This is truly wonderful...here’s to adding a grin of optimism to your day! ...
PORK CHOPS
In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth.
The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cub's, perhaps she would improve.
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother.
The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species, will take on the care of a different species. The only 'orphans' that could be found quickly, were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops??
TAKE A CLOSE LOOK.........
Awwwwwwww.....
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she really thinks they are her cubs?
There's a good Tiger Woods joke there, but since Santa is listening, I'll let it pass!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Mistaya, M.O.M. and M.O.D.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet story...oh we can learn so much from animals.
Madi and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
Madi and Mom
Merry Christmas to all my animals blogger friends!! And their M.O.M.'s too! (And M.O.D.'s) hugs and wags, Mistaya
ReplyDeleteThat is a sweet story, the mothering instinct will always prevail.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas,
Judy