Posted on 05/11/2009 4:14:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A powerful tiger extends a less than friendly paw - and for a horrifying moment it looks as if this little girl is about to become a tasty snack.
Just inches away , the tiny two-year-old girl is close enough to feel the animal's breath on the back of her neck.
Yet Avery Thompson stands motionless, oblivious to the 370lb beast as he stretches out one of his deadly paws to touch her shoulder.
She appears to be just seconds away from certain death in this breathtaking picture, but little Avery is actually perfectly safe. Almos the Royal White Bengal tiger is behind a thick pane of glass.
The barrier is invisible in the photos which capture the extraordinary moment a tiger makes an attempt to interact with a child.
Avery only realises that Almos is so close when he taps the glass with his paw.
She turns round and comes face to face with the two-year-old tiger.
It was amateur wildlife photographer Dyrk Daniels who captured this startling sight when he was photographing the Bengal Tigers at Cougar Mountain Zoo, in Washington.
The 44-year-old said it was not until he looked at the pictures later that he realised little Avery appeared to be so dangerously close to the tiger.
'I did not realise to what extent it appeared that there was nothing between Avery and the Almos until I reviewed the photo,' he said.
'When I took the shot, I noticed the reflection of Avery's coat in the glass and assumed that I would also get additional reflection from people that were standing just out of frame.'
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That’s adorable!
Big kitty ping
White tiger and the other white meat...
In fact, Siegfried and Roy have worked with them for years.
Oh, wait...
meow...
LOL you so owe me a new keyboard. That was good
That is a beautiful cat. Glass or no glass, I wouldn’t let my 2 year old lean up against that.
Big kitty has his nose squished against the glass in the top photo.
He wants to adorably NOM that kids head.
Interact. LOL. Perfect prey size for a predator that size, that is why we keep having problems in Northern California with mountain lions, they see a kid and think “lunch”.
Being a predator means that you wake up thinking “what has to die today to fill my belly?”
Awesome predator and cute kid, glad the two never ‘interacted’.
You mean it’s a homophobic tiger?
Where’s the after picture?????
Hope that glass is strong
top pic: dude your like messing up my hair. go breathe over that way somewhere.
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