World's Smallest Horse
In the summer of 2006, Guinness World Records certified Thumbelina as the world’s smallest living horse. In fact, at 17 1/2 inches tall, she is the smallest horse on record.
Thumbelina was born on May 1st, 2001 on Goose Creek Farms in St. Louis, MO. At just 8 1/2 pounds and 10 inches tall, her birth was quite a shock for everyone. Because both parents were standard miniature horses, no one expected Thumbelina to be a dwarf mini, or mini mini as we like to say. To our delight, she proved to be a real fighter and eventually overcame her early challenges.
Today, Thumbelina is perfectly healthy and fits right in with the rest of the herd. Somehow she has even become the boss of all the other animals on the farm, dogs included. As a youngster, Thumbelina declared the barn doghouse as her new home. To the dogs’ dismay, she has been sleeping in their house ever since.
Although she is smaller than most newborn miniatures, Thumbelina seems to have no idea that she is so tiny. She apparently believes that she’s the world’s largest horse. For this reason, Thumbelina is an endless source of amusement on the farm.
Source: worldssmallesthorse.com and fardy_viar@xxx.com
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Amazing White Tiger Swimming
Enjoy these incredible photos of a White Bengal Tiger named Odin.
Odin is six years old and 10 feet long from tail to nose. Odin lives at a Zoo in Vallejo, California, near San Francisco.
Odin with his British trainer Lee Munro.
Odin was hand-raised at the zoo. And after he was weaned, his British trainer Lee Munro discovered his remarkable skill.
When a lump of meat was thrown into a pool of water, Odin would happily dive in after it.
'He makes a funny face - and it's actually to close his nostrils to stop the water from going into his nose.'
Not all big cats enjoy the water but for Tigers from the hot climate of South-East Asia it's one way to cool down.
'Plus they hunt in and around water. They're an ambush predator so they wait for prey to come down to the water.'
'When you actually see him dive underwater he looks so graceful,'
'Odin loves the water and he loves food,' he said. 'Not all big cats will dive and swim underwater even for meat treats.'
Munro said tigers were the most powerful swimmers out of all land-dwelling animals.
Tragically, within our lifetimes, zoos might be the only places left to see these magnificent animals.
A century ago there were about 100,000 tigers in the wild.. Now there are just 2,500 adults, with the Bengal variety almost extinct. None has been seen in the wild since the last white tiger was shot and killed in 1958.
White tigers are the most rare. They get their whitecolor from an unusual and extremely rare genetic combination.
I hope you enjoyed these photos as much as I did.
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