Culture Buzz What fearfully adorable symmetry. Meet Gus, a 4-month old Bengal tiger, and Gus's best friend Agnes, a very patient French bulldog. Dave Salmoni is a large predator expert who will be hosting “Frontier Earth” on Animal Planet this fall, and he was kind enough to let us hang out and photograph this clash of titanic cuteness.
Culture Buzz If they were in the least bit smart, “Dancing With The Stars” would pair Urkel with a live Siberian tiger. Spotted in Austria at the Vienna Zoo.
Culture Buzz It’s nice to know that, if and when an escaped tiger is on the loose in Texas, the city of Houston won’t mess around. Sort of.
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Almost unnervingly quiet. Dozens of people began frantically dialing 911 in Houston, Texas this week after spotting the eight-foot long animal perched on top of an abandoned hotel.
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It's a sad day when even those charged with care of these beasts can't be trusted. With estimates guessing only 1,700 Bengal tigers left in existence, each senseless death seems even more magnified.
Big cats love to play, too! The tigers, leopards, and cougars at Florida's Big Cat Rescue were delighted to get these oversized toys. There's a special surprise at 1:17! (via b3ta.com)
He doesn't growl once. Not even once. I'm disappointed.
Celebrity Buzz Following her fierce counter-attack to the shaving foam heard round the world, Wendi Deng has stepped out from behind husband Rupert Murdoch to become an international celebrity in her own right. Deng is 37 years Murdoch's junior and a former employee of the embattled mogul. Thanks to her pie-slapping skills, Deng has become a national hero in her native China, affectionately referred to as Tiger Woman. Here are a bunch of photos of Ms. Deng-Murdoch, plus video of her discussing Tiger Mother techniques with Charlie Rose.
Culture Buzz Meanwhile, my dumb ass cat is laying outside in a sunbeam. Tigers have the right idea.
Celebrity Buzz No, not Tiger Woods. These are from a photo shoot in which Kim posed with a live tiger, an experience which she described as “freakkkky.” Both she and the tiger seem nonplussed.
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“Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Just a real-life tiger that thinks it's a cop.”
While the Chinese pet-dying craze is understandably controversial, there is no resisting the adorable tiger puppy!
Despite precautions, a heckler managed to fly a plane towing a banner message for Tiger Woods over Augusta as he teed off. Pretty crafty, but I can't believe “Tiger: Did you mean bootyism?” was the best zinger they could think up.
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In a statement posted on Tiger Woods' web site, Tiger will be taking an indefinite hiatus from competition to repair the damage his “infidelity” has done to his family. The crying you hear is from TV executives who know that the PGA without Tiger will see a marked drop in viewership.
The forests of suburban America can be dangerous places. Upwards of 5 runners a year fall prey to vicious tiger attacks.
Okay, they're not really bullying the six-week-old lion/tiger mix, although he sure does look scared. Sixth grade would have been so much easier if the bullies had fins.