Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Amur Amore




You could call them the littlest versions of the Earth’s biggest cats. Two Amur tiger cubs born at Brookfield Zoo weighed only about two pounds at birth, but will likely gain 400 to 500 pounds by the time they are full grown.


It will be a while before zoo guests get to see the little tigers in person. Right now they are in an off-exhibit maternity den with their mother, Tiara. Keepers have had very limited interactions with the cubs, keeping tabs on them through a camera in the den where the tigers will stay until going outside this fall.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Before I die, I'd really like to cuddle a tiger cub.

Anonymous said...

woogie woogie

Anonymous said...

Super cool. The only thing more cute is tiger cubs in the wild.