Hey guys it's Kerry we are celebrating world international
tiger day this is to raise awareness for tiger conservation
the aim of the day is to help promote a worldwide
system whereby we are dedicated to protecting tigers
and their natural habitats as top predators tigers help to keep
their environment healthy it's the way things naturally work in
the wild
tigers prey on herbivores such as deer without enough tigers to eat them
herbivores can overgraze and damage the land disrupting
the balance of the local environment
over a thousand years ago the Roman Empire was at its peak
tigers with their great strength were used for entertainment purposes
in Colosseum games
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the tiger's digestion which is the process of
converting meat to protein which it needed for energy
is significantly less complicated in carnivores
than it is to convert grass to protein as
some herbivores require
carnivores do not require the vast amount of microscopic bacteria
living in their intestines to break down indigestible plant cellulose
therefore tigers and other carnivores have small
and lightweight stomachs that do not hinder them
when they are accelerating quickly to chase prey!
tiger eyes have large lenses and pupils that increase the amount of light let
into the eye this characteristic helps the tiger
with night vision and when there are low levels of light
available
in addition to the upper and lower eyelids that protect the eye
cats and other animals such as crocodilians have a nictitating membrane
on each eye that helps keep it moist and removes dust from the surface
in general cats only require about one sixth of the light humans do, to see
with reproduction females advertise their readiness to mate
by scent marking home ranges with distinctive smelling urine
there is much vocalization and interaction with encircling each other
copulation is brief and repeated frequently
for five or six days
several days of mating interactions may be required to stimulate
ovulation and guarantee fertilization of the egg
this frequency is facilitated by the baculum bone in the penis
tiger's whiskers help them navigate their way
the mystacial whiskers are located on the tiger's muzzle
and are used when attacking prey and navigating in the dark
the tiger uses these whiskers to sense where they should inflict a bite
superciliary whiskers are located above the
eyes cheek whiskers are located just behind the mystacial whiskers on the
cheeks carpal whiskers are located on the back
of the tiger's front legs tylotrich whiskers are located
randomly throughout the body asiatic wild dogs called dohls
may prey upon tigers but these rare attacks
are usually countered with drastic losses to the
dohl's pack humans are the greatest threat
to all tiger populations
habitat loss and fragmentation occurs when land is modified for agricultural
purposes logging and land conversion for grazing
domestic animals
poaching and traditional chinese medicines
are other reasons why tigers are killed
the tiger is protected under the convention
on international trade in endangered species
of wild fauna and flora known as sites c-i-t-e-s an
agreement among 175 nations to ensure that international
trade in specimens of wild animals and plants
does not threaten their survival
in 1973 the Indian government declared the tiger India's national
animal bannedd hunting and set up a conservation
scheme called project tiger there are 50
reserves today under the program
tiger numbers are now increasing which is great news
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