1. The Siberian Tiger is the largest of all the tiger subspecies.
2. Like a human's fingerprints are one of kind, no two tigers share the same stripe pattern.
3. In 1959, the South China tiger was declared a pest by the government and hunting them was considered a help to the people. The population fell from 4,000 in 1959 to less than 200 by 1982. The South China tiger has not been seen in the wild for more than 20 years and has now been declared extinct in the wild.
4. A tiger is diurnal, meaning its peak times of activity are at dawn and dusk.
5. The heaviest tiger in recorded history was a Siberian tiger that weighed 1,025 pounds (465 kilograms).
6. The Sumatran tiger can only be found on the Islands of Sumatra. There are fewer than 500 left.
7. Tiger cubs are born blind.
8. A fully grown Siberian tiger can reach a length of 13 feet (3.96 meters).
9. There are eight subspecies of tiger: Bengal (also known as Indian), Indo-Chinese, Sumatran, Siberian (also known as Amur), South China, Caspian, Java, and Bali. Caspian, Java and Bali tigers are extinct.
10. A tiger's roar can be heard up to more than a mile away.
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