Eeewwwwwwww......

[AP Panther Fan]

Mom Volunteers to Breastfeed Tiger Cubs

A very brave woman in Myanmar has volunteered to breastfeed a pair of endangered Bengal tiger cubs who were born at a Yangon zoo two weeks ago. The cubs had to be removed from their very aggressive mother after she killed the third cub in her litter, reports the AFP news service.

Htay is a 40-year-old lactating mother of three, including a 7-month-old baby. She offered to breastfeed the male and female cubs when she learned that the tigers needed breast milk to survive. "I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," Htay told the Myanmar Times weekly newspaper.

The Bengal tiger cubs were the first born at the Yangon Zoological Gardens in 16 years. They are being bottle-fed in addition to Htay's half-hour breastfeeding sessions four times a day. The cubs will go on public display in about two months. AFP reports that a year ago, Myanmar's military government created the world's largest tiger reserve to protect its big cats, 250 of which remain in the wild.

[LH Panther Mom]

Ewwwwwwww is right!

[pirate44]

yall are thinkin "sexual"!! It's not sexual!! It's quite charming. She reads the cubs a bedtime story, and tucks them in.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by pirate44
yall are thinkin "sexual"!! It's not sexual!! It's quite charming. She reads the cubs a bedtime story, and tucks them in.

No, I was imagining those baby tigers sitting in my lap getting nourishment. But even more than that, I was imagining being 40 & still having babies.

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by pirate44
yall are thinkin "sexual"!! It's not sexual!! It's quite charming. She reads the cubs a bedtime story, and tucks them in.

.....and after a little wine they go right to sleep.....of course, she sleeps on the floor....

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
No, I was imagining those baby tigers sitting in my lap getting nourishment. But even more than that, I was imagining being 40 & still having babies.

I personally was thinking that if they got hungry enough, they would learn to drink it out of a bottle....that or if it was left to me, they would starve.

It is just an outrageous story ...