Tigers are icons of beauty and power, but the importance of their conservation has never been more pressing. Learn five surprising facts about these striped felines, Including how large the cats can grow to be, an adaptation some developed for swimming, and how much the wild tiger populations have drastically declined in the past 100 years.

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