Amur Tiger - Panthera tigris altaica

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This tiger is also known as the Siberian, Korean, Manchurian, or North China Tiger and is currently classified as a critically endangered species.

The Tiger Lair on the Northern Trail at the Minnesota Zoo was my favorite part of the whole zoo because these two Amur Tigers came right up to the glass. I was crouched down for a photo and one of the tigers jumped up right in front of me and put its paws on the glass. It was quite intimidating. I waited around for a while and they started fighting… They were just playing, but it was really cool to watch.

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10 Comments

krishnamoorthy manickam said
November 28th, 2006 at 1:20 am

Nice photography…

Jerry said
November 28th, 2006 at 7:54 pm

Nice kitty. Those darn critters didn’t come anywhere near the glass the last time we were at the zoo. I’m glad I now get to see what I missed!

Robbie G said
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:26 pm

Tigers are always doing that pose

(post author) Joe Lencioni said
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:29 pm

Interesting, there must be some sort of modeling handbook for tigers.

Haley said
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:10 pm

An amazing animal. I only wish that more people would get involved with the conservation of endangered animals. That’s what I’ll do when I grow up. :^)

tyroc said
October 21st, 2007 at 10:47 pm

realmente son bellisimos, que pena que el hombre sea mas animal que el mismo animal

Haley said
October 31st, 2007 at 5:08 pm

I really really really wish I could read Spanish, but sadly I can only speak a few words. :(

(post author) Joe Lencioni said
October 31st, 2007 at 5:27 pm

@Haley, I ran it through Google translator and got this: