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as the cubs have become bolder at home
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charles thinks it's time for spot and
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stripe to increase their socialization
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with the adult tigers back at the zoo
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at the main tiger compound giles and his
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team are full-time carers for 10 adult
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tigers and spot and stripe
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have been gradually exposed to them
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ah good boy
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good boy
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good boy
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seeing the adult tigers through the
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glass is one thing
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but their next big milestone is to
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socialize and meet one of the adults in
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the open air
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there's going to be lots and lots of
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interesting spells in here with all the
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other tigers you know like the big guys
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come through here on a regular basis and
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it's much much more of a sensory
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stimulation for them in here in terms of
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the smell than just being around the
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front of the glass like the tiger the
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big tigers never go around that side so
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get used to walking around here boys
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in just over a month the cubs will be
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too big to live at home
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and they need to be accepted by the
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adults for them to live here full time
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he's a little bit nervous as you would
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expect you can see he's smelling all the
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smells around there's lots of smells of
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big predators other tigers around so
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you're going to be a little bit cautious
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naturally
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in the wild an unrelated tiger could
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easily injure the cubs
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how is she
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she's waiting
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and giles hopes maneki won't display any
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threatening behaviors
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so this is maneki
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well this is the very very first time
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that maneki's seen
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any cubs whatsoever
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tigers communicate using a range of
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vocalizations and the most common
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non-threatening sound they make
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is called a chaff
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trapping is reassuring so
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they're chuffing at her they're chuffing
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at each other
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so it's a reassuring type of noise but
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it's also a way of greeting saying that
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she speaks your language not like ruby
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tigers are one of the few cats in the
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world to communicate in this way
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these guys are very inquisitive so their
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facial expression with their ears is
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exactly that now he's being a bit
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submissive for the fact that he's
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putting his ears slightly back he's
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getting down low
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so that's just being a little bit unsure
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if you like
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whereas maniki you can see how relaxed
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she is she's sat there she's
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fairly happy
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so stripe is um it's getting a little
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bit close
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he's being cautious in the way in which
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he approaches
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good boy
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you're brave
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yeah
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look at his face
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he's very very cautious like he wants to
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go up a bit closer but he's also
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a little nervous but that's to be
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expected like look at the size of her in
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comparison to him so
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and she's reacting a little she doesn't
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want to be surprised
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the cubs have won over maneki and giles
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is relieved
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for a very first encounter
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you couldn't have asked for it to go any
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better or any smoother you know no one's
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been
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aggressive no one's showing
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over interest or too much interest say
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and the cubs have coping really well
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