What do a Siberian Tiger and a groundhog have in common?
What do a Siberian Tiger and a Groundhog have in common? How about predicting the weather?
Today was February second, otherwise known as Groundhog Day. Everyone knows about Punxsutawney Phil out at Gobbler’s Knob, somewhere in PA land. Well, if you haven’t heard, Phil did see his shadow, so we are in for another six weeks of winter.
What you may not know, is the the Henry Doorly Zoo also has a prognosticator who is able to tell the future as well. As it turns out, his name is Khuntami, a 16 year old Siberian Tiger. In this case, Khuntami does not rely on seeing a shadow, but instead relies on what bowl it choses to eat is meal from. White bowl is six more weeks of winter, green bowl is only six more weeks until spring.
Khuntami
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Siberian tigers are incredible animals, they are the largest species of cat in the world. Unfortunately, they are one of the most endangered species in the world. In the wild they were fewer than three thousand, and the number is rapidly decreasing. I’m afraid it will soon disappear forever.
I myself live in Omaha, nebraska, and work in The Tree Tops Restaurant at The Omaha henry Doorly Zoo. I have a picture of Khatami. In fact, I have pictures of all the tigers that are currently residing there. Now, when’s Kijito the gorilla get his chance to be “The Groundhog”?
I have not heard yet. Which bowl did he pick? I heard out east they are saying six more weeks of winter.
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I am not really big on Twitter and the other media sites out there. I keep putting entries into this site every now and then, just because I really do like and enjoy the Henry Doorly Zoo. I have not been to hundreds of zoo’s, but I have been to some of the other larger ones in the U.S. And I must say, Omaha’s has grown into a truely world class zoo. And one of the really great things is, it seems like almost every year or two there is something totally new and different to see and do. The kids may be grown, but we keep renewing our membership every year.
I do not work for the zoo, nor do I work in a business realated to, or a company that does business with the zoo. I just enjoy sharing the great time I have at the zoo with all my family, friends and anyone else interested.
Thanks,