What happens when you combine ferocious Siberian tigers with modern technology? Bouncing, pouncing, and even a bit of trouncing.
China’s state broadcaster released footage from a Siberian tiger enclosure in Heilongjiang Province, showing the animals chasing a drone until one successfully jumps up and knocks it out of the sky.
The rather chubby tigers played cat and mouse with the drone until a 2 or 3-year-old tiger swiped at the camera, a large paw filling the screen before the signal was lost.
(Photo: CCTV/Reuters)
(Photo: CCTV/Reuters)
The group proceeded to tear the drone apart, with one literally chewing on the gadget as if it was a bird of prey.
Unlike a bird, the drone started to give off smoke, which scared off the surrounding tigers.
Staff members of the park in a well-protected vehicle then went to pick up the remains of the drone.
This drone chasing is becoming more popular among these well-nourished tigers in the habitat.
With the exercise they’re getting from these chases experts predict that they will once again be lean and mean in about two months.
