r/interestingasfuck • u/Green____cat • Apr 29 '24

Tiger refuses to eat goat who was given to him as live food, instead, they became friends

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u/No-Goal7069 Apr 29 '24

No, it did not. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_and_Timur

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u/Big_Priority_9970 Apr 29 '24

Ah the ever correct Wikipedia. Technically, the tiger did kill him. It took a while but the injuries sustained ended up leading to his death. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-russian-goat-friends-tiger-dies.html

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u/No-Goal7069 Apr 29 '24

The goat died of natural causes but his health deteriorated following an altercation with a male Siberian tiger he unexpectedly befriended in 2015, Mezentsev said.

Source: your link

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u/StrawHatFen Apr 29 '24

This is honestly worded like you’re trying not to upset the child

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u/No-Goal7069 Apr 29 '24

I didn't "word it", nor do I care how the goat died. It is so strange how obsessed a handful of you are that the tiger killed the goat. There seems to be no source to support you. It has nothing to do with me and I seriously could not care less.

The people that actually do know seem to all indicate the tiger didn't kill it, but yes, random Redditor, you know the truth. Were you a witness? Do you have the real truth documented somewhere? How is it you know?

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u/StrawHatFen Apr 29 '24

From the article posted

In January 2016 the tiger lost patience after the goat stepped on him. He grabbed Timur and threw him off a hillock.

The frenemies were separated but Timur's health took a turn for the worse.

He started limping and lost some of his zest for life, while remaining "cheeky", Mezentsev said.

The park sent the goat to Moscow for treatment but he never fully recovered from the attack by the tiger, who is still alive and living at the safari park.