This Week In Animals: Genius Crows, Turtle Gangs, Drunken Badgers And More! (SLIDESHOW, VOTE)

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Vote and Share Choose Your Top 5 I've seen cuter. Beyond Adorable. I Love This. Now Make Your Own Top 5 And Share with Your Friends RANK: AVERAGE:  OUT OF 10 An adorable and rare white Bengal tiger cub was found near Capetown, South Africa recently. There are only 20 such tigers left in the world.

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[ybmagpye]

As there aren't any wild bengal tigers in Africa, is that a photo of a rare white lion cub? Looks like one to me. If that is a tiger, is there a Capetown in Asia somewhere?

Just trying to keep my zoological inner map updated.

[TigersEye]

It's a tiger (although I thought it was a white lion at first glance also). Here's the full article:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/08/content_11672149.htm

[mamacat]

Observing animals helps us to understand what it is to be human. Saving animals from extinction, by saving their habitats, is in the end a selfish thing to do, because it is good for us as well as them.

[KindMisica]

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[TigersEye]

I enjoy the animal stories (and the baby tiger is adorable) but the drunk badger was the funniest IMO.

[mamacat]

Pound for pound, they are the most powerful mammals in the world, and they are famous for having bad tempers. Treat with extreme caution.

[TigersEye]

Unfortunately we don't historically have badgers in my area, so I won't be seeing one - drunken or otherwise - unless I go to the zoo.

[noneIn2008]

We should also tax pets for their contribution to green house gases and consumption. Include a 100% excess pet tax for all pets over one. There will also be a pet weight tax. All farm animals will be considered pets for tax purposes. Zoo animals must be freed or taxed.

[zorak1704]

Badgers, we don't need no stinking badgers.

[huffponewbie]

inre animals being afraid of fireworks: I am of the opinion that all foreworks should be banned. The "rocket's red glare" was, and is not, a good thing. Those rockets killed people. Fireworks scare domestic as well as wild animals. Must the men men with small, um, firecrackers compensate with explosives. Why do we, as a country, still allow this inanity?