I was watching
Manhunter on TV today. This is the first film of the
Hannibal Lector series. It was remade as
Red Dragon after the release of
Silence of the Lambs and, in Thomas Harris' book series is his first.
One scene in the movie shows a blind woman stroking an anaesthetised tiger and accurately depicts the thrill she has in doing so.
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| Joan Allen as Reba listening to the tiger's heartbeat |
This reminded me of when we visited the Whangarei Lion park a few years ago. We were lucky enough to go into the enclosures and play with the white lions and white tigers. The Old Girl really enjoyed this and got a bit more up close than I did.
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| White lion |
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| White lion |
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| You know the saying... |
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| White tiger |
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| Note the sensible distance I keep from the tiger |
Sadly a year after these photos were taken one of the white tigers killed one of the keepers and had to be put down.
6 comments:
Great conclusion to the story. I guess the moral is,
"Never trust a f**king tiger!"
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"Great conclusion to the story."
Not so great for Dalu Mncube who was killed in 2008.
We have a cat. It's part asian leopard. When we took it to the vet she said I love stroking these cats the fur is so nice. And it is, and it never sheds fur either.
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No disrespect to Dalu intended, very sad of course, but it's a bit like people who want to swim with sharks. These animals are known as 'wild animals' because their instinct is to kill other things to survive. Remember the Adamsons? Born free? One of them became dinner in the end too. Shouldn't people hear warning bells?
Remember this old warning?
There was an old lady from Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger
They returned from the ride with the lady inside
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
And here's a good one:
"There was a young man from Nantucket......
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