People placed a goat into the enclosure of a tiger at a Russian zoo. They intended the goat to be the tiger’s lunch, but it became the tiger’s friend instead! This really surprised all of the visitors. They couldn’t believe what they saw.
In the past the zoo offered the tiger other goats to eat, and the tiger ate them. However, this goat was different. When the tiger came near him he didn’t run away. He looked at the tiger, and he showed the tiger his large horns.
Because of its bravery, the zookeepers named the goat Timur which means “iron”. Timur follows the tiger around and doesn’t seem to be afraid. Timur even started to sleep in the house that the zoo built for the tiger. Now the tiger has to sleep on the roof of the house which is probably a little uncomfortable.
The zookeepers reported that the tiger is very lazy – so lazy that it didn’t hunt the goat. Let's just hope that the tiger doesn't get hungry!