Zoos, Circuses, Safaris: A Gallery of Captivity

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I noticed one quite odd video... zoo-keeper say many good things, but what comes to size of this tiger, she obviously makes mistake. She says on video, that tiger stands over 9,5 feet tall, which sounds too much. Then she say, that she is herself 5 ft 2 inches tall. I think that in that she can be trusted.

So she claims, that tiger can stand over 289 cm tall and she herself is 157,5 cm tall. Then she reaches up, looks to rise so, that standing on her toes. And she has some pliers etc. in her hand adding height, when she gives meat for the tiger. And that tiger seems to stand on a bit higher ground, than zookeeper, stretched as much as it can.

Here comes interesting part. 157,5 cm, that can be put to 170 cm because she is standing on her toes to reach as up as she can. If her hand is 55 cm and estimating how much she can reach over head, I think, that 35 cm is quite close. Then pliers to that, about 15 cm. 170+35+15= 220 cm, which is 7 ft 2,6 inches.

Remembering, that she says, that tiger can reach over 9,5 feet, meaning over 289 cm, about 70 cm difference sounds quite big. Or 2 feet 3,2 inches in other words.

A good example, how important it is to have criticism even, when listening what someone who should know is talking. That tiger can reach over 9,5 feet only if jumping. I put here video and then attach two freeze-frames to show dimensions so, that everyone can see what I mean.

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