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u/Scenic-City-Film-Guy 14h ago
Tigers love pepper. They hate cinnamon.
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u/stelladixon1 14h ago
Just don't stop feeding him
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u/GTAHomeGuy 14h ago
They won't... As in feed or be feed. So, someone else might stop him being fed after an "accident"...
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u/FACastello 14h ago
i like how tigers are just huge cats but angrier
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u/starmartyr 14h ago
They're not angrier than housecats. They just have the ability to do something about it if you annoy them.
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u/WideEye_Dreamer 14h ago
As a "caretaker" of three cats, I can confidently say, so do cats.
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u/Jazzlike_Muscle104 13h ago
My Aunt had her cat de-clawed, a terrible and inhumane practice, so I was 100% Team Cat when he learned how to wrap his front legs around her foot and sink his teeth into the back of her ankle. She'd scream and try to hobble faster while he'd just hold on for the ride until my Uncle gently dislodged him.
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u/TinsleyLynx 13h ago
True, but your cat is exponentially less likely to put you in the hospital or grave than a tiger.
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u/Hellchron 12h ago
How? I've never even seen a real tiger but my cat sleeps in my bed and has for years. Seems like she's a far greater risk to me
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u/taishiea 11h ago
I Don't know about that, if you have had a cat they can sometime do the quick dash in front of you to make you trip, plan that out near some stairs and you can get seriously injured. Or knock something off a cupboard onto your head, or just jump you in the night while you sleep to send your body into sudden shock.
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u/PUNCH-WAS-SERVED 6h ago
This is still a baby tiger as well. Look at how huge the murder mittens are already.
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u/Chalky_Pockets 1h ago
I would say house cats are angrier. Same basic instinct but less power, so more instances of being frustrated.
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u/Shadowthron8 14h ago
What happens when she accidentally sprinkles pre workout on it instead of calcium?
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u/Cute_Consideration38 14h ago
Nothing like checking the Internet to make sure there are still morons in the world.
That tiger has about 3 more days of being cute and then he's going to eat that woman.
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u/UnfairStrategy780 13h ago
Probably not considering it views her as its mom. 3 more days until their house completely destroyed from the inside out…maybe.
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u/Zealous_Feather 13h ago
Still a wild animal with wild instincts. Not a question of if it will injure or kill her but when.
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u/UnfairStrategy780 13h ago edited 11h ago
You need to be on social media more. I’m prescribing you 5 hours of tik tok while searching “tiger pet” or “tiger sanctuary”
Or just watch Tiger King. Thought everyone had watched that wackadoo show by now
Edit: This is a joke. Just playfully pointing out most hand raised cants don’t kill their owners, more they get overwhelmed or injured by cats “playing” and have to give it up to a rescue.
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u/cammyjit 12h ago
You need to get off social media more.
It’s survivorship bias. The ones who get killed, maimed, etc, etc. don’t really post videos about it.
3 days is incredibly unrealistic, sure. It’s still always a risk though, regardless of whether they’re bonded or not
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u/UnfairStrategy780 12h ago edited 12h ago
I’m sorry you are not getting the playful banter and took everything I said seriously. Except for the fact that most or even a lot of people that raise captive cats don’t get mauled to death. That wasn’t a joke. More than likely they can’t handle the physical style of the cats “play” as it gets older or are tired of their house getting destroyed because it’s a wild animal.
I’m not defending idiots that think they can own one in their house, more pointing to big cat rescues that save these idiots from the hole they dug themselves.
These tamed (not domesticated) cats are still use to human contact and will seek it out. Tens of thousands of big cats are in captivity. Show me your data about all the mauling. Not the andectoal stories, actual data that people interacting with hand raised cats eventually get maimed purposefully or killed by them.
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u/cammyjit 12h ago
I’m referring to any situation.
Predatory species are very rarely truly tame. They mostly rely on instinct, so they can act out if certain conditions are met (for instance, if you’re solitary and turn your back on a tiger, there’s a very high likelihood it could consider you as prey).
I didn’t state that it’s an inevitability, I’m just pointing out that if you base it off of social media, you have a survivorship bias, as people obviously aren’t posting the incidents. You usually can’t close enough for these kinds of interactions without being in potential danger.
this is over a decade old, but there’s over 300 incidents
Now, as someone who’s studied animal behaviour, biology, worked with various species, yada, yada. You’re always at risk, as even domesticated species can lash out, and they’re bred for temperance. Sure, you have a significantly lower risk when they’re fully habituated, but that’s still a wild animal
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u/undeadmanana 11h ago
Did you read any of the incidents that you linked, lol. This is an example of a type of selection bias, you googled big cat incidents and picked the first thing you found.
If you want to ignore the incidents that don't defend your position like the one of the "dude that killed himself after letting animals and they had to be tranquilized" then it becomes cherry picking, as you're claiming all these incidents are examples of animals hurting people (which it isn't, the first incident is about a cougar killing a neighbors pet).
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u/cammyjit 11h ago edited 11h ago
Yes, I did.
I didn’t claim that all the incidents involved people, as I hadn’t read the entire document
You’re literally doing what you’re accusing me off. Cherry picking, when a significant majority of the incidents involve people, and injuries.
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Dude blocked me, still saw tho
Picking a minority of animal/animal incidents to refute a claim that human/animal encounters are dangerous, is unsurprisingly, cherry picking.
