Tigers eat where they can. Since only 3 in 10 hunts are successful, when a tiger does catch prey, it will gorge itself on as much as 40 pounds of meat at one time. Then it may not eat again for a couple of days. Wild pig, wild cattle and deer are it's major prey. Unlike wild tigers which kill their prey and then gorge, tigers that live in zoos eat a daily meal of about 10 pounds of horse meat and vitamins.
Scientists think tiger stripes act as camouflage that help tigers hide from their prey.
The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies, and the Siberian tiger has the fewest stripes. Every tiger's pattern of stripes is different, much like your fingerprints. Tiger's hunt alone. Late in the afternoon the tiger rises from it's rest and begins the search for prey, often traveling more than 12 miles, alert to the slightest noise or movement. The tiger uses it's natural camouflage and the coverage of vegetation to move within a few feet of it's prey, carefully putting one foot in front of the other so as not to make any noise.