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.