Description: What it looks like. (We thought of these sentences by ourselves)
Tigers can be orange with black stripes.
Tigers can be yellowish brown with black stripes.
Tigers have fur.
Tigers have sharp claws and teeth.
Size: How big it is. (We learned how to be sure to tell where we get out information if we ever copy and paste text from the internet)
Indian, or Bengal, tigers may weigh from about 300 to 550 pounds (135 to 250 kilograms) and are about the size of a lion.
13 feet (4 meters) from its nose to the tip of its tail
Habitat: Where the animal lives
Tigers live in jungles and forests.
Tigers only live in Asia. Except for the ones that live in zoos.
**Zookeepers (zoologists) help animals stay alive, even when they don't live where they are supposed to be.
Food:
Tigers eat meat: buffalo, wild pigs, deer, antelope, and monkeys--they can also eat wild horses and camels depending on where they live.
Interesting Fact:
We still want to know how people learn to take care of tigers. How do they get over being afraid of them?
("Tigers." Reviewed by Robert M. McClung. The New Book of Knowledge®. 2010. Grolier Online. 12 May 2010 <http://nbk.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=a2029250-h>)