They weigh between 400 to 700 pounds. They can be up to 9 to 12 feet in length, having a long, thick winter coat. To flush a tiger out of a dense thicket, all that is used is a long white sheet, which the trackers hold as they walk the length of the area, while making loud noises. Tigers fear this ghost like image. The tigers eyes are the brightest of any animal on earth.
Siberian tigers live in the Amur-Ussuri region of Siberia, in northern Korea and China.
It is believed that there are only 200 of these magnificant creatures left in in the wild. The bengal tiger is the most numerous, being second in size to the siberian tiger, there are approximately 3,000 to 4,700 thousand left in the wild. All of these tigers suffer from the same dilema. Their habitat is being rapidly destroyed by man, and they are being killed by poachers for their fur and all other body parts. Many chinese people believe the testicles of these animals made into a soup will help their own sexual drive.