The Tiger Temple in Thailand is pretty amazing. There’s a certain awe surrounding creatures so magnificent and powerful. When you go, there’s an area where the adult tigers hang out during the day, with lots of keepers around who take you around to get pictures with the tigers. Each person who goes to take pictures is paired with two keepers – one to lead them and one to take pictures. I put my camera on video mode so I could get a little live footage before the photographer keeper figured it out and switched it to camera mode. Here’s that footage:
petting a tiger from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
I then noticed one of the tigers pacing around as the keepers tried to calm him. Nobody was allowed to take pictures with him while he was in a mood.
pacing tiger from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
And then in another area, two baby tigers were playing with the monks who take care of them. They’re so cute! But don’t be fooled, these suckers are strong!
playful baby tiger from Mary Qin on Vimeo.
baby tiger playing from Mary Qin on Vimeo.