The tiger can live in almost any na

The tiger can live in almost any natural environment from hot, steamy jungles to snowfields with sub-zero
temperatures. A female tiger has her first cubs when she is less (1) THAN four years old. About half usually die
before they (2) ARE/REACH a year old. They kill their first small animals when they are about one and leave
their mother a year (3) LATER
Tigers are good swimmers, can climb trees (4) AND eat 23 kilos of meat in a night. They can jump nearly nine
metres, (5) WHICH is about the length of a double-decker bus. A tiger depends (6) ON its sharp eyes and keen
ears. It waits in cover and rushes at the animals it hunts, jumping on (7) THEM. If it fails, it often (8) GIVES up
because it gets tired very easily. It can go for more than a week (9) WITHOUT catching anything.
Tigers communicate by many sounds, including a roar that can be (10) HEARD over several miles. Adult tigers
usually live alone.
(11) BUT/Still/Nevertheless they are quite friendly with each other. They mostly hunt (12) AT/by night. They
often meet while they (13) ARE out hunting, rub heads together and then part.
They have similar bodies (14) TO lions. Nevertheless, (15) THEY never mate together in the wild. Occasionally
they do in zoos and their offspring are called tiglons or tigons.