Plan9

I'm just a naive kid from the suburbs, so deal with it:

I HAS A BABY TIGER!

So... this tiny zoo out in the middle of nowhere was doing a fundraiser where you pay $XX and get a photo with baby tigers. Money goes to enlarging their habitat. They're pretty much the cutest things on the planet. They're like giant cuddly house cats with giant teeth and paws. Apparently the tabby cub I'm holding is a really rare critter, with only ~50 left on the planet. Whew, I was so ready to stick 'em in my jacket and run outta there a cubnapper.

So yeah, turns out I'm going to be squeein' all week looking at that picture. They're friggin' adorable.

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Manic_Skafe

They are awesomely cute! Good job helping out a great cause, Cromp.













Now go get some facial hair - the cubs aren't the only baby faces in this pic..

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Jetée

Is this "middle of nowhere" zoo of yours somewhere in West Virginia? 'cause if so, I've been there before as well a few years back.

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snowy

Awww! So cute! Were they soft?

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Plan9

Gah, they were fuzzy soft and very sleepy. They growled like a small motorcycle when they were hungry. Only weighed 16 pounds or so, but had these huge limbs and big heads with eat-yo-face teeth. It was a once-in-a-lifetime type thing. I was so ready to abduct 'em!

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Armpit-sized zoo was located at Natural Bridge.

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HAHAHA! What?! Dude, I shaved right before that picture. Jesus. I've got some facial hair... somewhere.

*sigh* Okay, it grows in like Joe Dirt. Lemme alone.

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ShaniFaye

oh damn, you've now done one of the major things in life I wanna do, Im so jealous

adorable

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Jetée

Ah, that's right. Western Virginia; they run together now years later. The great feature that the tiger cub facility used to do was they'd go on a "roadshow" with usually two infants to the local markets and pubs to just wow the unsuspecting public with miniature tigers roaming their Wal-mart aisles..

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ItWasMe

Cute baby kitties. Just adorable. Do you know how old they are?

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ring

Crompsin - your entire being, is beeming forth a beautiful, relaxed, powerful contentment.
It's suberbly contagious.

Plan9

4 weeks old! They're backpack sized. They're content to flop around all day suck down huge bottles of kitty formula.

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Are you referring to my scrawny pale exterior? Hah, it's just meat.

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genuinegirly

I want one!!! The tiger, not the Crompsin. But you're nice too.

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ring

cromp...that tiger will eventually see you as meat.

just glad to see you looking happy,
dammit.

ItWasMe

4 weeks old?! Wow. I was thinking 4 months. That tabby has beautiful blue eyes.

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dlish

whats that? take a pic with a hot zookeeper? me too...

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CinnamonGirl

I'm making all kinds of cutesy girly noises now. Thanks a lot.




...I totally want one. They're so fluffy!

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Cheater

Beautiful animals.
I'm gonna have to look up that zoo someday.
Always wished I could adopt a cat like that.

blahblah454

Hey thats awesome! at 4 weeks and you say they only weight 16lbs, what monstrously huge babies! Man those little guys are cute, you shoulda ran off with at least one of them.

KirStang

*Awww* How cute! =D


2 years later, they'll eat your daughter if you're not wary. 'Tis true. Read it in a case.

Plan9

Hahah, KirStang... you're on the spot with legal humor.

Law school'd!

Yeah, they weighed about as much as my lazy rotund house cat. I was surprised how scrawny they were... you could feel their ribs and pointy cat-elbows and stuff. Their bellies were rather plump from suckin' down giant bottles of critter-be-bigger milk, though.

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Daniel_

Fantastic!

There are three very cute creatures in that picture, and thankfully, none of them is Cromptopus.

Those kittens are adorable. Wonder if I could keep one here?

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Terrell

Those little tigers are adorable. Wish I could pet one of them myself. Of course without Mrs. Tiger knowing, she might object.

little_tippler

Wow, how lucky to get to do this love the picture...and your huge grin says it all. It's nice to see you smiling!

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lostgirl

That is the cutest thing I have seen all day. :x

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