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Whirl, the Amur Tiger
Β© Nicole Peterson
Brookfield Zoo, 2009
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I Looove this picture! Love her eyes -so alert, her pose-looks like she's hyper aware of her surroundings to me, and just the overall clarity of the picture... 
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I love Whirl!! She's actually my favorite tiger at BZ. I go there all the time. ^-^
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My family had a cat that had no tail, but it was born w/o one (Manx).
How did this Tiger loose his tail?
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www.mysuburbanlife.com/2013/01β¦ I know this is an old comment but I figured I'd share this. The tiger's tail was docked because it had to be!
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I went to a wildlife sanctuary recently and these recused tigers had docked tails too and the workers there said that the previous owners (who were super abusive) docked their tails to "identify them" which is dumb. It was for sure docked though. Unless it's deformed, tigers will be born with tails 
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Thatβs horrible.
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Yeah those poor babies barely had room to sketch and little buckets of water instead of a big body of water that tigers REQUIRE because they are swimmers. So most of them are a bit afraid of the water 
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Awww, poor kitty. I'm glad he's safe in the zoo cause, I'm a mega tiger lover. He's very gorgeous.
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luckily it was just a tail, not her head!
But she is such a pretty girl, even without tail ))
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He's a beutifull tiger! wow, and that huge tai-- O.O wut happened to his tail? He's still gorgeous!! Muahahaha! :3
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When she was a cub, she got to close to her father that was inside another enclosure and he bit her tail off.
But she's in excellent health now and is the most active captive tiger I've ever come across
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Outch, poor her : (
It's great that's she's healthy!! 
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Wow what a gorgeous Tiger! I love the Soft pastel look of her fur ^^
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ha! I love this. It looks quite a bit like my old pet cat.
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it's a girl? oh well i don't care.
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I like how she looks shocked that she doesn't have a tail. 
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Wow, it actually IS Whirl! I've actually been working at Brookfield Zoo since 2010, and I've seen Whirl quite a few times when I had time to kill before and after work. I saw this pic and it reminded me of her, but I didn't think it actually was her! Turns out...It is! 
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The head of this tiger is ugly. But nice work.
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How is this tiger ugly?
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why is the head ugly?? O__o
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Awww, she's like a bobtailed tiger! Sad story though, I'm glad she's living a pretty rich and exciting life. Good thing it was only her tail and not her head that was too close to the bars.
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When she was just a cub, she was in an exclosure too close to her aggressive father and he bit it off.
Despite her lack of tail, she is actually the happiest and most active tiger I've ever seen in captivity.
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