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1. Just-Jon Had this To Say

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   Yes & no….there have only been 12 reported sitings in over 100 hundred years. The reason is that their lack of color does not give them necessary camaflouge to hunt or hide…so they would ahve a difficult time reaching adulthood.
   It is a common misconception that white tigers are found affluently in the wild. White tigers in zoos are there because they were purposely bred that way and because people are mesmerized by the combination of the beautiful color of the tiger’s coat and the contrasting blue eyes.
   In the wild, white tigers are most common in the Bengal tiger breed, the last one believed to have been sited in India in 1951!!!!!! They are rare but to call them endangered is a big mistake, since it is not natural nor beneficial for them to occur in the wild!!! Only about 12 Bengal white tigers have been spotted in the wild in the last 100 years in India. In contrast, in zoos, most white tigers are usually a Bengal/Siberian hybrid which, of course, is also not natural.
   White tigers are NOT albinos. The white color of their coat is caused by a recessive gene. Tigers have genes, genes exist of two parts, called alleles. The cubs each get one allele from the father and one from the mother. In order for the cub to come out white, it needs both alleles to be recessive. It does not happen very often really. For example, if the cub gets two orange coded alleles it will be orange, if it gets only one orange coded allele and one white coded (recessive) allele, the cub still comes out orange. So you can imagine that most cubs turn out orange. The fact that one parent is white or carries a recessive allele for the white color makes not difference: Chances are the cubs come out orange anyway.

2. PISTONS LOVER!! #23 Had this To Say

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   ya i think so=D

3. Penfold Had this To Say

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   Yes, but very unlikely, a male and female tiger must have the same white gene for them to make a white tiger cub,
   The odds are 1 in 20,000 births, and there are only around 10,000 tigers left in the wild

4. sweet Lil Had this To Say

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   Yes, they are albino tigers. They never survive long in the wild because they dont have their natural camouflage, and therefore find it difficult to hunt.

5. Amabo36 Had this To Say

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   Yes, albinos. One just died a few years ago however, so there are about 2 in the world.

6. jenncc20 Had this To Say

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   yes