Zookeepers gave a tiger a live goat to eat… but they made friends instead

November 28: The lion will lay down with the lamb when peace arrives on earth, so the saying goes.

Well, in Russia, a tiger is already best friends with the goat he was given for dinner – and the goat has even kicked the jungle predator out of his own bed.

The unusual duo struck up their bromance in a Siberian zoo, where keepers sacrificed the goat thinking he would make a tasty snack.

But instead of a blood bath in the enclosure, the two started trotting around the woods together, just hanging out.

The tiger named Amur lives at the Far Eastern Safari Park with his new roommate, who staff have christened Timur meaning iron to symbolise bravery.

Keepers said Amur is no pacifist and it was bravado alone that saved the goat’s skin.

‘Our tigers get live prey twice every week,’ a staff member told the Siberian Times. ‘Tiger Amur knows very well how to hunt goats and rabbits. But recently he came across a goat that he refused to hunt.’

‘We think that the goat never came across tigers and no-one taught him to be scared of them. Amur the tiger is quite cautious by his nature and decided not to go to the trouble of hunting Timur.’

This story proves you don’t need to be big to be brave.

Source: http://metro.co.uk