Re: A Question about BIG cats


"Joy" <toastie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't seem to remember, is it the Lion or the Tiger that
can't/doesn't purr?
Kyla

I don't know. I do know that tigers love water and lions hate it.

Joy
Not true all big cats go into the water some just prefer not to be
in it. There is a big cat reserve that we want the RPCA to come
see if we ever get the get together going. They have lions that go
into the water.

I didn't say lions don't go into the water. I said they don't like
it. Besides, they're probably like small cats. Any time you say
cats do or don't like something, you'll find at least one that
proves the opposite.

I based my statement on a visit to Tippi Hedren's Shambala sanctuary
in Southern California. They have some lions and tigers that get
along well, so they are kept in the same enclosure. Just like our
cats, they like to bat balls around. Shambala provides the big cats
with bowling balls to bat around. When the tigers are in a
mischievous mood, they will bat the bowling balls into the pool in
the enclosure, because they know the lions don't like water.

I love the tiger enclosure at our closest Six Flags. There is a
viewing area where you can see the tigers under the water as well as
above it.

Jo


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