{"product_id":"save-thetigers-isbn-9780593404218","title":"Save the...Tigers","description":"\u003cb\u003eTigers have roared and pounced their ways into kids' hearts. With this book, readers can become tiger experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid you know that a tiger roar can be heard from two miles away? Or that tiger saliva prevents infection? Or how about that a tiger's urine smells like buttered popcorn? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for all animal lovers--and tiger fans in particular--this book is filled with information that young readers will love to learn. From where tiger habitats are found to what it's like to be a tiger to why tigers are endangered and who has been working hard to save them, this gives readers all the facts they know to become tiger experts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplete with black-and-white photographs, a list of fun tiger facts, and things that kids can do right this very moment to help save tigers from extinction, this book, with an introduction by animal advocate Chelsea Clinton, is a must for every family, school, and community library.\"A solid addition to the chorus of appeals to preserve a rare and magnificent creature.\" \u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Taylor-Butler \u003c\/b\u003e(she\/her) is the author of more than eighty fiction and nonfiction books for children. A graduate of MIT, she holds degrees in both civil engineering and art \u0026amp; design. She has served as a past literary awards judge for We Need Diverse Books and the Society of Midland Authors. She is an inaugural member of SteaMG, an alliance of middle grade science fiction authors. You can visit her online at christinetaylorbutler.com and follow her on Twitter @christinetb. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChelsea Clinton\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/her) is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eShe Persisted, She Persisted Around the World, She Persisted in Sports, She Persisted in Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon't Let Them Disappear, It's Your World\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Start Now!, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eGrandma's Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Gutsy Women, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich she wrote\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewith Hillary Clinton, and \u003ci\u003eGoverning Global Health \u003c\/i\u003ewith Devi Sridhar. Chelsea earned a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, where she is now an adjunct assistant professor, and a PhD in international relations from Oxford University. She is also the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, where she works on many initiatives, including those that help empower the next generation of leaders. She lives in New York City with her husband, Marc, their three children and their dog, Soren.\u003cb\u003e1\u003cbr\u003eHome on the Range\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you wanted to find a tiger, you might try looking in a rainforest. Or you might try a swamp. Of course you might also try looking in places with plenty of tall grass. A savanna would do quite nicely. Even a cold, frozen tundra would work. But even though tigers live in many climates, there is only one continent where you will find wild tigers. That continent is Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTigers in the Wild\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How many tigers are still living in the wild? That’s not an easy question to answer. Scientists think there were once one hundred thousand tigers living in Asia. That’s enough tigers to fill every seat in the Roman Colosseum twice. Today there are probably fewer than four thousand tigers still living in the wild, so the seats would be almost empty. To find the tigers that remain, be prepared to travel. There are only six subspecies (or types) of tigers left on Earth. But they don’t live in the same places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sumatran tigers live in tropical rainforests and mangrove swamps. Because Sumatra is an Indonesian island, these tigers don’t ever come in contact with other types of tigers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Indochinese tigers are found in the evergreen forests and mountains of Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, and southern China. There might be tigers in Cambodia and Laos, but no one has seen any recently, so we don’t know for sure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Malayan tigers live in dense, moist tropical forests and brush on a strip of land called the Malay Peninsula. It is surrounded by water on three sides and contains parts of Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Siberian tigers (also known as Amur tigers) live in the north where it’s often cold and snowy. They make their homes in Chinese and Russian pine forests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sadly there are only a few South China tigers left on Earth. To keep them from becoming extinct, the few that remained were first moved to Chinese zoos for breeding. But the tigers did not thrive at the zoos. No cubs were born. Now they are being relocated to captive reserves, where they’ll live until they can be released into the wild. Combined, these five types of tigers are only a small fraction of the tigers still living in the wild. The rest live in India. In 2018, scientists counted almost three thousand Bengal tigers living in that country’s forests and grasslands. That’s three-quarters of all the wild tigers on the planet!