Life Of Pi
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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ALL ABOUT THE TIGERS
- Tigers are the largest members of the cat family
- Their diets consit of ambar,wild pigs and deer
- In the 1900's the tiger populatins was around 100,000
- Today they are estimated around 3,000-4,500
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Bengal tiger: Less than 2,000
Indochinese tiger: 750-1,300
Siberian tiger: Around 450
Sumatran tiger: 400-500
Malayan tiger: 600-800
South Chinese tiger: Extinct in the wild
Caspian tiger: Extinct
Javan tiger: Extinct
Bali tiger: Extinct…
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The Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies.
The Bengal tiger is native to India
Since 2010, it has been classified as endangered by the IUCN
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- Pi’s companion throughout his ordeal at sea is Richard Parker
- 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
- Originally, a hunter named Richard Parker baptized the tiger with the name "Thirsty"
- But in a paperwork mix-up, the tiger ends up with the name Richard Parker.
- And the hunter with the name Thirsty
Photo by Sprengben [why not get a friend]
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- Pi trains Richard Parker
- He does so buy association the sound of a whistle
- With sea Sickness
- Once Pi has trained him it become much easier for them to interact
- Bengal tiger are like many other tigers and do not like to be dominated
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- Depending on which of Pi's stories you believe
- Richard Parker is either a real tiger
- or
- he's simply a very developed figment of Pi's imagination.
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- No matter what story you belive
- Pi learns manny things from Richard Parker
- Including the way to engage with the actual physical world
- This is a pricless life lesson and will stay with pi forever.
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