Ordinarily I don't post stuff here that I suspect may be making the internet "rounds", but this story, sent to me by my friend Dawn in Los Angeles, was too awww-dorable not to share. (See? I do share, despite what I said in my previous entry.) (I love contradicting myself. It's so cute!) I sent this to Andrea, who posted it over at Modern Pooch (where I will resume posting very soon!) even though it has nothing to do with dogs. But since it has everything to do with adorability, she deemed it appropriate for her site. Which is why I deem it appropriate for this one, too, because we all know I'm all about the cuteness.
So. Read the text first, and then check out the photos. If you don't squeal over the unbearable cuteness, there is something seriously wrong with you.
"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 cubs, 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 weaner 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 look........ you won't believe your eyes!!!!"
As my friend Leslie said, "The only thing that is vaguely creepy — where did they get the tiger skin? I hope from tigers who died of natural causes....." And Zack echoed that sentiment, saying, "I love how they wrapped tiger skin (which I hope wasn't REAL) around the piglets!"
And as I said, turning to Camera 2, "I've heard of a wolf in sheep's clothing — but this is ridiculous!" to much canned laughter and applause.
What do you say? Tell me in comments! (And please, keep it "clean". You know I ordinarily thrive on your filthy comments, but please try to refrain from making remarks about the tiger being a "big pussy", all right?)
fresh-baked at 09:35 AMI hope she's beautiful, because she's as dense as a marble slab.
And Laurie, you may email me personally for my telephone number. ;-)
Offered by: Ds on June 7, 2006 5:41 PMWhy thank you, Heather. Jodi had no idea. Your insight is a breath of fresh air. I say so because your cavernously brain-void skull must be filled with air purifiers. Why else would society allow someone like yourself to exist if they weren't providing some benefit? If you managed to dislodge the stick from your rectal cavity long enough to read her next post, you would have seen that she had already debunked the image. Thank you so very fucking much for barging in like the proverbial bull in the china shop. As was said in that case, I say now: We don't need this bull!
Offered by: Thomas on June 7, 2006 2:53 PMsorry but, cute as it is, this story is not exactly correct. please find below a link to snopes which will tell you the real story about when this thailand zoo dressed up the pigs.
heather
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/tigerpig.asp
Offered by: Heather on June 6, 2006 5:12 PMI'm going to need a phone number, Ds.
Offered by: Laurie on June 4, 2006 5:54 PMi don't want to say i told you so, but my brow always furrows in incredulity when i receive 49 emails on the same *phenomenon* in one morning.
Offered by: sass on May 31, 2006 5:52 PMNot only is the story misleading, those REALLY ARE HER BABIES!
I should have known. The father was drinking at the bar the other night, saying he had a wild cat in the sack that loved a good porking.
What a pig.
Offered by: Thomas on May 31, 2006 10:43 AMAwww pig-tripe!
ansWering machine*
(Jodi being the grammar-goddess she is...)
Offered by: Ds on May 31, 2006 10:09 AM
Does it matter?
Just call my ansering machine at 2-am and leave it either way in breathy, sultry southern overtones.
Sigh.
Even better, Ds, I pronounce "whore" with three syllables -- "hooo-ahhh-rrrr." (is that 3 syllables or just 2 dragged out?) Do it with a very Southern accent and your day will be even brighter.
Offered by: Laurie on May 31, 2006 10:02 AM*suckling... pig-suckling tiger...
(pulls the curly-que of a tail from between my teeth)
Damn, them little critters is tasty.
Offered by: Ds on May 31, 2006 8:49 AMLaurie said "whore-up".
And suddenly, I don't miss the non-existent LA-based pig sucking tiger at all.
With but two words, the rain stopped, the grey clouds parted, the sun beamed down and a host of heavenly angels sang unto me.
Thus is the power of the whore.
Offered by: Ds on May 31, 2006 8:47 AMJodi would never succumb to peer pressure to be cute! I believe it was pod-Jodi at work here!!
