This didn't end 井戸/弁護士席! Zoo '実験(する)s baby ヒョウs and tigers' natural reflexes' by throwing them a LIVE rabbit to play with

  • Zookeepers at Qingdao 植林学 Zoo in 中国 were 実験(する)ing cubs' instincts
  • The young tigers and ヒョウs did not seem to know how to 追跡(する) prey

You might think that tiger cubs would be hard-wired to go after their prey 積極性 from an 早期に age.

But when these wild-beasts-in-training were 現在のd with a juicy rabbit, their predatory instincts seemed to fail them.

The white rabbit 簡単に jumped around their enclosure, eluding their しっかり掴むing paws as it より勝るd them.

Nervous: These tiger cubs seem not to know what to do when confronted with a rabbit

Nervous: These tiger cubs seem not to know what to do when 直面するd with a rabbit

Escape: The rabbit's leaping abilities apparently enabled it to avoid a grisly fate

Escape: The rabbit's leaping abilities 明らかに enabled it to 避ける a grisly 運命/宿命

The charming scenes took place at Qingdao 植林学 Zoo in Shandong 州 in northern 中国.

Zookeepers there put the rabbit in with the tiger and ヒョウ cubs when they reached the age of two months.

They hoped to 実験(する) how 井戸/弁護士席 developed the big cats' wild instincts were by seeing if they would be able to 追跡(する) 負かす/撃墜する the rabbit.

However, the ーするつもりであるd prey was 明らかに able to escape the 猛烈な/残忍な animals' attention.

Athletic: The rabbit's canny escape attempt seemed to outpace this leopard on the prowl

運動競技の: The rabbit's canny escape 試みる/企てる seemed to より勝る this ヒョウ on the prowl

Success? One leopard cub got his teeth on the rabbit - but only managed to chomp on its ear

Success? One ヒョウ cub got his teeth on the rabbit - but only managed to chomp on its ear

Stand-off: The tiger apparently tried intimidating the rabbit by giving it the hairdryer treatment

Stand-off: The tiger 明らかに tried 脅迫してさせるing the rabbit by giving it the hairdryer 治療

The tiny tigers even seemed to shy away from the rabbit, though it was only a 4半期/4分の1 of its size.

Photographs of the chase show that the worst any of the predators was able to do was to 得る,とらえる 持つ/拘留する of one of the rabbit's ears.

The scene was 統括するd over by a mother tiger, separated from the youngsters in another cage.

Playful: The big cats toyed with the rabbit but were not pictured going in for the kill

Playful: The big cats toyed with the rabbit but were not pictured going in for the kill

Disapproving: The mother tiger would have had no problems catching and eating the white rabbit

Disapproving: The mother tiger would have had no problems catching and eating the white rabbit

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