02GF74
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 10:58 AM |
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some good news
A pair of Sumatran tiger cubs and a set of young orang-utans, all abandoned at birth, have become inseparable after sharing a room at an Indonesian
zoo.
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SeaBass
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 11:00 AM |
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Just give it time...
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tomblyth
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 11:07 AM |
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BUT WHAT IS THE TIGER THINKING? .... "I BET THEY TASTE NICE ONCE I GET THE ORANGE FUR OFF? THINK I'LL WAIT A WEEK OR TWO AS THERE PUTTING
WEIGHT ON!!! "
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Agriv8
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 11:13 AM |
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healthy adult male orang-utans are renown for there strength and (teeth ) a fairish fight between that and a tiger I recon.
take the librarian for instance ( Terry pratched disk world !!)
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 11:19 AM |
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Terry Pratchett did a splendid programme in Borneo about orang-utans. At one stage he had been led into the jungle to watch a dominant male coming
down to get some fruit they'd left for him.
Some cracking lines, like
"All the guides suddenly practiced the art of nonchalantly walking backwards."
"He looks at you and you know he has only 3 things on his mind - and you don't figure in any of them"
A full-size male is formidable - 5 ft tall, about 4 foot wide, and 300lbs of bone and muscle. I don't know that it could beat off a tiger, but
I suspect that a tiger would stay away unless it was ABSOLUTELY sure that he could be brought down without fighting back.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 11:26 AM |
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very good picture.
I too doubt a tiger would take on an orang-utan, it would just pick up a stick and start beating the sh$t out the cat 
They'll be best of friends anyway, my sisters cat sleeps with the dogs.
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nib1980
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 11:46 AM |
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shame some humans aren't like that
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 11:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
shame some humans aren't like that
very true
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philw
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 02:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
shame some humans aren't like that
Oh, i don't know, me the missus and her friend the other week, but thats another story
Must try harder
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