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Asia

Animals found in Asia, and every article about them.

33 animals58 articles

Articles

Size & weight

Early morning in a northern marsh. Something dark lifts its head out of the water, and keeps lifting. By the…

Moose18 min read

Comparisons

Wild tigers and lions never meet, so nobody really knows who would win. On paper the tiger is heavier on…

Lion6 min read

Comparisons

Tigers and grizzly bears live on different continents, so nobody knows who would win. A big Amur tiger and a…

Strength & bite force

A tiger can kill and drag prey about five times its own weight, and its canine bite is modelled at…

Tiger7 min read

Strength & bite force

A captive lioness bit a sensor with 1,594 newtons, about 163 kg of force. No one has ever measured a…

Lion9 min read

Diet & feeding

The King Cobra is a species of venomous snake that is found in the forests of India, in fact all…

Size & weight

An adult male Bengal tiger weighs about 220 kg (480 lb) and a female about 140 kg (300 lb). The…

Records & rankings

An adult tiger usually weighs 75 to 325 kg (165 to 716 lb). Amur males are the heaviest wild tigers…

Tiger9 min read

Conservation & population

Bengal tigers live in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. India has at least 3,167 of them, and tigers range from…

Diet & feeding

Bengal tigers eat mostly deer and wild pigs: chital, sambar and wild boar top the menu. They hunt about once…