Ferocious Swimming Tiger

Although most cats big and small are not fans of the water, tigers love it and actively seek it out as a means to cool themselves during the extreme heat of the day in much of Asia. Tigers are powerful swimmers, capable of traveling up to 4 miles in the water and commonly seen carrying their kills across lakes.

The pictures below are from a gallery of Odin, a white Bengal tiger living in Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo near San Francisco. White tigers are incredibly rare in the wild. There are dozens in zoos, but with the inbreeding of these popular beasts to preserve their special trait, white tigers are more likely to be born with physical defects.