Monday, December 29, 2008

Tiger Tales

We spent this morning (the 29th) at a Siberian Tiger Park just outside the city. The park is home to hundreds of tigers as well as lions, cheetahs, jaguars, and leopards. I was under the impression that we would actually be mingling with and petting the tigers. However, they kept us in a caged van the whole time – which I decided was a good thing after watching them in action. We also paid a little extra to get a live chicken to feed the tigers.
Lessons learned:
  1. A chicken can only expect to stay alive for about .6 seconds in the presence of a tiger
  2. Tigers will jump on moving vehicles to catch flying birds
  3. The tigers only eat the meat of the chicken and leave the innards for the crows
  4. It would have been much cooler if we pooled our money with the rest of the people in our van to purchase a sheep or cow instead of a chicken

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