If this doesn't melt you, nothing will.

[BigBearJohn]

Chimpanzee earns her stripes as a foster mother by caring for two white tiger cubs

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:26 AM on 13th November 2008
Gently easing a bottle of milk into the cub's mouth, Anjana clearly demonstrates her skill at her job.

What makes this so unusual is that Anjana is a chimpanzee and her charges are two white tiger cubs.

The pictures from a Miami zoo show the doting chimpanzee tenderly feeding two-month-old Mitra and Shiva and cuddling up with them at nap time.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1085080/Chimpanzee-earns-stripes-foster-mum-caring-white-tiger-cubs.html

[Skittles]

1. I give it a couple months

then cubs will eat chimp :D

[vanderBeth]

4. :(

:cry:

[roguevalley]

54. awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[unblock]

6. interestingly, i'm currently munching on some skittles....

:evilgrin:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. Now, THAT

would melt me..............

:)

[Barack_America]

13. Or not....

Don't forget Christian the Lion.

[begin_within]

14. Don't you remember this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ_83gLRnSg

and didn't you ever see "Born Free?"

[Lorien]

41. Nah, some people just enjoy being a killjoy. nt

[progressoid]

45. Our cat does the same thing!!

Except that her claws won't open my jugular and her jaws can't crush my skull.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

58. Did you ever see this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQ0g8iUN4U

[Politicalboi]

64. What an idiot that man was

Here's one of a tiger but he's not munching anybody. This video is great. The tiger strikes back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7K5j1dPRd4

[Shardik]

61. Back in the 70's, I rescued a lion from a pettiing zoo and kept him

for a year before I found a good preserve for him and he was one of the most intelligent and kind animals I have ever known. He wasn't as large as the lion in your video but behaved the same way.

I went to visit him two years later and he went absolutely apeshit when he heard my voice and scared the shit out of me by running full tilt at me knocking me down and snuggling up against me. I thought I was a dead man. Scared the preserve owner as well.

[sammythecat]

73. Great story, and good for you.

There's bad news and tragic stories every day, it's encouraging to hear stories of kindness like yours.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

43. don't children ALWAYS end up eating the parents??? n/t

[Bake]

59. Nah, sometimes they just humiliate them, bankrupt them, embarass them, etc.

Not that I would know from personal experience. But I've HEARD ...

Bake

[ProdigalJunkMail]

71. well...you have included the 'metaphorical' eat...

:-)

sP

[progressoid]

46. Tee hee hee

yep.

[newtothegame]

47. You're bad :)

[Radical Activist]

56. yes.

your comment brought me far more joy than the pictures.

[cascadiance]

57. Maybe before that time comes we can swap that chimp with another...

http://vn.kominet.ru:8101/Pic/bush-chimp.jpg

Then all will be well if that evolution takes place...

[Jackpine Radical]

65. EXACTLY

what I was thinking.

[ZombieHorde]

76. That is what my wife and I were concerned about.

They are all wild animals, and need to be respected as such. Cute pictures though.

[mzteris]

2. awwwwwwww!

How CUTE!

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. Awwwwww

k & r

[firedupdem]

5. How sweet! n/t

[muntrv]

8. I wonder what kind of relationship they'll have when the cubs get bigger.

[Skittles]

10. see Post # 1

:D

[begin_within]

16. I think it will be similar to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ_83gLRnSg

[FedUpWithIt All]

30. See post 29 n/t

[OhioChick]

9. Awww...How adorable!

Thanks for posting. :)

[Mari333]

11. the little ones...so sweet, so sweet...nt

[uppityperson]

12. awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww k&r

[OnyxCollie]

15. Awwww.

[LisaL]

17. She looks like a proud mama.

[Kahuna]

18. That does it for me!

:7

[Peace Patriot]

19. Great pictures! Great chimp! nt

[InvisibleTouch]

20. The best part is how happy they all look, especially the "mama". n/t

[BlooInBloo]

21. Apparently the mama said for years that she would never want kids...

and was mad as hell at all of those who said she'd change her mind.


:hide:

[InvisibleTouch]

23. She did the right thing and adopted. ;) n/t

[ellie]

22. It's the story of a monkey and her tigers

[aquamarina]

24. Adorable.

[islandmkl]

25. that first picture is amazing...

they are both giving the 'photo look' right into the camera...

[proud patriot]

27. I'm loving the 4th one

[Muttocracy]

68. yeah, I love that one too - we can all recognize her facial expressions. nt

[emilyg]

26. Awww - I melted.

[applegrove]

28. How cute.

[FedUpWithIt All]

29. They are not in a Miami zoo. They are from T.I.G.E.R.S.

It is a sort of preserve in SC.

http://www.tigerfriends.com/home.html

They expose all the young animals to a variety of other animals and people. The chimp interacting with tigers is not really uncommon at the "park". They provide animals for some television and film apparently.

