Comments on: At the Animal Garden with Shine Far http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/14/at-the-animal-garden-with-shine-far A cross-cultural adventure with the personal side of Tianjin, China Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jessica http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/14/at-the-animal-garden-with-shine-far/comment-page-1#comment-1402 Jessica Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:37:39 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/14/at-the-animal-garden-with-shine-far#comment-1402 Hmmm. That's two requests I've had now to import endangered species. Kelly wants the baby tigers for a birthday present, and you want a tiger or a red panda for a "Jessica's been away too long" present. Yikes. :D Are you guys trying to get me kicked out of the country for animal-napping?!?!?! The tiger babies were about the size of 1.5-2 housecats...and SO cute. The mother kept letting them grab some of the food and then she would go steal it away from them and hide it. I think she was trying to teach them how to hunt. And watching the python swallow the whole rabbit...wow. That was something. The best part was when it only had one more swallow to go, and there were little tufts of fur sticking out of the snakes mouth. Our friend turned to us, and said (in English, and sounding so excited)...."I saw this on Discovery Channel!" Hmmm. That’s two requests I’ve had now to import endangered species. Kelly wants the baby tigers for a birthday present, and you want a tiger or a red panda for a “Jessica’s been away too long” present. Yikes. :D Are you guys trying to get me kicked out of the country for animal-napping?!?!?!

The tiger babies were about the size of 1.5-2 housecats…and SO cute. The mother kept letting them grab some of the food and then she would go steal it away from them and hide it. I think she was trying to teach them how to hunt.

And watching the python swallow the whole rabbit…wow. That was something. The best part was when it only had one more swallow to go, and there were little tufts of fur sticking out of the snakes mouth. Our friend turned to us, and said (in English, and sounding so excited)….”I saw this on Discovery Channel!”

]]> By: Shauna http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/14/at-the-animal-garden-with-shine-far/comment-page-1#comment-1401 Shauna Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:11:26 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/14/at-the-animal-garden-with-shine-far#comment-1401 Hey... is there any way that you could bring me home either a baby tiger or a red panda as an "I'm sorry I've been gone so long" gift?? *grins* I'm not picky... I'll take either one. Have to say, though... the picture with you guys AND the tigers really shows the scale of it... SOOO tiny!!! which, of course, makes the tiger all that much cuter. Love you guys! Hey… is there any way that you could bring me home either a baby tiger or a red panda as an “I’m sorry I’ve been gone so long” gift?? *grins* I’m not picky… I’ll take either one.

Have to say, though… the picture with you guys AND the tigers really shows the scale of it… SOOO tiny!!! which, of course, makes the tiger all that much cuter.

Love you guys!

]]> By: Jessica http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/14/at-the-animal-garden-with-shine-far/comment-page-1#comment-1400 Jessica Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:51:59 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/14/at-the-animal-garden-with-shine-far#comment-1400 Those baby tigers were seriously cute. Notice that one is a white tiger, and the other is normal tiger color....they are twins, and this is actually pretty rare. Here's a link to an article with more about the tiger twins (born at the end of May) and more cute tiger pictures! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=472733&in_page_id=1811 Those baby tigers were seriously cute. Notice that one is a white tiger, and the other is normal tiger color….they are twins, and this is actually pretty rare.

Here’s a link to an article with more about the tiger twins (born at the end of May) and more cute tiger pictures!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=472733&in_page_id=1811

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