Why does every tiger have different stripes?

Question: Why does every tiger have different stripes?
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  individual,
  marking,
  stripe,
  tiger
Asked by joyburgess to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 18 Jun 2012.
- Joanna Cruden answered on 18 Jun 2012:
  
  Stripes are just individual to the animal wondering why they have different stripes is similar to wondering why we humans don’t all look the same; it is down to the genetic background of each animal. They have striped to camouflage themselves to hide from prey

Question: Why does every tiger have different stripes?