Offered by: sally on May 30, 2006 10:17 PMLaurie, I've gotta say, I'm agreeing with you!
My friend Leslie feels the same way, and sent me two emails this evening as follows:
"That she wasn't in mourning makes it even more impressive that she accepts these piglets as her brood."
"In fact, that she doesn't need the tiger skin to feel familial says a lot more..."
Now I'm happy again! So happy I'm going to go dance barefoot in a field of buttercups and silken tofu!!!
Offered by: Jodi on May 30, 2006 8:07 PMWait a minute. I just read the "real" story and it's pretty good, in itself. Why do we feel compelled to embellish reality? Why can't we just revel in the truth? Why must we always try to "whore up" our existence, a la my 8-year-old daughter drawing permanent marker stars on all of her perfectly acceptable toys?
Offered by: Laurie on May 30, 2006 6:24 PMDamn Photoshop to hell. Damn them.
Offered by: Laurie on May 30, 2006 6:21 PMOh, no! Jennifer! Nooo!!! Nooo!!!
Now I'M in a deep depression! I need someone to wrap warm little blocks of tofu in soy cheese and line them up on my depressed belly as I lie on my side in maternal bliss!
I'm also depressed because no one brought my hideous typo to my attention; to wit, "and placed theabies around the mother tiger." Unless, of course, someone did indeed place "theabies" around the mother tiger. (I have since corrected the hideous typo.)
Back to my normally scheduled depression.
Offered by: Jodi on May 30, 2006 5:29 PMWhat? What?!? What form of chicanery is this? A 'this-little-piggy-went-to-nurse' story on the internet a fraud?
Say it aint so.
I feel so misled. So used.
And I blame Jodi in her effort to be "cute". If Jodi had stuck by her guns and not caved in to the "cute" peer pressure, I wouldn't be sitting here mourning the loss of my non-existent LA-based pig-suckling tiger. Cute, Jodi. Real cute.
Offered by: Ds on May 30, 2006 5:15 PMThis story isn't true. See here: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_tiger_and_piglets.htm
Offered by: Jennifer on May 30, 2006 3:23 PMMay I say something about catching a tiger by its pigtail?
Offered by: Laurie on May 30, 2006 2:49 PMJodi, my hidden love, for you I shall be clean yet insightful here.
"Then, once the piglets get nice and fat from tiger milk, they'll go from being wrapped in tiger skin to being inside a complete tiger. When asked about the turn of events, the tiger replied that while she thought the hors d'oevres "sucked", in the end she couldn't help but gobble up the pigs in blankets."
End of cleanliness.
But Jodikins, I would hope that I wouldn't need to find some nice Jewish boy's skin to wrap around me before you'd let me suckle at your teats.
Offered by: Thomas on May 30, 2006 7:44 AMA piglet in a tiger suit. Won't those Winnie The Pooh fans be excited!
When is the appropriate time to remove *this* set of babies from the mother, I wonder?
Offered by: Sarah on May 30, 2006 12:48 AMWho is this "Zack" person you refer to?? He sounds delicious. ;-)
Offered by: Megnant on May 29, 2006 2:32 PM:wonders if there's a joke in here somwhere about "pork tender-lion" then realizes that would require a cat of a different stripe...:
Offered by: Ds on May 29, 2006 1:59 PMIs it Tuesday already?
Offered by: LV on May 29, 2006 12:47 PMI thought tigers were smarter than that.
Offered by: Jaeme on May 29, 2006 6:28 AMOh my God!, this is like visual cheesecake!
Offered by: beth on May 28, 2006 1:52 AMAh, the virgin comment. Tigers in general make me happy. Though, being Jewish I can't help but look at the pigs and get slightly light-headed. I think it's a reaction to the time I ate over at my friend's house and accidentaly ate bacon and sent myself into a shame spiral which resulted in giving up meat altogether (to avoid any future mishaps, of course. I saw it's for animal rights, but now you know the truth!)
Very awwwww-some story. A little disturbing, but cute.
Offered by: Sharyn on May 27, 2006 10:18 PM
