Month: December 2009
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Imprisoned for eating the last tiger
The Indochinese tiger or Corbett’s tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) is a subspecies of tiger found in Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam and -up to now- in China. It seems that Kang Wannian, a villager from Mengla, Yunnan Province (China) has killed -possibly in self-defense- the last known Indochinese tiger in China. Not satisfied with…
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Leopard vs. wild boar
Life of a predator is not always easy. When you’re a leopard, you must learn to attack a prey that is small enough not to counter-attack and you must learn to look left and right before rushing in. YouTube link
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For the love of cats, big cats!
There is no limit to true love. Riana Van Nieuwenhuizen truly loves cats: She has got eleven (11!) of them in her South African house. Nothing really remarquable, except the cats are: Four cheetahs Five white lions Two tigers …and I don’t count the dogs. This is love, big lvoe! Riana tries to help in…