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Wildlife park employees act as 'bait' to train tigers to hunt

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 14 February 2017, 12:59 IST

In today's dose of crazy, awesome news we have Arizona's Out of Africa wildlife park.

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A wildlife park that puts up a show which features park volunteers role-playing as prey to teach the animals how to hunt. Yes, you read that right. Called Tiger Splash, humans and tigers interact in what's called a 'predator-and-play' relationship.

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The activity is held in an enclosed pool; and the whole event is believed to be unrehearsed.

The number of tigers in each 'show' differs tigers participate, or they don't. It depends on their mood. They play with toys, they splash into the pool and play 'fetch the prey'.

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Want to get a peek into how Siberian and Bengal tigers hunt? You might want to keep track of what's happening at Out of Africa then.

A tiny slice of what's life like of the striped cats in this wildlife park:



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First published: 12 December 2015, 5:43 IST