Tiger Walk: 1

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Singapore Tiger Week brought together stakeholders in combatting the illegal wildlife trade and poaching, the conservation community and supporting agencies, embassies of ASEAN countries based in Singapore, other international embassies interested in contributing to tiger conservation, private sectors keen on biodiversity conservation, and the general public.

But that experience at Alabama gave Swinney an idea, one he was able to execute for the first time in October 2008, when he became Clemson’s interim head coach.The tiger's tongue is covered with numerous small, sharp, rear-facing projections called papillae. These papillae gives the tongue is rough, rasping texture and is designed to help strip feathers, fur and meat from prey. Hair & Coloration A tiger’s front paws are large and strong to bring down prey. The claws can be pulled inside while the tiger walks, which helps keep the claws sharp. Tigers also use their claws to mark their territory by scratching on trees. Conveniently, this also sharpens the claws. Tigers possess two types of hair, guard hair and underfur. The guard hairs are longer and more durable than the underfur and mainly function for protection purposes. The primary function of the tiger's hair is for warmth. The underfur traps air which insulates the tiger's body thereby keeping it warm. Tigers' powerful jaw muscles are attached to a bony ridge that lay on top of the skull called the sagittal crest. These muscles function to rapidly clamp down on prey with crushing force. Tiger Walk began to get legs a quarter-century ago, when coach Doug Barfield urged the fans to line the streets. Barfield, who now works at the Alabama High School Athletic Association, dismisses the notion that he has any ownership. But Tiger Walk didn't become Tiger Walk until 1989, when Alabama came to Auburn for the first time in the history of the sport's most fevered intrastate rivalry.

When Dabo Swinney was a football student-athlete at Alabama between 1989-92, the Crimson Tide arrived on Bryant Drive at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and thousands of Alabama fans were there to greet the team. It was an emotional moment for Swinney and his teammates every time they arrived on gameday.That first week, his head was spinning with ideas. I can attest to that because I got a lot of late-night phone calls from him. In the beginning, in the 1960s -- before Tiger Walk became "the most copied tradition in all of college football," Auburn athletic director David Housel said with pride, not pique -- it was just a bunch of kids running up to Donahue Drive to see the Auburn Tigers walk from their dorm to the game. There were people everywhere,” said Swinney. “There was nothing official about it…people just showed up when they knew the team would get to the stadium. It really got you ready and you could feel the passion of the fans.” The bones in each of the tiger's feet are tightly connected by ligaments enabling them to buffer the impact of landing from running, pouncing and leaping. Eminent speakers from Malaysia and Singapore were invited, representing government and non-government organisations in the fight to save the Malayan tiger. Each of our speakers brought with them great value to the topic at hand, and showcased it from different perspectives.