing. That tail! what a mixture of closer to her primary location as
science and nature to create that impeccable compared to her male counterpart.
Shashank Singh, VIII, Raksha Anusandhan Vidyalaya, Dehradun;
S. Syed Muzammil, VII A, Murthuzaviya Oriental Hr. Sec. School, balancing machine! Yet the territories of older females
Chennai
Aditya Shah, VIII H, Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai overlap with that of males.
Extreme top illustration by: Sagar Yadav, IX, Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, Kanpur Aryan Tomar, V, Shiv Nadar School, Noida

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