I couldn't just post a series of pictures today. It was time for Faith, and when I opened the folder, this slideshow just leapt out and HAD to be today's post.
Actually, I made it before I went Photobucket "Pro", so there could only be 10 pictures in it. The ones in the album are just so delicious, I wanted to edit the slideshow and add the rest, but Phucket wouldn't let me.
The two tiger cubs, Sinda and Bira, are already looking really grown up. They pester their parents relentlessly, but remain really baby-like with the keeper. They constantly moaned to him about wanting a feed. They made a sound a bit like a very loud lamb's bleat. As soon as the keeper tried to give them a bit of food ahead of time, the parents attempted to muscle in. He really has the best job in the world. There is now a safari section of the zoo, with animals loose within the safari zone. It is a VERY hilly site, and the lorries pull wagon-loads of over 20 people up and down along the edge of what seemed to me like a precipice!
At feeding time, the keeper called the tigers into their small enclosure so that he could distribute their food around the main enclosure. The youngsters were asleep on a hillock, and didn't respond for a while. The parents were getting impatient.
Then, when everyone was where they should be, and the food was set, the keeper had a close up talk to give to a party. By now, the tigers were literally climbing the wire, so impatient were they for their food.
This is what happened when he finally opened the gate:
Dad won, and took his prize inside a little hut. Mum got some, too, but eventually abandoned it to her nuisance offspring.
