When officials at Primorsky Safari Park in Russian Federation introduced Timur the goat into a Siberian tiger’s pen this week, they intended for the creature to serve as dinner for the ferocious feline.
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Staff at a Russian safari park are “stunned” at the goat’s bravery and the Siberian tiger’s readiness to make friends with his meal.
‘We think that the goat had never come across tigers and so didn’t know that he should have been scared of them, ‘ said the keeper.
Watch video of the goat chasing the tiger above, via Youtube.
Like a children’s fable come to life, a goat meant to be a Siberian tiger’s food has instead befriended the predator.
It should be noted that Timur, described as “fearless” by park workers, was not actually named when he was sent in to be eaten. “Timur the goat has taken the tiger for a leader and follows him everywhere”. ‘Amur the tiger is quite cautious by his nature decided not to go to the trouble of hunting Timur.
Timur sleeps in Amur’s sleeping quarters and surprisingly gets along very well with the tiger he kicked out of his bed.
Every day, the tiger and goat take walks together, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
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The Primorsky safari park runs a programme for breeding rare tigers in captivity partly to give the large animal the chance to hunt his prey.
