Just like your fingerprints, every tiger has its own unique pattern of stripes.
Just like your fingerprints, every tiger has its own unique pattern of stripes. Scientists use cameras hidden in forests to photograph tigers and identify each one by its stripes. India is home to more than half of the world's wild tigers. Protecting forests helps tigers, and many other animals too. Next time you see a tiger picture, count and compare the stripes!
Reported by Neel, Class 5, Evergreen Academy, Dehradun (young reporter).