A tiger is a big cat.
A tiger has stripes.
Tigers can swim.
Tigers eat deer.
Tigers live in Asia.
A tiger hunts at night.
Words to know
- stripes: dark lines
- Asia: a big land
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Meet the Tiger
Tigers: How do tigers hunt, and why do they have stripes?
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Sources
- https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/tiger
- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/tiger
- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Panthera_tigris/
- https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/tiger
- https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/tigers
- https://www.brookfieldzoo.org/animals/amur-tiger
- https://www.oregonzoo.org/animals/amur-tiger
- https://panthera.org/tiger
- https://www.panthera.org/tigers-forever
- https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/tiger/senses/
- https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/may/camouflage-study.html
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