Y’know, I scrolled past this and thought to myself, “yeah, this is pretty cute, but I’m not gonna reblog it.”
Until I saw that last gif.
This is Jonas the tiger, he’s one of the tigers used in “Life of Pi” The people with him are zoo keepers that would take him home at night because he was still a baby and needed to be feed every four hours. Also, this way he got use to being around humans!
here is the video, and there are a lot more cute ones on the channel too.
OWNING A TIGER IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NEVER DO UNLESS YOU ARE TRAINED AND NEVER SHOULD THEY BE KEPT AS PETS.
I SO BADLY want to cuddle this tiger and stroke it ❤
Oh thank goodness: I HATE the idea of pet tigers, so knowing that’s not what’s going on here makes me much happier about finding this adorable.
If a person were to head butt you, you’d probably have a pretty good idea of what they were trying to tell you.
But when a kitty bonks you with her forehead, the meaning may be less clear. Is she merely saying hello or has she been watching too much pro wrestling?
Dr. Meghan E. Herron, DVM, DACVB, a clinical assistant professor of behavioral medicine in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Ohio State University, explains this curious cat phenomenon.
Why Does My Cat Do This?
According to Dr. Herron, this behavior is something that domestic cats share with their wild counterparts.
“Cats do this to deposit facial pheromones on people or objects in their environment,” explains Dr. Herron. “The head butting is actually something that we call bunting.”
“Rather than territorial marking or ‘claiming’ someone, as is commonly thought, cats do this to mark something as safe — sort of like leaving a signal of comfort and safety,” adds Dr. Herron. “So you could think of it as a sign that they are ‘trusting’ that person or environment.” [x]
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