{"id":113403,"date":"2021-02-18T17:31:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=113403"},"modified":"2021-02-18T17:31:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:31:28","slug":"tiger-cubs-bizarre-singing-voice-makes-him-sound-more-like-a-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/tiger-cubs-bizarre-singing-voice-makes-him-sound-more-like-a-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger cub's bizarre singing voice makes him sound more like a bird"},"content":{"rendered":"
A remarkable singing tiger that sounds more like a bird has become a star at a Russian zoo.<\/p>\n
Eight-month-old Vitas will eventually be one of the largest and fiercest big cats in the world, but for now his plaintive falsetto calls to his mother are delighting his fans.<\/p>\n
The ‘sensational’ solo singing Amur tiger cub lives at Barnaul Zoo in Siberia.<\/p>\n
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Vitas, an eight-month-old Amur tiger cub (pictured) at Barnaul Zoo in Siberia, has earned an army of fans thanks to his falsetto singing voice that make him sound more like a bird<\/p>\n
His distinctive caterwauling apparently started because of the needy male’s desire to be noticed by his mother Bagheera who had many cubs.<\/p>\n
The zoo said: ‘From birth, he attracted the attention of his mother who had many offspring.<\/p>\n
‘He deliberately left for a far corner when she was busy with the others, and yelled until she dropped everything and came to him.’<\/p>\n
The ‘singing’ worked a treat, so the tiger carried on.<\/p>\n
In video footage a woman is heard calling to him: ‘Vitas, Vitas – sing us a song.’<\/p>\n
Indeed, the cub’s name was even charged to be called after the popular falsetto Russian language singer Vitas – Vitaly Grachev.<\/p>\n
The Amur species are the world’s largest big cats but in the wild, the animals are highly endangered.<\/p>\n
Only around 600 live in their natural habitat in eastern Russia, close to the Chinese border.<\/p>\n
The species almost became extinct due to poaching after the collapse of the USSR.<\/p>\n
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Vitas the tiger cub lives at Barnaul Zoo in Siberia, Russia, (pictured).\u00a0Only around 600 Amur tigers live in their natural habitat in eastern Russia, close to the Chinese border<\/p>\n
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The cub’s name is believed come from the popular falsetto Russian language singer Vitas – Vitaly Grachev<\/p>\n