Tigers

hundreds of film and music reviews. Kalki in his short story “Tiger King” takes his reader into those days where kings lived under the rule of Britishers and were autocratic and eccentric kings. To make his reader more

The White Tiger – A Review  “Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.” - Aravind Adiga Aravind Adiga was born in Chennai during the mid-1970s to parents who hailed from a small city in Karnataka. He was welcomed into a very well educated and well-connected family. He kept the name of his family flying high when he ranked 1st in the State of Karnataka in the SSLC exams in 1990. He also went on

The story White Tiger by Aravind Adiga follows the protagonist Balram in his gradual journey of being powerless to being a powerful and wealthy entrepreneur in India through a letter that he writes to the Premier of China. The struggle to wealth is especially challenging in India and is constantly compared to the metaphor of the Rooster Coop. The metaphor of the Rooster Coop compares rooster in a cage to servants to their masters. Roosters are stucked in a cage and faces grave consequence if they

The saber tooth Tiger went extinct about 12,000 years ago with other megafauna in the Quaternary extinction. These tigers scientific name is Smilodon or Smilodontini. It lived in North America and South America and it was classified by its huge teeth that stick out of its mouth. Some evidence was found in the tar pits of La Brea. Evidence showed that these cats had diseases like arthritis and other crippling diseases. Saber tooth tigers were carnivores and ate lots of the animals that inhabited

White tigers have been endangered since the 20th century. There are now an estimate of 200 white tigers left in the wild, but in 2014 there were over 3,200 white tigers. White tigers are endangered because, White Bengal tigers have also been crossed with Siberian tigers to produce a larger specimen which in turn causes even more genetic problems. For years, breeders and exhibitors have been using the excuse that white tigers are an endangered species so they need to keep breeding them. They live

In the novel “The White Tiger”, the writer utilizes the “Murder Weekly” magazine to draw the line between perception and reality in this Indian society. The narrator depicts that all “drivers and cooks in Delhi” read this magazine and as much as they would love to, they are unable to “slit their masters’ necks.” Aravind Adiga utilizes this magazine as a source of outlet to showcase the harsh reality these workers live in. They are used and abused to the point that rather than having perceived dreams

Sumatran Tigers Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a Sumatran Tiger? Sumatran Tigers are very interesting and fascinating animals who are faced with very rough conditions every day. Sumatran Tigers are listed on the critically endangered list with around 400-500 left in the world. The main reason Sumatran Tigers are on the verge of extinction is because is because of the loss of habitat. “As recently as 1978 the Sumatran Tiger more than 1,000 Sumatran Tigers lived on Sumatra, now there

A tiger – is a predator of the biological family of cats. One of the largest predators, the tiger is inferior in size only to bear – a white and a brown bear. Out of the nine subspecies of tigers known to humankind only six survived: Amur (Siberian) tiger, Bengal tiger, Malayan tiger, Sumatran tiger, Indochinese and South China tiger (Tilson and Nyhus, 2010, p.37). As for the Javan, Bali and Caspian tigers – these subspecies were exterminated by man. Bengal tigers constitute the majority of the

“If the tiger is saved, it will ensure the maintenance of healthy natural ecosystems, not just for tigers, but for everyone.” (Freed)Are is the last line in the novel "Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-Dominated Landscapes.". Tiger conservation is a process that our world has been trying and carefully perfecting over the years, more so after tigers were officially put on the endangered list. Tigers are one of the more popular endangered species in the world and because of the public eye

The Amur tiger, more commonly known as the Siberian tiger’s place origin remains unknown. However, there are two different theories that say otherwise. These big furry friends are scientifically called Panthera tigris altaica. The Siberian tiger is the largest wild cat in the world. It is best known for its unique stripes patterns. These rare designs lay on top of their fur covered skin. An average male tiger weighs around 660 pounds, and a female is about the same capacity, only a few pounds less