2007-01-15 18:48:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
G'day Kenneth Lim,
Thank you for your question.
Tigers are the best athletes of any species of mammalian predators combining strength and speed.
Tigers are built for strength being the largest species of big cat and comparable to any fossil species of big cats. Although different subspecies of tiger have different characteristics, in general male tigers weigh between 200 and 320 kg (440 lb and 700 lb) and females between 120 and 181 kg (265 lb and 400 lb). They can also travel at a peak speed of 60 kph so they are quite fast. They normally ambush their prey so they like hunting in jungles and forests. They can leap as high as five metres and as far as 9 or 10 metres with a spring leap. Females have a territory of 20 square kilometres while males have 60 kilometres so they have stamina.
I have attached sources for your reference.
Regards
2007-01-15 19:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tigers are built for speed and strength because of the structure and characteristics it has!
2007-01-20 12:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by oooo baby! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This link is extremely difficult to navigate in and will require some saavy computer skills but it can be done. There are individual tiger species on the left you can click on for more information. It is very, very long and I don't expect you to read all of it but you can scan the headings and skip uninteresting portions to quicken your search for information on tigers. Here's what my scanning has produced: tigers run at 40 to 66 miles per hour (about 60 to 100 kilometers per hour) and have thick, muscular hindlegs built for speed and spring attacks.
2007-01-16 03:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tigers are fast and very strong but they are far form having much endurance in either attribute. They use their strength and speed capabilities in short bursts so they can make the most of what they do have when stalking prey.
2007-01-16 03:00:31 · answer #4 · answered by B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have the balance of speed and strength as they can jump over fence with their prey on their back(the fence is 2m i am talking about the wild one). They can immediatelly cut off a victim life with their raw strength at the victim neck. But normally tiger ambush it prey rather than face to face. for more info find wikipedia
2007-01-16 03:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by Curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are built for strength to fight back and speed to hunt an animal that is running away.
2007-01-22 14:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by Aror 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strength and speed but most defiantly strength.
2007-01-21 09:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by Garr G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both
2007-01-16 03:18:16 · answer #8 · answered by srinu710 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