Anyone who really knows me knows that I love tigers! They are so beautiful and amazing. If I could have a pet tiger I would. Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted to be a tiger keeper at the zoo, so I could be around them. Our zoo had tiger day this last Saturday. I of course wanted to go, and took the girls and some friends with me. We learned that they eat 60lbs of meat a week, and can leap 18 feet. We learned what tigers are saying when they make different sounds, and watched them play with some special tiger toys. The zoo has 2 Sumatran tigers. Java is the male, and Jaya is the female. Java moved to the zoo only a year or so ago to try to get the two tigers to mate. Java is young and there evidently is no tigerly love between the two. They put them together once and it turned out so badly they probably won't try it again.
This picture was taken through the glass so it didn't turn out well, but they had put chunks of meat in this ball and would pull it up to get Jaya to jump up for it. She has to spin the ball to get the meat to come out. Here she is holding onto it so the zoo keeper couldn't pull it back up. She ways about 200 lbs.
2 comments:
Thanks for inviting us to the zoo with you. We loved getting out of the house.
We love the zoo too. So fun. I also smiled when I read about Leora being dragged on your suitcase. What a great way to travel!
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