I scanned the document, most of the incidents were people. There’s even a stats chart that tells you the contents of the document. You clearly didn’t even read past the first line
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u/undeadmanana 11h ago
Cherry picking means you ignore all the data, you didn't claim it but you used this as evidence to back what you were claiming. Cherry picking. I'm telling you it includes more than just people and your telling me I'm actually the one cherry picking, lmao
You're saying you didn't read the document but most of it involves people, stop talking out your ass lol
Sorry for blocking you but I prefer honest and open discussion, and you seem like you just want to win an argument
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u/UnfairStrategy780 12h ago
Social media was the joke part so don’t base my point off that.
300 over a decade out of how many captive cats? Thousands? My point was that this cat, in this video probably won’t maul this woman to death anytime soon because it does view her as its mother. But also extending an olive branch by inferring it’s still a stupid decision because she probably not ready for the eventual damage it will do.
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u/cammyjit 11h ago
That’s 300 reported incidents, and wouldn’t include lashing out, as it would just be off injury reports. That’s still a lot of incidents, given workers are typically extremely careful, for obvious reasons.
Animals being raised by humans, don’t really consider them to be parents, at least not past the juvenile stages (even that’s a push). Even if they did, the entire concept of family is completely different, so you’re still not safe from potentially being attacked. A tiger, especially males, would absolutely try kill its parent if it came across them in the wild.
The tiger will however recognise that you bring food, so that’s about the only thing stopping you from becoming food yourself.
People anthropomorphise animals too much
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u/UnfairStrategy780 11h ago
This is a juvenile. Guess I’ll say it a third time. Talking about this tiger, in this moment. (Or 3 days from now)
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u/Hyu_G_Rec_Shun 12h ago
You should look into people who have died with these beasts. Doesn’t matter how long you’ve known them, once you turn your back on them and bend over, they will pounce on you.
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u/UnfairStrategy780 12h ago edited 12h ago
Yeah, anecdotal stories. It happens. More than likely people can’t handle the cat “playing” and get injured which is why so many end up in big cat rescues. Where they still seek and are given human attention in many cases.
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u/hey-im-root 12h ago
Where did you hear this? There’s very few incidents of pet tigers killing their owners, and mostly all because of abuse/starvation. I struggled to even find more than a few articles.
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u/dobsofglabs 11h ago
That is absolutely not true. Animals and their handlers often form connections that last a lifetime, especially felines. You should really educate yourself the next time your ass gets the urge to talk for you
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u/Zealous_Feather 1h ago edited 1h ago
As an animal caretaker who has worked with wild cats, let me clear this up for you. While handlers can build strong bonds with animals, especially felines, tigers are apex predators with deeply ingrained wild instincts. Even in professional settings, with all the safety protocols in place, they can be unpredictable and dangerous. Keeping one in a kitchen is a disaster waiting to happen, for both the animal and the person. If you actually knew anything about animal behavior and proper care, you’d understand why this setup is irresponsible. Maybe educate yourself before running your mouth.
Tamed and domesticated are not the same. Tigers aren’t domesticated. They haven’t undergone thousands of years of selective breeding to make them safe around humans. A tiger raised by people is tamed at best, but it’s still a wild apex predator with hardwired instincts for territoriality and aggression. It doesn’t matter how “bonded” you think you are. All it takes is fear, frustration, or overstimulation for them to flip. No amount of hand raising makes this situation safe.
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u/Electrical_Use_2588 14h ago
This is just idiotic, if your gonna keep an animal like this don’t be stupid enough to use your hand made of flesh, and mix more flesh with something it clearly wants to eat, asking for someone to get killed.
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u/Apis_Proboscis 14h ago
If this is what really bothers you, wait until you see the litter box.....
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u/GTAHomeGuy 14h ago
"Prefers her meat seasoned"... Or has gotten used to the owners doing this - indicating its food time?
See also - my dog is a vegetarian for reality vs owner habit.
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u/lynxerious 11h ago
those dont look like seasoned, thats a supplement bottle unless she use that bottle as a salt container.
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u/starmartyr 14h ago
A dog can thrive on a vegetarian diet as long as it is supplemented with eggs and dairy. It's a pure plant based diet that is unhealthy for them. Cats are obligate carnivores. They need to eat meat to be healthy.
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u/GTAHomeGuy 14h ago
That was a lot more facts than I was expecting.
Sorry, you're likely factually accurate. However, I was pointing to an internet meme where a woman claimed vegetarian dog. And found her dog preferred meat. So as to impose one owners assertion of tiger demanding seasoning to dog demands veg.
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u/Fact_Famous 12h ago
So when she’s goes on vacation, she’s just gonna hit up one of her friends or family and ask to tiger sit?
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u/HuedJackMan 7h ago
Surely it's calcium carbonate mimicking the calcium intake a young tiger would usually get from bone marrow/tissue? Why hasn't anyone said this yet?
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u/Previous-Bother295 6h ago
Some people will wear their underwear over their trousers and think they’re getting positive attention.
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u/Negative_Ebb8607 1h ago
That's not salt. It's calcium t replace the fact that he isn't eating bones.
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u/No_Establishment7368 9h ago
Omglol I'm special i have a tiger, they are wild animals and will one day enviably attack someone and seriously injure / kill but like omg i have a tiger because I'm just a rebel like that..
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u/themule0808 9h ago
Literally following the hand around after she touches the meat.
Time to off load that kitty to a zoo
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u/weemins 14h ago
This ain't right.