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Taken at Marwell Zoo - 30/9/2008
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There's a colour change happening in the bees I noticed today. It reminded me of the colour of a tiger.
Video footage from the day over on Vimeo - vimeo.com/50513099
Took the Bigma to the zoo and only got to the tiger enclosure before the sky clouded over and thunder started to rumble, oh well, I'll need to take another trip.
I really enjoy visiting the Amur tiger section at Longleat, as I find them extremely beautiful animals. The tigers at Longleat are well looked after, and the zoo keepers are very good at feeding times as they occasionally hide the meat in the branches of trees so that when the tigers are let into their enclosure they have to search for their food.
Amur tigers are fully mature and able to mate from 4 years of age. Their cubs are born small, helpless and blind and depend on their mother for safety and for the mother’s milk. Tiger cubs grow very fast and will be almost 4 times their original size after just one month.
The Amur tiger is also known as the Siberian tiger, and are considered to be the largest of all of the big cats. They have many stripes; however no two tigers have the same stripe pattern. Amur tigers are now protected by law in the wild and are linked to conservation projects
Tigers have binocular vision which means they can see three dimensional images and accurately assess distance and depth. They also have excellent peripheral and night vision.
The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) View On Black
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_tiger
Photograph taken at the Columbus Zoo; Columbus, Ohio: March 15, 2010