"The white tiger is a white variant of the tiger.

There are three known species of tigers with the gene for albinism, namely the Bengal tiger, the Northeast tiger and the South China tiger.

White, In nature, many animals, including humans, have this "albino" phenomenon, but in humans it is a disease, whereas a white tiger does not have albinism.

If a tiger is suffering from albinism, its entire body, including its markings, will be white.

According to scientific research, white tigers are formed by a genetic mutation that occurs in the offspring of common tigers when they are mated, and the mutation must be in a gene that controls body pigmentation.

How low is it?

Let's just say that there are about 200 white tigers worldwide, all of which are basically descendants of the wild Bengal tiger captured in India in 1951.

White tigers hunt mostly at night and, thanks to their keen hearing, sharp teeth, retractable claws and concealing stripes, they are not very fast, but they are skilful in catching their prey.

The white tiger is a big eater, eating about 29 kg of meat a day, the equivalent of 15 chickens.

Because of the reduction in habitat, tigers are forced to hunt different animals, from small monkeys to one-ton bison, which can become food for tigers.

Most of the extant white tigers are Bengal tigers and most of them are descendants of that wild Bengal white tiger from the 1950s, so inbreeding is a big problem.

Therefore, in order to keep Bengal white tigers as inbred as possible, zoos breed white tigers by mostly using intraspecific crosses between Bengal white tigers and northeastern tigers.

Of course, there are cases where two white tigers are allowed to breed, but even two male and female Bengal tigers only have a maximum 25% chance of producing white offspring.

So the chances of producing a white tiger by crossing a Bengal tiger with a northeastern tiger will be small.