About six weeks ago at a zoo in Sochi, Russia, an Amur tiger - one of the rarest tigers on the planet - gave birth to a pair of cubs. The zoo, of course, was thrilled, but its joy soon faded - the mother wouldn’t feed her babies. Fortunately, the zoo found a woman, Yekaterina Khodakova, whose Shar Pei Cleopatra had recently had a litter of puppies. Cleopatra immediately accepted the tiger cubs as her own, and began nursing them. Now the Amur cubs, dubbed Clyopa and Plyusha, think they’re dogs. So let’s visit with them!
Photo: Igor Yakunin, Associated Press / SF
Fuck. Despite the picture, despite it, I got to the zoo found a woman and thought she was the one lactating. Clearly I don’t deserve good stuff.
(via goodstuffhappenedtoday)
