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Title: Er, How Good of an Idea is this Really?
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Published: Mar 16, 2007
Author: nuts
Post Date: 2007-03-16 22:37:51 by tom007
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A Buddhist monk plays with a tiger at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, 120 km (74 miles) northwest of Bangkok in this April 17, 2006 file photo. The Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno, or Tiger Temple, is a petting zoo with a difference.Tourists are flocking to the temple northwest of Bangkok to pet, and even cuddle, the great striped beasts. They can also have their pictures taken with each tiger to prove their bravery. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/Files 
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#1. To: All, diana, robin, christine, zipporah, tommythemadartist, lodwick, aristeides, (#0)
I mean dang - look at the size of those paws, look at the size of their faces. Years ago DW and I stopped in a place that had a mountian lion as some kinda pet, and she was utterly entranced by the beast. She and I and the handler went in and she was petting the killing machine like it was a teddy bear. I was so glad to get the freeky heck out of that cage with my wife intact... BUT that was a kitten compared to these monsters. Very Beautiful Monsters.
#11. To: tom007 (#1)
I don't know if I'd be scared or not. Even if I knew they were raised from birth with people, I'd worry they'd sense I'm scared and want to go after me, but they do look so laid back, and very beautiful.
The college I attended had a tame cougar as a pet. It had been declawed, of course. My girlfriend was part of the Cougar Guard, so she had a key to its cage. We went in once, and since the cat wanted to play, I wrestled with it (like I said, it was tame -- really tame). However, having got it in a full nelson, it decided it didn't like it, broke my hold in a fraction of a second, turned and slapped me hard across the face, and ran a few yards from me. This was a cat that weighed maybe 80 pounds, but was so strong and fast that had it been fully armed, I would not have stood a chance unless at the very least I had a big stout club.
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