Bengal tiger afraid of heights

Published: 24 September 2009 y., Thursday

A Bengal tiger in the United Kingdom is not living up to the fearless reputation of its species, by refusing to come down a 15-foot high activity tower.  

But after climbing up the structure yesterday morning, he was too frightened to come down.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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