They have tours. My family went on one last summer. For three hours they show you and let you interact with several types of animals. They sit the visitors in a large sand box type enclosure and let baby tigers sort of free roam all around you. My youngest daughter adores tigers and has always wanted to be a conservationist so for her this was a really big deal.

Some of the animals they brought out included a hawk, an owl, a liger, a chimp, a couple of orangutans, a wolf, a capuchin (my favorite) and of course the baby tigers.



We had a good time and the animals seem very healthy.

[misanthrope]

34. We have a zoo near here that offers tiger cub encounters...

...for a nice fee. I wrote an article about it and got to play with a trio of cubs in 2007.

After getting to know the zookeeper, she let me come back a month later and meet the pair of wolves there. They were sweethearts! Jumped, wiggled and whined just like pups when they saw company coming. Very trusting as well.

I've got some pics, one of me on a knee petting one wolf as he has his head turned, big smile and that "scratch my butt!" look on his face that dog owners all know.

The zookeeper said they have to watch their gloves while in the enclosure with them because the wolves will grab them, start playing "keep away" and eventually try to hide them.

But the whole time you're with them, you always retain the sense that though they are a lot like dogs, there are just some things you can do with a dog you would never try with the wolves (for instance try and pick one up).

[FedUpWithIt All]

36. Yes, not pets. It was a great experience. The animals are quite mellow and content seeming.

:hi:

[misanthrope]

39. One interesting note...

...They had to round up the wallabies every night and put them in indoor facilities. It seems the bobcats in an adjacent swampy wooded area were coming onto the grounds at night and preying on the little marsupials as they couldn't fully use their flight defense in an enclosure.

[BigBearJohn]

40. Sorry. You're right. I was just quoting the article.

[FedUpWithIt All]

42. No problem. I really just wanted to share our cool baby tiger pic.

:P


:hi:

[myrna minx]

31. Awwww. Anjana, the chimpanzee looks so content and happy with her surrogates.

I love stories like this.

[fishwax]

32. very cool!

:kick:

[Maru Kitteh]

33. Yet still dumass sonsabitches claim that animals do not feel, or their feelings are not like ours.

:banghead:

[flvegan]

37. Yup. Not quite so different.

Something for folks to maybe think about.

[misanthrope]

38. It's called species conceit and it's ridiculous...

...I love those who say things like, "we don't know that animals have emotions," "we don't know that animals are capable of abstract thought," and the like.

They conveniently overlook the fact that WE are animals and since humans can do those things, yes "animals are capable."

That's completely ignoring what we've learned from other primates who have learned to communicate with us.

People can be very obtuse in their necessity to feel superior.

[elleng]

69. Good to learn it has an official name!

Species conceit! The 'we don't knows' are just not smart. Or just ignorant, to be kind.

[closeupready]

35. I love that.

:rofl: :)

[EFerrari]

44. She's going to miss them when they go.

[Blue Dog Dominion]

50. I hope they give her some kittens then

[EFerrari]

53. Welcome to DU, Blue Dog Dominion.

:)



Koko & AllBall.

[merica4biden]

48. hey look it's a squirrel on waterskis

omg a chicken who can play tic tac toe

[loudsue]

49. This is an amazing world. I wish we could all get along this well

with each other...all species, all colors, everyone. Take corporations and propaganda out of the mix, and we'd prolly be about 90% of the way there.

:loveya:

[Uncle Joe]

51. Humanity; it's not just for humans anymore.

:)

Thanks for sharing BigBearJohn.:thumbsup:

[elleng]

67. Never WAS just for humans.

.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

52. Amazing Pictures And Adorable As All Hell!

[rucky]

55. Those of you melted by this story - please stand on my driveway!

[Vinca]

60. OMG - the photos made my day. Thanks for posting them! nt

[BigBearJohn]

74. You're qutie welcome.

:hug:

[hlthe2b]

62. What a marvelous thing....

Those tigers will remember her, I would bet money. She surely will never forget them.

[KT2000]

63. How sweet

Thanks for posting this.

[SeattleGirl]

66. Oh my! Those pictures are so sweet!

Anjana is a wonderful mama. :loveya:

[Ilsa]

70. George W Bush doesn't have any mothering instincts. And what's he doing in FL? nt

[eowyn_of_rohan]

72. Copying to my photo file

For when I'm feeling down. THANKS

[BigBearJohn]

75. Mission accomplished. You're quite welcome.