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