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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.
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.
Humans and cats are an erratic mix. Big cats seem to be just like small cats in alot of ways, but if they weigh 500 pounds their perspective might change. I find them scary. I have encounterd Grizzly bears in the the wild,(and I don't like them one bit) but the idea of these massive cats running around.... At least the G bears just looked at me and after I backed off they left me alone. A big part of the Assyrian and Akkidan responsibilities was to kill all the Lions they could, quite evidently the big cats were are real problem to the neolithic farming communities
#16. To: tom007 (#15)
I've had a few encounters with bears, not too close up thankfully. Oddly they strike me as humans wearing fur suits in the way they move and look around. I had one rear up in front of me on a road as I was driving in my car, he then took off and went into the woods. That was pretty neat.
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