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Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:21 pm  |
 
 
Tiger, Orangutan Babies Playmates at Zoo
By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Call them the odd couples. A pair of month-old Sumatran tiger twins have become inseparable playmates with a set of young orangutans, an unthinkable match in their natural jungle habitat in Indonesia's tropical rainforests.
The friendship between 5-month-old female baby primates Nia and Irma, and cubs Dema and Manis, has blossomed at the Taman Safari zoo where they share a room in the nursery.
After being abandoned by their mothers shortly after birth, the four play fight, nipping and teasing each other, and cuddling up for a shared nap when they are worn out.
"This is unusual and would never happen in the wild," said zoo keeper Sri Suwarni, bottle-feeding a baby chimp on Wednesday. "Like human babies, they only want to play."
The four have lived side-by-side for a month without a single act of hostility, she said.
Indonesian tigers and orangutans are both endangered species, threatened by rapidly shrinking habitats.
Conservationists estimate there are fewer than 700 Sumatran tigers still alive, while fewer than 60,000 orangutans remain in the wild. Around 90 percent of the jungle has been destroyed by illegal logging, poaching and cut-and-burn farming practices on Borneo and Sumatra islands.
The exceptional friendship will likely be short-lived, said veterinarian Retno Sudarwati, because as the animals grow up their natural survival instincts will kick in.
"When the time comes, they will have to be separated. It's sad, but we cant' change their natural behavior," she said. "Tigers start eating meat when they are three months old."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/28/international/i035143S45.DTL |
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Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:25 pm |
| I wanna hug them. |
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Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:45 pm |
| too cute!!! Thanks for posting! |
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Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:30 pm |
One of my obsessions iswww.cuteoverload.com. I check it 10 times a day to see what the cuteologists have dug up. Also: dailykitten.com & dailypuppy.com.
They had posted this story, too. It makes me want to *squee* with delight!   |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:51 am |
"Squee!" 
So that sound actually has a name!
Fabulous. I do it all the time. 
That story is so heartwarming. |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:46 am |
| Those pictures are so sweet. Thanks for sharing them and the article. |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:50 am |
I adore Orangutans (orang=people, utan=forest, Forest people ) and have had the extreme privilege of seeing them wild very up close in the Sumatran national park Gunung Leuser.
http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/4466/leuser1.htm
Thankyou SO much for posting the pics!!!! my heart is acheing now
http://www.dharssi.org.uk/travel/Indonesia/bukitlawang.html
there's a pic of a Thoams Leaf Monkey (Grey with white front) and he is actually sitting on a garbage tin thing on the path outside the Guesthouse "Back to Nature" - I know this coz I recognise the info board in the background about White Water rafting...I've stayed in this place for many many months... these monkeys are cheeky! I found one sitting on the roof outside my window, eating my crackers that I'd left unattended in my room |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:29 am |
OMG this thread should have an "Adorableness Overload" warning....
How incredibly sweet. thanks for posting it... |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:29 am |
| They are so cute at that age, before they start looking at you like you're a snack. (the tigers that is) |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:55 am |
| awww.... |
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:32 pm |
| So adorable! Thanks for sharing. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:10 am |
| They were on the News recently, how cute. Won't be able to cuddle up with the Orangs for long though, once that tiger gets his claws and fangs! |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:39 am |
| My god I've avoided looking for ages just in case it was really horrible! |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:30 am |
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| My god I've avoided looking for ages just in case it was really horrible! |
LO!L You big wuss!  |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:02 am |
| sarahb wrote: |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| My god I've avoided looking for ages just in case it was really horrible! |
LO!L You big wuss! |
I take warning in titles seriously. I ignored a warning once on a thread and it was the most disgusting thing I have ever EVER seen. Still should have known better than to think anyone here would really post anything horrid!  |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:06 am |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| sarahb wrote: |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| My god I've avoided looking for ages just in case it was really horrible! |
LO!L You big wuss! |
I take warning in titles seriously. I ignored a warning once on a thread and it was the most disgusting thing I have ever EVER seen. Still should have known better than to think anyone here would really post anything horrid! |
Someone sent me a huge photo once of a guy that was still alive and had half his face blown off. It was years ago and to this day I can still see it. Horrible, so I know what you mean. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:18 am |
I bet it was a bloke. They always do 'funny' stuff like that  |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:28 am |
| Just adorable! Thanks for putting a smile on my face. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:41 am |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| I bet it was a bloke. They always do 'funny' stuff like that |
Funny you should say that....... |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:48 am |
| So cute!!! Thanks for posting! |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:34 pm |
| Rufus wrote: |
| They are so cute at that age, before they start looking at you like you're a snack. (the tigers that is) |
How is any of that so different from some teenagers I know who morph from adorable child to feral teenager? |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:53 pm |
That made my day
(although I was afraid to look!) |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:54 pm |
| So adorable! |
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Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:19 pm |
| Aww!! Soo cute makes eyes bleed! |
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