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Panthera tigris jacksoni
Tawny fur with black stripes and white areas. Ears are rounded with white spots at the back. Head and paws are large. Tail is long and banded with black stripes. Eyes are green and expressive. Animal is heavly muscled, agile and lithe. Teeth are large and sharp.
The Malayn Tigers in this series are at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The tigers in this spotting are cubs born in May, 2011. They were approximately 10 months old in these photographs. The Malayan Tiger is endangered; there are less than 500 of them in the wild. At the time I took these photos, five of them lived at the Palm Beach Zoo. There were three cubs and their parents. All three cubs are male.
Spotted on Mar 16, 2012
Submitted on Oct 18, 2012
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JerryMorrow....the cubs were indulging in an "enrichment" session so the Zoo's photographer could get pictures of them for their naming ceremony. The "enrichment" was a log that that had been doused with women's cologne which affects them the way catnip does our domestic felines. I'll bet this cub is thinking "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm".