Most cats do not like getting wet - as anyone who has tried to bathe a moggie will know.

But as these pictures show, there's always the exception to the rule. For the cat in question is a large male white Bengal tiger called Odin.

Six years old, and at the prime of his life, Odin lives at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo in Vallejo, near San Francisco. He is about 10ft long from nose to tail, and is an excellent swimmer.

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.

Beer Can Art Contest

Efes Pilsen is the most popular beer in Turkey. They recently held a contest to create art. Here are some of the top entries.

 I have always had an interest in animals, especially South Africa's wildlife. I am often awestruck at the knowledge of the game rangers in our National and private game parks. When we go on game drives they seem to have facts at their fingertips about all the fauna and flora we come across. We learn a lot on every trip, and I can really recommend that you go on a game drive when you visit one of our Parks.

Below are some facts that I personally found very interesting, hope you enjoy reading about them as well. In all instances I took the pictures.
  
 I would like to know what the difference is between a ewe and a cow and a ram and a bull, for instance an impala ram and buffalo bull. When is it a ram and when is it a bull, the same with ewe and cow. If you know, pleaseemailme.

I have heard from a reliable source who heard it from a reliable source that the cut-off point is the Nyala. A male Nyala is a bull and a female is a ewe. Anything larger is bull/cow and anything smaller is ram/ewe.
Can anyone confirm this?

Some more feedback fromMike, Head Ranger, Rhinda Forest: A Nyala is where the line is drawn... Female nyala is a ewe, male is a bull. Anything smaller than an nyala they are both ewe's and rams eg. Impala, anything larger is a bull and cow eg. Kudu 
   
 The Giraffe - A Masterpiece in Design

Worldwide the giraffe must be one of the most recognisable animals. They grow up to 5.5 meters in height  and to get blood to these extremities giraffe have possibly the strongest heart of all animals. While lowering and lifting its head to drink water, the rush of blood to and from the brain would cause serious damage if there were not mechanisms in place to control it. At the base of the brain a network of