Photo of the Day #9: Zeff, the Amur Tiger

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This is Zeff, one of the Amur (or Siberian) Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) at the Bronx Zoo. She may look rather fierce in the above photo, but actually it's not so much a picture of a snarl but a yawn. The picture below directly preceded the one above, although somehow it isn't quite as impressive as the shot taken a split second after it;

Zeff yawn

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Zeff the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) yawns. Photographed at the Bronx Zoo.