This six-week old tiger cub actually licked me and chuffed at me right in my ear (most big cats chuff like a horse rather than purr like a domestic cat)(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F06%2F27%2F351caef222d438ce99477479e3b538dc.jpg&hash=c760cdc2f76be86f1bd7fec643ad4a769f14806f)
I got to play with that cub, two of her sisters (there are four cubs in the litter) and a 6.5 week old Siberian Lynx at Wildlife in Need in Charlestown, Indiana.(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F06%2F27%2Fb5b0590462f68237430499a3d4330b0f.jpg&hash=2bec432760f54696f1b39ee9a4653edcae25eab1)
I had the opportunity to hold a tiger once, I declined. I kind of regret it now :-P
Such nice looking cats.
I get licked periodically by a brown tiger (as the vet reports identify her). This is its instinctual way of saying "cat treat, please."