Today I went back to the Fort Worth Zoo for another photo adventure...this time in the 50 degree weather. While I was looking at the website for the zoo this week, I saw that they had the baby tigers and lions!!! I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pumped to get to go see them!! So this morning we trekked off to the zoo, cameras in tow. Since it was cooler we weren't sure what which animals would be out. At the primate house the only thing out was what was inside, and hard to see through the glass at that. After several stops, we made it to the big cats! The white tiger was not out...my guess is that it would have made momma Malaysian tiger very upset since she has 3 adorable, and VERY playful cubs. The lion cubs were cuddling looking, but not as photogenic. Daddy lion was VERY upset that he could not get over to where the other lions were and he very vocal in his discontent. What struck me in watching the two different cat mothers was how the interacted with their cubs. The tiger momma was playing with her cubs, chasing them, showing them the innate survival that a tiger in the wild would need. I noticed that these cubs were very similar to house cats in how they play and interact with each other.
The lioness on the other hand was very paws off! (HAHAHA) She didn't want to be bothered, separated herself from the cubs, and let the cubs play with each other. If a cub came over to her and was being playful she just ignored the cub.
I can't help but think how similar human mothers are to these two cats. There are mothers who have no problem interacting with her offspring and she takes great pleasure in doing so. Her children are her pride and joy and she will do anything for them. There are also mothers who, in a sense, let her children raise themselves because she is too busy taking care of her needs and she doesn't want to be bothered or won't take a few minutes to interact with her children. Just my thoughts....
Anyway, below is a slide show of some of my latest photos. Enjoy!
