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Attitude # The Royal Bengal Tiger # viral # shorts Royal Bengal Tiger, is the largest, fiercest, and most powerful member of the Big Cat family in India.

Royal Bengal Tigers are also known as Indian Tiger and Bengal Tiger. They constitute a large population of tiger families in the world. The Bengal tiger is the National animal of India and is found mostly in India, China, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Burma.

The biological name of this Big Cat is Panthera Tigris, which comes under the Felidae family under the Mammalia category.

No two Bengal tigers look alike! Every Bengal Tigers has a unique stripe pattern. We may have seen many tigers in our life, but no two tigers have similar strip patterns. Every tiger on earth has a distinct striped pattern which makes them different from other tigers and makes it easy in counting them during the tiger census.
Their color ranges from yellow to light orange, with stripes from dark brown to black. Some of the Bengal Tigers are white in color, You can find a White Bengal Tiger in Bandhavgarh National Park.

The tail is orange in color with black rings. Unlike the other white tigers that have blue eyes, Bengal tigers have yellow irises.

Royal Bengal Tiger’s physical characteristics

Life Span- They live for 10 to 15 years.
Average Body Weight- Male Bengal Tigers weigh around 225 kg whereas Females Bengal Tigers weigh around 135 kg.
Height- On average Male Bengal Tiger measures around 9 feet in length and a Female Bengal Tiger measures around 8 feet in length.
Teeth- They have exceptionally strong teeth, with lengths from 7.5 to 10 cm.
Tail- Their tail length is between 33 to 43 inches long.

What do Bengal Tigers eat?

So what is Bengal Tiger’s diet? As we all know the basic nature of tigers is Carnivores, They mainly survive on mammals and animals like Deer, Antelope, Wild Boar, Guars, etc.

Tigers can eat up to 40 kg of meat in one go. They have expertise in hunting and They are born killers. They apply a strategy to catch the prey and take the life out of them instantly.

Tigers mostly hunt during nighttime. They are very dedicated to their prey; Royal Bengal Tigers can climb trees for their prey even though they are not good climbers of the tree. They are very powerful and can drag a ton of weighted bison.
Being fierce in nature, Royal Bengal Tigers are not much friendly in nature and live a solitary life, except in winter when they can be seen in a group of 3 or 4.

Bengal tigers are fast runners and good swimmers.
Tigers attack their prey in stealth mode.
They are usually spotted in swamps, mangroves, and grasslands. Generally, they do not wait for a particular season for mating but during winter mating rate is high. Royal Bengal Tiger delivers a litter of 4-5 cubs and their gestation period is of 3 months.

Royal Bengal Tigers have very sharp memories, they never forget the faces. Their memory is sharper than humans and other animals. These tigers never roar, while fighting with other tigers they hiss and fluff.

Interesting Facts about Royal Bengal Tiger

Below are some of the amazing Bengal Tiger facts

Royal Bengal Tiger’s saliva has an antiseptic property that is when they get injured, they lick themselves which heals the wound. This also stops the bleeding.
They are very protective and caring for their family and litter.
They can run-up to the speed of 60 km/h
To mark their area of terrain, they spray the rocks and trees nearby to it with a mixture of urine and musk.
Tigers are nocturnal. Most of the prey that a tiger approach is at night time.
Bengal Tigers are an ambush hunters.
Tiger’s Roar can be heard miles away.
Bengal Tigers are good swimmers as well.
Royal Bengal Tigers have the biggest canine of all the big cats. Bengal Tiger canine can measure up to 4 inches.

Less Known Facts About Royal Bengal Tiger

Bengal Tigers never roam in a group like Lions
Every Tiger has a white spot at the back of its ears, It usually seems like eyes from the back, to an attacker.
Both the rear legs of a Tiger are slightly longer than the front legs. Because of that, a tiger is able to jump almost 20-30 ft ahead.
Tiger’s vision is many times better than humans and that makes them a super hunters at night time.
A newborn Bengal Tiger cub opens their eyes in 10-12 Days and completely relies on her mother during this period. And they do not have a full vision for a few weeks sometime.
Only 50% of tiger cubs survive and make it to adulthood.
A tiger’s tail helps them a lot in taking sharp turns while chasing their prey.
Only 10-15% of the chase a Royal Bengal Tiger makes, turns into a kill.
Not only the fur, but the Tigers have stripes on their skins as well. Tigers are the only animals with completely stripped bodies.
Royal Bengal Tiger Population in India

We can find the largest population of Royal Bengal Tigers in India. As per the latest tiger census report 2019, there are 2,967 Royal Bengal tigers in India. India has more than 75% of the total tiger population.