3 big cat facts in honor of the Year of the Tiger

• The Cincinnati Zoo keeps Malayan tigers — not Bengals, as one might assume.

🌳 Each tiger has its own individual stripes, which help it blend into tall grasses and trees to hunt.

• They only succeed 10% of the time. But when they do, they can kill with one bite (not surprising, with 3-inch-long canine teeth!).

👃 Scent glands allow tigers to communicate silently. They know the sex, age and reproductive status of neighboring tigers by markings left in their territory.

Of note: People born in a Year of the Tiger are said to be self-assured and strong, but also brash and unpredictable, per the Chinese Language Institute.