Tigers will usually run away from people. Some people think that Siberian tigers are white because they live in the snow. But that is not true. Siberian tigers are orange with black stripes. White tigers are a genetic rarity that occurs in India.
Tigers are the only wild cats that have stripes.
These stripes help camouflage the tiger, making it hard for people or other animals to see them in the forest, and making it easier for the tiger to get very close to the animals it is stalking for food. The Siberian tiger is an endangered sub-species. It is estimated that there are no more than 300 left in the wild. There are many more in captivity than there are roaming free. Historically, eight closely related sub-species of tigers lived extensively in Russia, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, India, and Nepal.