a In a zoo in California mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to
complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to
their tiny size,they died shortly after birth.The mother tiger after
recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although
physically she was fine.. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter
had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if
the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would
improve.After checking with many other zoos across the country, the
depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to
introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something
that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of
one species will take on the care of a different species. The only
orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The
zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed
the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork
chops?Take a look......... you won't believe your eyes
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