{"id":1094,"date":"2010-12-29T19:12:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T03:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2011-05-02T11:16:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:16:36","slug":"close-encounters-of-the-furry-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/?p=1094","title":{"rendered":"Close Encounters of the Furry Kind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the crazy things they have for tourists here is the opportunity to see and be right beside a tiger. At first I was not too thrilled, all I could picture was the freak accident that involved one of us. However, these animals have lived their whole lives in captivity and are remarkably tame. It doesn&#8217;t hurt either that they are mostly nocturnal and we are visiting them in the heat of the day. The little cubs are the absolute cutest!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65531.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie&#039;s furry pillow\" title=\"Maddie&#039;s furry pillow\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65531.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65531-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65621.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65621.jpg\" alt=\"Emily&#039;s furry pillow\" title=\"Emily&#039;s furry pillow\" width=\"560\" height=\"342\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65621.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_65621-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe girls even got to feed the baby tigers, they are about 3 months old.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6601.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6601.jpg\" alt=\"Feeding the baby tiger\" title=\"Feeding the baby tiger\" width=\"560\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6601.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6601-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6605.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie feeding the baby tiger\" title=\"Maddie feeding the baby tiger\" width=\"560\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6605.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6605-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter that Simon and I got to sit with the adult tigers, there were 3 of them. Each male weighed from 150-200 kg. When you are sitting next to one, they are huge! It was a pretty cool experience!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6547.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6547.jpg\" alt=\"That is a BIG tiger\" title=\"That is a BIG tiger\" width=\"560\" height=\"379\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6547.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6547-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6512.jpg\" alt=\"Mmmm, tiger tail!\" title=\"Mmmm, tiger tail!\" width=\"560\" height=\"493\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1099\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6512.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6512-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6496.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6496.jpg\" alt=\"Simon cuddles a giant tiger\" title=\"Simon cuddles a giant tiger\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1098\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6496.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/our-travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_6496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the crazy things they have for tourists here is the opportunity to see and be right beside a tiger. At first I was not too thrilled, all I could picture was the freak accident that involved one of us. However, these animals have lived their whole lives in captivity and are remarkably tame. 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