Cougar Mountain Zoo, Issaquah, Washington, October, 2011, Taj, a 370-lb. Bengal Tiger responds to toddler pressing her hands on the glass of his cage with obvious feline gestures of affection.

At zoos, one sometimes sees a side of large, dangerous animals which is essentially identical to the behavior of your pet at home. One day, at the Chicago Zoo, I watched with amazement as a White Rhino the size of a delivery van manifested recognizable ecstacy while a teenage zookeeper stroked her back with a large push broom.

Via Fred Lapides.

From Bookworm via Karen L. Myers.

Best comment: if you move them to the southern hemisphere do they spin the other direction?

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Hat tip to Barbara Mackintosh.

The stories he could tell. (click on picture for larger image)

From Oleg Sandro-Panfilov via Viktorija Ruškulienė (at Facebook).

Brazilian commercial for Flying Horse energy drink.

The photograph seems to come from Go Moose via Theo.

The cat Frida Kahlo and her owner says she beats the shell game two times out of three.

Russian says: “How do you wean a cat away from smoking?”

Hat tip to Tristyn Bloom.

Via My Ear Trumpet.