They were to much then
we all had scratches and scuffs after that and they were just playing. Needless to say Terry won't be taking the public into their enclosure.
Adorable as they are, those were a nasty set of claws they had already developed, just as nature intended, so next time you see videos of people on spazzbook of people rolling around with big cats ask yourself how they are not sustaining serious injuries unless those claws have been removed or the cats are drugged out of their faces. The former most probably, even at collections enabling the public hands on experiences with cats like that. So a lie in other words.
Interesting point, Ashan there spent a month staying with Terry studying the effects of scents on the snowies, as part of a wider study into seeing if scents can keep big cats away from humans where their habitats are colliding. I met him at the library at ZSL ages ago and suggested he contacted this nutter I know who has lots of big cats, and he did. I only found out on Sunday.
Feeding him to the pumas was his reward.. :)
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Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 17:13,
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So, to get back on topic, how much bigger do they need to grow before they are the right size to send Bono into the enclosure?
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Pig Bodine., Tue 16 Sep 2014, 17:28,
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Bollocks to waiting
just shove him in with the Amurs. He'd be dead within three seconds.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 18:15,
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