In a zoo inCalifornia, a mother tiger gave birth to
a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to
complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born
prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died
shortly after birth.
The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery,
suddenly started to decline in health, although
physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that
the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall
into a depression. The doctors decided that if
the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs,
perhaps she would improve.
After checking with many other zoos across the
country, the depressing news was that there
were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to
the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try
something that had never been tried in a zoo
environment. Sometimes a mother of one
species will take on the care of a different species.
The only orphans that could be found quickly, were a
litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets
wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the
babies around the mother tiger. Would they
become cubs or pork chops??
Take a look........ you won't believe your eyes!!
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