Baby tigers and baby urangutans become the best of friends
Posted on October 8th, 2007 by admin
A pair of Sumatran tiger cubs and a set of young orang-utans, all abandoned at birth, have become inseparable after sharing a room at an Indonesian zoo.
The four have lived side-by-side for a month without a single act of hostility,” said zookeeper Sri Suwarni.
“This is unusual and would never happen in the wild,” Suwarni said. “Like human babies, they only want to play.”
The exceptional friendship will likely be short-lived, said veterinarian Retno Sudarwati, because as the animals grow up their natural survival instincts will kick in. Tigers begin to eat meat at three months old.
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via Associated Press, Reuters and the BBC
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