Tigers are mostly solitary creatures, only staying together for a brief time to mate. They are usually not hostile toward each other. When they meet, they rub heads together as a greeting, and then go their separate ways. Adult males claim their territory, which averages about twenty square miles, by marking the land with their scent. A male tiger has more territory than a female tiger. As a matter of fact, the male's land overlaps 2 or 3 of the female tiger's land. Some tigers have no territory at all, and wander freely through the jungle. A roar from a tiger can be heard for over two miles!

When tigers mate, a male meets up with a female for about three weeks. They must hurry because the female is only fertile for three to five days. After the three weeks are up, the male tiger returns to it's territory. A female tiger has her first cubs at three-point-five to four years into her life. The gestation period for them is only three months, two weeks. The tigress has one to six cubs, which are dependant on the mother for food until they are one-year olds. They are very playfull, like house cat kittens. The cubs are completely self-reliant at two, when the females settle close to the mother, and the males go to a location much further away from their parent.

Male tigers also have a bigger tuft of fur around their faces than the females do. Tigers swim, to travel and to cool down. They can also climb trees, but rarely do. They are nocturnal, and hunt at night. In the wild, tigers live to about twenty, which is a very long life compared to a house cat.