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October 27, 2013 4:57 PM Subscribe
Happy Growloween from Big Cat Rescue!
previously: Do tigers and other big cats like catnip? Do tigers, lions, leopards and other species of big cats purr like domestic cats? and Happy Thanksgiving
previously: Do tigers and other big cats like catnip? Do tigers, lions, leopards and other species of big cats purr like domestic cats? and Happy Thanksgiving
The lion burp at the end was a nice touch.
posted by islander at 5:16 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by islander at 5:16 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
I'm so happy on behalf of the tigers, that pumpkins can float. It's like a super-sturdy beach ball to play with.
posted by vytae at 5:26 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by vytae at 5:26 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
Things bigger than I am should not be so cute.
posted by JHarris at 5:27 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 5:27 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
I could watch a tiger play with a pumpkin in a pond for HOURS (er, behind a fence and at a safe distance, obviously.)
posted by WidgetAlley at 5:34 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by WidgetAlley at 5:34 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
Wanna rub all those fuzzy bellies. (Yeah I know the deadly clawing that awaits but soooo warm and fuzzy)
posted by Ghostride The Whip at 5:54 PM on October 27, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Ghostride The Whip at 5:54 PM on October 27, 2013 [3 favorites]
I love how the big cats (from the safe distance of video) act just like my pint sized housecats. It's like they're playing a giant sized game of Now It Lives On the Floor and I'm Gonna Take This Over Here, And Then Immediately Nap.
posted by sweetkid at 6:19 PM on October 27, 2013 [7 favorites]
posted by sweetkid at 6:19 PM on October 27, 2013 [7 favorites]
It must feel surreal to stuff a ghost pinata with meat.
posted by maryr at 8:55 PM on October 27, 2013
posted by maryr at 8:55 PM on October 27, 2013
This is the only Halloween video I look forward to every year.
posted by mykescipark at 9:10 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by mykescipark at 9:10 PM on October 27, 2013 [1 favorite]
Good kitty! Kill that spider! Yes! You *are* a good kitty! Yus, yus you are. *scritch, scritch, scritch*
posted by halcyonday at 1:45 AM on October 28, 2013
posted by halcyonday at 1:45 AM on October 28, 2013
Serval cat proves his essential cat-ness by demonstrating, "I could pee on this."
My cat was watching this with me and I covered his eyes during that scene, lest he get any funny ideas himself.
posted by orme at 5:05 AM on October 28, 2013 [3 favorites]
My cat was watching this with me and I covered his eyes during that scene, lest he get any funny ideas himself.
posted by orme at 5:05 AM on October 28, 2013 [3 favorites]
Big Cat Rescue has recently completed their Vacation Rotation Enclosure, a 2.5 acre area that they rotate the cats into for 2 weeks at a time. It has a pond, and it's open to the sky. Bengali, an 18-year-old tiger, was the first to go in, then 24 year old Flavio. BCR is a great organization.
posted by feste at 9:17 AM on October 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by feste at 9:17 AM on October 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
Wanna rub all those fuzzy bellies. (Yeah I know the deadly clawing that awaits but soooo warm and fuzzy)
Years ago my ex and I went to the Bronx Zoo and were at the tiger cage at feeding time. We were all crowded along the window where people could watch, and I forget how the zookeeper got the food into the cage - it was near the window where we could see, though. At some point, one of the tigers stood up on its hind legs and was trying to reach something just above the window - so its whole belly was pressed up against the window. And that sucker was easily more than ten feet long, from back legs stretched back up to this long belly and on up to its front legs stretching on away to whereever it was reaching. It steadied itself against the glass at one point, placing one forepaw against the glass right where my ex's face was; its paw was bigger than his face.
It looked very very fuzzy. Big and death-dealing at the same time, though.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:22 AM on October 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
Years ago my ex and I went to the Bronx Zoo and were at the tiger cage at feeding time. We were all crowded along the window where people could watch, and I forget how the zookeeper got the food into the cage - it was near the window where we could see, though. At some point, one of the tigers stood up on its hind legs and was trying to reach something just above the window - so its whole belly was pressed up against the window. And that sucker was easily more than ten feet long, from back legs stretched back up to this long belly and on up to its front legs stretching on away to whereever it was reaching. It steadied itself against the glass at one point, placing one forepaw against the glass right where my ex's face was; its paw was bigger than his face.
It looked very very fuzzy. Big and death-dealing at the same time, though.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:22 AM on October 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
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