How to stop safari on iPad from opening tabs

When browsing, Safari opens new tabs unexpectedly when I do not want a new tab.  I end up with many tabs, often more than a dozen, open unnecessarily.
Is there a way to control or stop Safari from opening volumes of tabs?  Under what conditions does it open new tabs?

Sorry, you can't. Tabs came with iOS5 I believe. Best you can do is manage them and close extras as they pop up.

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