White Tigers are solitary animals

1. White Tigers can eat up 40 pounds of meat in one sitting.

The White Tiger is a carnivorous animal, meaning they hunt, kill, and eat other animals. They use their sharp claws to take down large prey.

2. If you shaved a white tiger, the black stripes are still visible on their skin.

No two tigers have the same pattern of stripes. Their dark stripes are as unique as human fingerprints.

3. White Tigers are solitary animals.

Like all tigers, White Tigers are solitary in their natural environment. They are territorial and like be alone. They do come together to hunt large pray and to mate during mating season.

4. White Tigers need a lot of space.

In their natural habitat, the White Tiger (and all Bengal tigers) would ideally need about 20 square miles of space in which to roam, live and hunt. Captive tigers almost never get this much living space.

5. White Tigers can swim.

Tigers are capable swimmers. Their large webbed paws and muscular bodies help them swim up to seven miles at a time.

6. Their fur can change color.

White Tigers, along with Siamese cats, and Himalayan rabbits, have enzymes in their fur that react to cold temperatures. This causes them to grow darker in the cold.

7. A White Tiger is not an albino tiger.

Contrary to popular belief, a White Tiger is not albino (which is a form that lacks hair and skin color). For a White Tiger to be born, two Bengal tigers with specific recessive genes have to mate.

8. There are no known white tigers in the wild today.

Even thought tigers are meant to be wild animals, there are no known White Tigers in the wild today. The last known wild white tiger was killed in 1958 by a trophy hunter. The last known wild white tiger was killed in 1958.

9. Only around 200 white tigers exist in the world today.

All of them live in captivity in zoos, theme parks, or in exotic pet collections. They are all the results of inbreeding. There are currently no known white tigers in the wild.