Why will this not be a lasting relationship? Orangutans feel separtion anxiety just like humans. . Why are the humans invovled so ignorant? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070228/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_tigers_orangutans;_ylt=AskTWXlWs17odgVXJyOdmiD9xg8F
2007-03-02 05:19:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Well think about this:
There is a chinese 26 month old tiger that takes care of piglets because it's cubs died at birth. Because of the separation the tiger was going downhill and was extremely depressed. So the zoo people put pigs in with the tiger and she has been taking care of them and treating them as one of her own for a while now.
http://www.animalliberationfront.com/News/AnimalPhotos/Animals_1-10/Tiger_piglets.htm
2007-03-02 05:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by nerosbane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably won't be a lasting relationship because tigers have a natural instinct to kill and eat. There have been other instances like this, like a lioness and fawn, but they worked out pretty well. Really, they could be playmates for life, or the tigers would try to kill the orangutans or the orangutans would run away or...I dunno.
Really, you see these kinds of things also because it was how it was originally intended to be. 's in Revelation somewhere. www.blueletterbible.org
I don't think the 'humans involved' are quite so ignorant. They're probably delighted.
2007-03-02 13:28:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly because tigers eat orangutans? Would you want to be locked up with a fully grown tiger? No matter how tame it was.
2007-03-02 13:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