Siberian tiger made friendship with goat in Safari Park. Tiger befriended the goat at the far eastern Safari Park.
The goat intended as the tiger’s lunch, but now the pair have become some of the animal kingdom’s friends.
Siberian tiger made friendship with goat in Safari Park.
Staff at a Russian safari park ‘stunned’ at the goat’s bravery and the Siberian tiger’s readiness to make friends with his meal.
Extraordinary images show Amur the obedient big cat reduced to resting on the roof of his home after the brave goat occupied his bed.
The goat showed no inkling of fear, eyeballed the tiger and took over his shelter,’ a keeper from the Far Eastern Safari Park in Russia.
‘Our tigers get live prey twice every week, and Amur knows very well how to hunt goats and rabbits.
tiger and goat take walks together, and appear to be ‘friends’.
‘But recently he came across a goat that he refused to hunt.’
After seeing the bravery of the goat, the keepers named the confident goat Timur – meaning iron.
‘We think that the goat never come across tigers and so didn’t know that he should scared of them,’ said the keeper.
Amur the tiger is quite cautious by nature, and decided not to go to the trouble of hunting Timur.
‘But the brave goat not only saved his own live.
He also kicked the tiger out of his bedroom and is sleeping on Amur’s ‘bed’ for the fourth night.
‘We named the goat Timur – he was just a nameless prey at the point when he entered the cage – out of respect for his bravery.’
Footage shows the goat following the tiger around the enclosure, trotting after it when it gets left behind.
While Amur the tiger takes a rest in the clip, Timur takes the opportunity to munch on some nearby grass.
Keepers say that every day the tiger and goat take walks together, and appear to be ‘friends’.
Siberian tiger made friendship with goat in Safari Park.
Timur follows the tiger and has taken Amur for a leader, even though it really seems to be the goat in charge of this surprising arrangement.
The keeper added: ‘Timur’s bravery and Amur’s cautiousness got them to this paradoxical situation.’
Best of friends: Amur the tiger went against his nature and befriended the goat thrown into his lair for lunch.
