Different Tiger Cubs, Different Behaviors! Check Out These Adorable Little Animals

Wild Times at the San Diego Zoo

Learn all about the early life stages of Malayan tiger cubs.

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00:00Here at the San Diego Zoo, our two, three-and-a-half-month-old Malayan tiger cubs

00:04are now going on exhibit every day and getting a little bit braver every day.

00:08First couple days, they didn't really want to go out.

00:10They were a little scared, but now they follow mom right out.

00:13Sometimes one Connor is a little bit more brave and the other one actually leads the way.

00:17Christopher is a little bit more hesitant.

00:19Connor and Christopher are really different.

00:20Connor has, from day one, always been the most bold.

00:22He's the one who comes in first.

00:24He's the one that marches out first.

00:25He comes in first for training.

00:26A little bit more advanced.

00:28He eats a lot more than his brother.

00:30Whereas Christopher hangs back a little bit, he's a little bit quieter.

00:33Whereas Connor's going to let you know he's there and he's going to let you know right away.

00:36Christopher hangs back, lets his brother be the brave one, and then he kind of comes up after that.

00:41But they're both still really cute.

00:42They're both really playful and they're having a great time.

00:45By three months, they're getting around well enough that we start working on getting them out on exhibit.

00:50They do have all their teeth.

00:51They have all the vocalizations of a tiger.

00:54It's okay.

00:55And at three-and-a-half months, they're generally starting to eat solid food.

00:57Though they will nurse until they're about five months.

01:00So right now they're kind of eating and drinking as much as what they possibly can.

01:03But right now they're going everywhere they possibly can.

01:05They follow mom a lot.

01:06By 11, they're about really tired and they're hanging by the door ready for a nap, ready to come in.

01:10Which will get better as they get a little bit stronger.

01:13They're just still there.

01:13We're at the San Diego Zoo Tiger River Trails Tiger Exhibit and we put pumpkins on exhibit

01:20for the cubs this morning.

01:21We give them a little enrichment and get them moving around for everybody.

01:24They had meat in them.

01:25They like to play with anything and squash anything they can.

01:27But in order to make them a little more active, we put some meat in their form.

01:30They'd tear them up a little bit more.

01:32They're six months, they're extremely curious, extremely obnoxious.

01:41They terrorize each other, they terrorize their mother, they terrorize us.

01:45Anything that they can stalk and attack, they will do that.

01:49And they're just little handfuls.

01:50They're like little children out there.

01:52They run around like crazy, then they get really tired and they pass out for a while.

01:55Any chance they get to startle or scare the other one or just attack them

02:06so they can practice their attack mode, which is normal behavior.

02:09So anything they can do, anything they can tear up and run around with

02:12that they can carry in their mouth and keep away from the others, they'll do that too.

02:20If you come to the zoo, our tiger cubs will be on exhibit every day

02:24and they gain at least two pounds a week and probably in another six months

02:28they'll be about 200 pounds like their mother.

02:41Connor and Christopher are doing great.

02:42Still getting along well, doing well with mom.

02:45Just as rambunctious as ever.

02:47They're over 100 pounds now, almost 110 pounds each,

02:50growing very fast every week.

02:51From birth, they've had different personalities.

02:55Connor has always been my, you know, little bold boy.

02:57He walks out first thing.

02:59He's just the most affectionate probably with us.

03:02He'll push Christopher out of the way to get attention.

03:05And he's just always just been like, I'm going to come here, I'm going to do that

03:08and everybody out of my way.

03:09Christopher's always been a little bit more hesitant,

03:11but a little bit quicker on figuring certain things out.

03:14Like he figured out how to get on our shelves quicker.

03:16He's also, when it comes to food, he has no qualms about turning on Connor

03:20and stealing all his rats and such.

03:22He's a little bully when it comes to food.

03:25Mecca's your typical tiger mom.

03:27She will discipline them and they do tend to stay away

03:29when she's in a bad mood or angry at them.

03:31But otherwise, they still look to her for support.

03:33They still look to her for protection.

03:34And spend a good portion of their day with her.

03:37But they are, you know, adventurous little cubs.

03:39And they spend a good portion of the day playing too

03:42and finding their own ways to amuse themselves.

03:44Connor will always push Christopher out of the way

03:46because Connor just, he wants to get his side rubbed

03:48or he wants something, you know, he does a lot of that.

03:51So they just enjoy me talking to them.

03:53But also if I can bring some sort of new toy, they like that too.

03:56They don't mind getting wet.

03:58I usually find them wet at some point in the afternoon.

04:00I don't care how warm or cold it is.

04:02They're just, they have to get into everything and play.

04:04And they do like to go underneath our waterfall

04:07and also in our shallower pools.

04:08So water doesn't bother them.

04:10Mom doesn't like it as much, but the boys don't care.

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