Tiger, tiger burning bright…
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
It's a common misconception that cats hate swimming in particular and water in general.
My experience of the domestic moggy is strictly limited, but I've watched Prince, one of the star attractions at Loro Parque, Tenerife's biggest tourist attraction, enjoying a dip in his private pool on several occasions. He loves it.
Indeed, tigers love water, and white tigers particularly adore it. White tigers have the reputation of being good swimmers but poor climbers.
Which is strange really because the white tiger is not a sub-species as such, but rather a genetic misfit.
White tigers are rarely found in the wild. In about 100 years only 12 white tigers have been seen in the wild in India.
They are almost extinct and most of the ones living are in captivity, mostly in zoos, though rarely are they as well catered for as at ...
Posted by Ken
Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Loro Parque, Nature, Photo-Blog, Puerto de la Cruz
Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Loro Parque, Nature, Photo-Blog, Puerto de la Cruz
‘There is more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance with a gorilla than any other animal I know.’
An estimated 500 million people worldwide heard Sir David Attenborough whisper those words as he lay next to a 100kg female gorilla in Rwanda nearly 30 years ago.
His encounter with the gorillas in the BBC natural history series Life on Earth is one of television’s most memorable.
At Loro Parque in 
Cheers! Sandra. R.