You can't fix stupid,

[RickN]

But the tiger came close. I love the idiots comment "I wanted to be one with the tiger" He came close but after awhile he would have just been one with the tiger poop.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/2...-tiger-in-bronx-zoo-charged-with-trespassing/

 

[ignerntbend]

Some day them tigers'll lay down with the lamb. They'll have a new age philosophy and they'll subsist on grains and fallen fruit. Until then, it's best not to jump in a cage with them.

 

[RickN]

I think you mean the lions will lay down with the lamb. The tigers may still get to have the lamb for lunch.

 

[ignerntbend]

A cat's instinct to kill preceeds its need to eat. Cats murder rodents just for fun. Cats are NOT nice people.

 

[criticalbass]

Tiger: A 500 pound you-know-what that eats you.

 

[criticalbass]

Heard this years ago--internet to the rescue--seems to fit pretty well here:

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.

As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.

The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

 

[RickN]

A cat's instinct to kill preceeds its need to eat. Cats murder rodents just for fun. Cats are NOT nice people.

Where is your tolerance towards cats? Now cats everywhere will be rioting in the streets, burning Petco, Pet Smart and other signs of cat suppression and intolerance.

Shame on you!!!

 

[Dale00]

I was taken on a behind the scenes tour of the Delhi zoo once. We saw a tiger up close away separated by only a chain link fence. It rubbed against the fence and purred exactly like a housecat. Fascinating and terrifying creatures.

 

[RickN]

I was taken on a behind the scenes tour of the Delhi zoo once. We saw a tiger up close away separated by only a chain link fence. It rubbed against the fence and purred exactly like a housecat. Fascinating and terrifying creatures.

If your ever down south of OKC, visit the GW park.

 

[XD-9Guy]

Where is your tolerance towards cats? Now cats everywhere will be rioting in the streets, burning Petco, Pet Smart and other signs of cat suppression and intolerance.

Shame on you!!!

Good grief, that is a scary thought. I can't imagine them all transitioning from their typical indifference to banding together in anger. A cat revolt would rival the zombie apocalypse.