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“Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” – Jorge Luis Borges

“Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.” – Madonna

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Tiger Facts

* More tigers now live in captivity in America than globally in the wild.

http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/press_centre/?unewsid=6755

* Every tiger in the world is unique – no two tigers have the same pattern of stripes.

* Unlike most members of the cat family, tigers like water. They are good swimmers and often cool off in pools or streams.

* These fierce felines have walked the earth for a long time. Fossil remains of tigers found in parts of China are believed to be 2 million years old.

* Today, there are five subspecies of tiger: Bengal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran and Siberian.

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