patgund: Knotwork (Daemonic Kitten)
patgund ([personal profile] patgund) wrote2005-04-04 03:39 pm

Ow.....

Woman breastfeeding tiger cubs in Myanmar

"A lactating woman in Myanmar has volunteered to breastfeed a pair of endangered Bengal tiger cubs recently born at a Yangon zoo and separated from their aggressive mother."

[identity profile] peaseblossom03.livejournal.com 2005-04-04 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure if that's noble or creepy. Or maybe a little of both. Maybe less creepy if she pumps and bottles.

[identity profile] celticdragonfly.livejournal.com 2005-04-05 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Can't be any worse than Jamie-the-shark-boy when he was teething...

[identity profile] beki.livejournal.com 2005-04-05 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Somehow I doubt that human breastmilk would be good for them. They do have specific animal formulae because the fat, vitamin, and salt contents vary by species.

[identity profile] selenesue.livejournal.com 2005-04-05 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
What scares me is how you have analysed this so calmly, albeit probably accurately.

Still, it sounds a little nippy to me. Sharp Kitty Teeth!

[identity profile] beki.livejournal.com 2005-04-05 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
It's a mom thang. Very little bothers me at all. Besides, baby animals that nurse are not normally born with teeth. It's once the teeth start growing in that you have a problem :) Although I am sure that the reaction from one bite is more than sufficient to make sure they never do it again. My kids never did bite me though, so who am I to talk? :)

[identity profile] strangeden.livejournal.com 2005-04-05 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so very doing a strange den about this. :)