In Russia, a tiger is already best friends with the goat he was given
for dinner and the goat has even kicked the jungle predator out of
his own bed. The unusual duo struck up their bromance in a Siberian zoo, where
keepers sacrificed the goat thinking he would make a tasty snack. But instead of a blood bath in the enclosure, the two started trotting around the woods together, just hanging out.
The tiger named Amur lives at the Far Eastern Safari Park with his
new roommate, who staff have christened Timur meaning iron to symbolise
bravery. Keepers said Amur is no pacifist and it was bravado alone that saved the goat’s skin.
‘Our tigers get live prey twice every week,’ a staff member told the Siberian Times. ‘Tiger Amur knows very well how to hunt goats and rabbits. But recently he came across a goat that he refused to hunt.’
‘We think that the goat never came across tigers and no-one taught
him to be scared of them. Amur the tiger is quite cautious by his nature
and decided not to go to the trouble of hunting Timur.’
