Extended data
Tigers are typical mountain animals, which can survive well from tropical rain forests and evergreen broad-leaved forests in the south to deciduous broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in the north. Tigers often act alone, and only in the breeding season do males and females live together. There are no fixed nests, and most of them wander in the mountains for food. Can swim.
Tigers are more active at dusk, more dormant during the day and rarely come out without being disturbed. Tigers have a wide range of activities, and their daily foraging activities can reach dozens of kilometers in the north; In the south, because there is more food, the movement distance is shorter.
habitat
Tigers are typical mountain forest animals, which can live well from tropical rain forests and evergreen broad-leaved forests in the south to deciduous broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in the north. In the northeast of China, it often appears in mountainous areas, such as ridges, bushes, rock or gravel ponds, etc. In order to hunt.
Living habits
1 region
Tigers often act alone, and only in the breeding season do males and females live together. Every tiger has its own territory. When the male tiger and the female tiger patrol the territory, they will raise their tails and spray secretions and urine with strong smell on tree trunks or bushes to delimit their sphere of influence. Tigers have a large range of activities, generally 100-400 square kilometers, and the largest can reach more than 900 square kilometers.
2. Behavior
There are no fixed nests, and most of them wander in the mountains for food. Can swim. Due to the development of forest areas and the surge of population, remote areas have developed into villages and towns in the past, and tigers often forage near forest settlements. Tigers are more active at dusk, more dormant during the day and rarely come out without being disturbed. Tigers don't like hot weather because they lack sweat glands. When summer comes, they always look around for shade.
3. Predation behavior
The tiger's most complex attack weapon is its thick teeth and retractable claws. Predation is extremely fierce, rapid and decisive, and the principle is to consume the least energy to get as much as possible. Tigers have no natural enemies in Asia. Because of the thick meat pad on his feet, the tiger is quiet and alert when he moves. When it walks in the snow, its hind foot can accurately step on the footprints of its front foot.