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These tiger counts are estimates because scientists have found it difficult to count them. You may be wondering why. Well, Asia is gigantic! It contains 30 percent of all the land on our planet. At more than 17 million square miles, it’s so big it could hold two North Americas—or five Europes. If you spread the tigers out across the continent, there would only be one every 4,250 square miles. So finding those tigers is not easy to do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Very Big Territory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But all that space isn’t so bad for the tigers! They are solitary creatures that live and hunt alone on land called a territory or home range. A male tiger’s home range overlaps with the home ranges of two or more female tigers. The male visits long enough to start a family then leaves to patrol his territory and hunt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The size of each home range depends on how much food is available. If there are plenty of animals to hunt, the range might be as small as nineteen square miles, making those tigers easier to track.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If food is scarce, the range will be much larger. Siberian tigers have the largest home range, almost four thousand square miles. That’s partly because there aren’t a lot of people or cities to get in their way. Because their home range is so large, they might overlap with another home range. But you would rarely see two male tigers in the same place at the same time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The right habitat provides shelter for raising a family. A female tiger, or tigress, raises her cubs by herself. To do this she creates a home called a den. The den might be in a cave or a hollow tree. Other times it will be in thick grass or a clump of small trees and shrubs. The den hides her cubs from predators (other animals that might harm them) while she is out hunting for food. If the den stops being safe, the tigress will use her mouth to grab each cub by the neck and carry them, one by one, to a new den.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So as you can see, finding a wild tiger is hard. They are constantly moving around to find shelter, to find safety and to find food!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMeat for Dinner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a typical week, you probably eat a variety of food groups. That makes you an omnivore.  Tigers are carnivores. Their bodies do not need the fruits or vegetables that people eat to stay healthy. Instead, they eat as much as eighty pounds of raw meat in a single night. Meat protein helps tigers build and maintain strong muscles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How does a tiger get that much meat? They’re apex predators. Apex predators are animals at the top of the food chain. They have few natural enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When most tigers chase their prey (the animals they’re going to eat), they can run as fast as forty miles per hour. That’s faster than the speed of many cars on a city street. Siberian tigers are the fastest. They can run sixty miles per hour, which is about as fast as cars on some highways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Even so, tigers weigh hundreds of pounds. All that weight makes it hard for them to run long distances. Instead, tigers are ambush hunters. They may hide behind a tree, a clump of tall grass or a group of large rocks until an animal passes by. They might follow their prey for up to a half hour. When the tiger gets close enough, it will sprint forward and pounce before the prey has a chance to escape. The tiger holds on to its prey’s neck until it stops breathing. If other predators are nearby, the tiger will drag its prey to a safe place to keep from having to share the meal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not all tigers eat the same animals. Remember, Asia contains many different habitats. A tiger in Sumatra might eat fish, monkeys, wild boar or deer. A tiger in Thailand might eat antelope, turtles and pigs. A Malayan tiger might eat all of those things plus elephant and rhinoceros calves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unfortunately for the tigers, not all hunts are successful. Scientists estimate that a tiger catches prey once out of every twenty attempts. Those are not great odds for a hungry tiger. When prey is scarce, tigers may sometimes eat insects like termites. A pound of termites contains more fat and protein than a pound of steak. But termites are tiny. It would be impossible to eat enough of them to satisfy a tiger’s appetite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Have you ever heard someone say “man-eating tiger”? That’s an unfair label. Tigers rarely attack humans unless they are sick and too weak to hunt for their normal prey. Tigers mostly avoid us. To be on the safe side, some people wear masks on the back of their heads or hats with eyes when walking through an area where a tiger has been seen. This tricks the tiger into thinking the humans are always facing it, so there’s no opportunity to ambush them from behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChampion Swimmers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In addition to meat, tigers also need water, and the best home ranges have large sources of fresh water for them to drink from. Tigers are also very good swimmers. Their powerful muscles and big, strong paws allow them to paddle long distances and catch fish without sinking. The webbing between their toes helps them to push the water away as they swim. If it is hot outside, water also helps them stay cool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So be careful if you’re in a river or pond in a tiger’s home range—you may end up swimming with one of the most powerful cats in the world!","brand":"Philomel Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302328422629,"sku":"NP9780593404218","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593404218.jpg?v=1767736142","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/save-thetigers-isbn-9780593404218","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}