Astonishing photos of rare white Bengal
tiger in feeding frenzy.
BEIJING, Sept.29 -- When it's feeding time at the zoo, it's still a jungle out there.
Although food is plentiful, there's always a fierce battle to grab your share.
Its teeth bared, a white Bengal tiger lunges into the water ready to snap up whatever is thrown its way.
Photographer Birte Person captured these spectacular shots as the tiger and five others did the closest thing they could to hunting at Singapore Zoo.
White tigers are almost extinct and most of those that survive are in captivity.
White tigers are born to a Bengal Tiger that has the recessive gene needed for white colouring and
happens naturally once in every 10,000 births.
White tigers are born to a Bengal Tiger that has the recessive gene needed for white colouring and
hapBirte says that Singapore has one of the
largest collections of white tigers in the
world and runs a very efficient breeding
and conservation program.pens naturally once in every 10,000 births.
(Source: english.cctv.com)
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