There is a whole series of photos illustrating this unusual
relationship. It originally was posted in the Boston
Herald, but that page is no longer with us. The
text and photos still can be found at
href="http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2007/03/unusual-friendship.html">Fresh
Pics. Some additional text and photos can be found
at
href="http://www.honewatson.com/03/02/baby-orangutans-tiger-cubs/">Hone
Watson.
A pair of Sumatran tiger (
href="http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/tigers/sumatran_tiger/index.cfm"
rel="tag">Panthera tigris sumatrae)
twins and a pair of orangutans (
rel="tag">Pongo pygmaeus) were
abandoned by their respective mothers at the
href="http://www.tamansafari.com/">Taman Safari zoo
in Indonesia. The article does not say how the sets of twins
came to be raised together.
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An interesting view.I wish All people can do this.
We miss these pictures between peoples
Ahh,
I went to the zoo recently - I had fitted a granite worktop in the morning but went to the zoo in the afternoon as it was my girlfriends birthday and she loves animals.
That is such a nice picture :)
Andy
A really nice image of the tiger and orangutan gave two. They fascinate people to this is the official one. I wish people in love is such.