A ‘brave’ Santa Claus has been doing a spot of early Christmas delivering this year by dropping in to some tigers at Australia Zoo in Queensland.
Santa brought two Sumatran tigers, Bashii and his friend Sunita, presents for being extra good after neither of them mauled anyone this year. The presents were edible treats and toys, which Santa gave to them when he visited the Tiger Temple attraction at the zoo.
Getting into a Santa costume and getting within inches of a tiger doesn’t seem like our kind of Christmas spirit, but it is Australia after all. He probably had a few beers before he went into the enclosure, just to pass the time.
According to Australia Zoo’s head of tigers and international conservation manager, Giles Clark, the tiger’s gifts didn’t last very long.
“From the moment Santa entered the Tiger Temple, Bashii was ready to pounce on the big bag of gifts that included milk treats and blow up Christmas trees and balls for the pool,” he said.
“Like any four year old, Bashii was pretty excited to see Santa and the trees and the balls didn’t last very long.”
We certainly hope he’s not talking about Santa’s balls.
