Amur and Timur
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Amur and Timur (Russian: Амур и Тимур) are respectively a tiger and a goat who established an unlikely interspecies friendship in a safari park in Primorye in the Far East of Russia.[when?] Timur was placed in Amur's enclosure as food but, by his confident behaviour, established a rapport with Amur, who did not eat him.[1] The pair were separated after another fight in 2016 and Timur was moved to the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow.[2] Timur died on November 5, 2019, aged 5.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Goat and tiger's unlikely friendship, BBC, 3 January 2016
- ^ Timur the goat and Amur the tiger split up after fight, BBC, 6 July 2016
- ^ Smityuk, Yury (November 8, 2019). "Russians Mourn Timur, the Goat Who Befriended a Tiger". The Moscow Times. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Amur and Timur on Facebook
- (in Russian) Amur and Timur on VK