Thesis Statement About Tigers

I. Introduction
A. Did you know that the tigers are capable of killing animals over twice of their size
B. Tigers are the largest members of the cat family and are renowned for their power and strength.
C. Tigers have a large head with massive canine teeth and a long muscular and powerful body Thesis Statement: Tigers are fierce predators with a calculated intelligence that makes them one of the leaders out there in their natural environment, most people easily recognize the tiger due to the stripes found on their bodies.

II. Appearance
A. They have powerful large feet are implanted with huge claws. The fur on their body is colored a russet-orange with black stripes.
B. Male tigers are larger than female tigers in comparison.
C.
The grasses they hunt in hide them.
D. Tigers use their distinctive coats as camouflage

III. Food
A. Tigers are carnivores, the majority of their diet is meat and some fat.
B. They primarily feed on wild boar, deer, monkeys, buffalo, antelope, baby elephants.
C. Tigers hunt for prey, which even include fearsome predators such as crocodiles, leopards and pythons.

IV. Habitat
A. Most Tigers live in Asia, specifically throughout Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Russia.
B. Tigers like to live in swamps, grasslands,and rain forests, Usually where Tigers live there are trees, bushes, and clumps of tall grass.
C. Tigers love the water and are very sensitive to heat. Tigers are very powerful swimmers.
D. Most Tigers will soak in water usually after making a kill.

V. Reproduction
A. Tigers don’t have a set season for reproduction to take place.
B. Males are ready to mate when they are approximately 5 years of age. For females it is about 3 years of age.
C. Generally there will be three or pups born at a time
D. By the time that these tiger cubs are from 1 ½ to 2 years of age they are ready to go out on their own

VI. Enemies
A. Human beings are the Tigers worst enemy and other than that Tigers have no enemies.
B. A tiger protects itself by its teeth and sharp claws, it also has the ability to swim or climb into a tree.
C. We can protect the tigers protecting forest, in order to save tigers forests need to be protected. Apparently the species are becoming extinct because of the loss of their natural hábitat. VII. Conclusion
A. As you can see the tiger is a very interesting animal.
B. The tiger are one of nature’s most feared predators
C. Tigers do not normally view humans as prey, but will attack if threatened

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Conclusion
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