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Title
Tiger Tiger
Artist
Stephanie Grant
Medium
Digital Art - Digital
Description
This digital abstract was inspired by the famous William Blake poem. The Tiger
TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and weighing up to 388.7 kg (857 lb) in the wild. Its most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. The species is classified in the genus Panthera with the lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard. Tigers are apex predators, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and bovids. They are territorial and generally solitary but social animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirements. This coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans.
Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other. Major reasons for population decline include destruction, habitat and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2(457,497 sq mi), a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1990s.
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November 14th, 2015
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Thousand Oaks, CA - United States
Thank you so much Barbie for the feature in The 200 Club, I really appreciate it!
Greenwich, CT - United States
Wonderful digital artwork, Stephanie! Congratulations on your photograph being selected by Barbie as a feature in The 200 Club! F/L
Thousand Oaks, CA - United States
Many thanks Dan for the feature in Premium FAA Artists, I appreciate it very much!
Casale Monferrato, Al - Italy
Fascinating and mysterious, wonderful expression and so pleasant color contrast! l/f
Thousand Oaks, CA - United States
Thank you so much Mariola for the feature in Wildlife ONE A DAY, I really appreciate it.
Thousand Oaks, CA - United States
Thank you so much Becky for the feature in Black Backgrounds, I really appreciate it.
Norton, Ma - United States
Thank you for the addition to the FAA Portraits gallery and congratulations on being featured!
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