The Siberian Tiger (for Spotlight 10)

Friday, the twenty-fourth of January

Classwork

the Siberian (Amur) Tiger

[ðə saiˈbiəriən (əˈmʊə)ˈtaigə]

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indigenous to

[inˈdidʒinəs]

Russia

China

North Korea

the Siberian Tiger can 1) reach

a length of 286 cm

which 2) makes it the largest living tiger.

Siberian Tigers are fierce predators

[ fiəs ]

Siberian Tigers hunt wild boar [ bɔ: (r) ]

and elk

the Siberian Tiger moves

through its territory 4) alone

! In the dark tigers can see about six times better than humans

keen vision and powerful

5) sense of smell

it sneaks on its prey stealthily

[ ˈstelθili ]

its stripes help camouflage it

6) in the tall grass [ ˈkæməflɑ:ʒ ]

it can leap 3 metres in a single bound

There are only a few hundred Siberian tigers left in Russia and 7) even fewer in China and North Korea

Siberian tigers are listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation

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