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August 11, 2008
The Summer of Grom.
Spending the summer with a baby Amur (formerly Siberian) tiger really made for an interesting 3 months. Unfortunately Grom (which is his house name and means thunder) finally reached the size where although he is still a cub he no longer knows his own strength, or the power of his jaws and claws. So his days of spending his time with my sister and the rest of us has come to an end. This past Thursday was his last day at home. I did have the opportunity to visit one last time on Saturday when I went to the zoo for a final farewell. So I thought I would share a few final pictures of him before the bars separate us for good.
He loves to wrestle with hats.
He also likes to nap after he wrestles with hats!
The white spots on the back of his ears are called "follow spots" that the cubs use to follow each other and their mother.
I'm only including this one to show how big his paws have gotten. Notice how the camera takes ten pounds off of my hairline?
He also likes to pose for pictures.
And keep guard under the coffee table.
My final visit with him at the zoo.
This is Toma, Grom's mother, without whom none of this would have been possible.
Posted by DavidStanley at August 11, 2008 2:34 PM
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Thanks for sharing more pictures. It's so cool that you got to spend so much time with a tiger cub. I imagine not many people in the modern world can say that!
Posted by: Karissa at August 11, 2008 5:44 PM
Grom is so cute, Mr. Stanley! I am so jealous that you got to play with him all summer. Thanks for sharing all those cool pictures with us!
Posted by: Melissa at August 13, 2008 10:02 AM
We are lucky to have a tiger-taming head librarian at Seton Hill University! Cool pix, David.
Posted by: Lee McClain at August 13, 2008 9:54 PM
You are one heroic librarian!
Posted by: Mike Rubino at August 14, 2008 9:33 AM
I'm glad you all enjoyed the pictures. I've enjoyed sharing them with you. But being a librarian, it's hard to complete with the job of a tiger keeper. Her tiger bites always trump my paper cuts!!!!
Posted by: David Stanley at August 14, 2008 11:52 AM
That Tiger must be vicious. It ripped all the hair out of your head. Other than that, nice web site.
Posted by: Tbird at August 19, 2008 11:46 PM
It is so nice that my brother actually took time to look at the blog and respond. But he should keep in mind two facts: 1. I'm older, and 2. I have pictures of his head!!!!
Posted by: David Stanley at August 21, 2008 12:24 PM