Swimming with Tigers


	Swimming with Tigers

cakebelly

10-20-2008 10:28 PM

748 views

7 Comments |

Add a Comment

10-21-2008 11:21 AM

Mohir

I'd like swimming with them too

10-21-2008 11:44 AM

Jorjor

Nice kitties.

10-21-2008 11:53 AM

ratilfar

Maybe some tourist will have front roe seats when one of the tigers turns into Jaws.

Yikes!

10-21-2008 2:12 PM

Lexica

Oh, wow -- how amazing must that be???

10-21-2008 4:59 PM

thisnamecantbetaken

Free Willy!!!

10-22-2008 1:05 PM

cestlavie10

帅呀

10-23-2008 9:50 AM

tanyamm

I don't see a willy in there anywhere.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from October 20, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d11c0c9f-6fba-40a3-9cd9-7c4d1fd3794e/E1BF4170-5AD1-49C5-AB2A-E601EE2046DE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://mysterytopia.com/" href="http://mysterytopia.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">mysterytopia.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><H3 class="post-title entry-title">
<A href="http://mysterytopia.com/2008/10/first-shots-of-tigers-swimming-with.html">First shots of tigers swimming with humans</A>
</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/FE5C9991-D696-42F3-B19E-2F936FA8AF31" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><DIV>An animal park in Florida has found a unique way to develop bonds between humans and tigers. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><DIV>
Traditionally, trainers have struggled to build an attachment with the largest of the big cats because the sheer bulk of the animals limits the potential for physical interaction. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><DIV>
But the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, or TIGER, near Miami, claims to have overcome the problem by encouraging both tigers and humans to swim together in a specially adapted pool. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><DIV>
Tigers are known as the best swimmers of all the big cats with modified webbing between their toes to make their feet more like flippers. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><DIV>
Bhagavan Antle, director of the centre, said he wanted to give the 200lb, two metre long creatures an opportunity to exercise properly without giving them meat. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><DIV>
Filled with 100,00 gallons of water, one side of the entire pool is made of glass, so the public can see the handlers and the animals up close swimming together. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/CD6A3EA0-66CE-455C-99FA-E8DCEDC278C1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/63CD70D8-FEA9-4E26-BE4C-B2E7AF0B6EEC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/FC814781-0BAD-47EF-B01D-F93A7F00E5C6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/A1028DF4-3CF8-4A99-946A-8EEB86DED7DC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/6DF0008D-7DC6-4AFA-B9C6-17D59E8653FC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/D8E1098E-9EF6-4E88-8DE0-17E3A24802F4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/54A0A1A2-97DA-49CB-9DEF-9489D16E2DA8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/BC2F8E69-7BFA-4DB9-BF3F-9798615421C0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/BDD8BF5A-3DFD-4340-B2EA-B4A0B590266B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mysterytopia.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mysterytopia.com/img/319079F6-8988-4D9A-AC5D-A3FBB2EF52FF" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E1BF4170-5AD1-49C5-AB2A-E601EE2046DE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips