This can't be real

[LisaH 0]

Pics are cute though. Photoshopped or not.
In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth.

The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt
that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.

After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[rapter 0]

It's a snack for mama cat, pig in a blanket.

Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

[LisaH 0]

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It's a snack for mama cat, pig in a blanket.

I wondered if she could smell pork.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[daremrc 0]

The pictures are real....

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/tigerpig.asp

Good judgement comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgement.

[LisaH 0]

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The pictures are real....

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/tigerpig.asp

Thanks! I didn't see the rest of the story.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[AnKaLi 0]

out of curiousity I googled "tiger cub pigs" and found this:

"The photos are genuine (See more below) but the story's not true. She just likes pigs!

The photos were taken at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand (near Bangkok), known for its tiger-breeding program, but also because they like to mix species, partly as a tourist attraction (it works).

So, no, there was no lost tiglets and no mourning mother ... in fact this tiger mum is happier than ever. Her name is Sai Mai and she's 2 years old.
She was suckled by a sow when she was a cub, and thinks pigs are family.

Samai is 2 yrs. old and was suckled by a sow when she was a cub. Evidently she considers pigs “family.” This democratic start in life allowed her to form a companionable relationship with pigs, and even a dog. All can be seen caged together at times.


Says our Thailand reporter: “This is living proof that under certain circumstances differences in life don’t have to create friction. Surely the Sriracha Tiger Zoo is sending a message to us Homo sapiens that we can also live in peace and harmony.”

http://improveyoureq.blogspot.com/2006/06/tiger-nurses-piglets-after-losing-cubs.html

[AnKaLi 0]

you beat me to it

[riddler 0]

With faces only a mother could love

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[LisaH 0]

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With faces only a mother could love

Not as cute as cow faces, but they are still cute.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[ExAFO 0]

I'd like some pulled kitten and a side of kitten chops, please...

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.