I was reading in the newspaper about the tigers at the Kamla Nehru Zoo. They are normal tigers apart from the fact that these tigers become vegetarians once a week. While this could be seen as a literal interpretation of the Hindi proverb "Sher bhi kabhi ghaas khata ahi kya?" ("All carnivores eat grass every week"), there are actually good reasons behind the forced vegetarianism.
Zoo keepers claim that by eating only grass for a day, the tiger's digestive systems is cleansed. Not to worry folks, they close the zoo on days that they don't feed the tigers meat (to prevent them from looking for sources of food elsewhere?). I think this is just a cover up for budget cuts. Damn recession is even hurting the tigers.
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