Zoo Won’t Scratch Picture for Timid Tigers
Tony and Emily, a pair of Siberian tigers at the San Francisco Zoo, are just a couple of scaredy-cats.
Their eyes bulge, their mouths loll and their ears fold back -- behaviors a feline exhibits when frightened -- upon seeing a lifelike portrait of their popular predecessor.
Unfortunately for the two tiger siblings, they are just going to have to cope.
The 8-foot oil painting of Sedova, an adored Siberian tiger who lived at the zoo for 19 years before her death in 1992, is going to stay hanging in their habitat because no other place exists for it, zoo officials say.
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