Tigers
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Tiger Sayings
Tigers are big cats, the biggest cats of all, only rivalled by lions.
The Tyger
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could fram thy fearful symmetry?
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And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night.
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
- William Blake (1757-1827), "The Tyger" (1794) [Nap 680-81].
What the Tiger Says
Bengali: gorgon
Finnish: grrrrrr
Thai: ai hhoun houn.
A. Tiger Proverbs
Tigers teach in their ways - |
Don't trust the affected; trust the real. Below are sayings to reflect on and associate with tiger dilemmas today - from threatening to threatened! Human activity, including "ape-like" shooting of wild animals, deforestation and overcrowding, reduce and eliminate former tiger habitats. The various statements are for the most part unrelated to one another.
Oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger [Ap 263].
Newborn calves don't fear tigers [Ap 80].
The courage of the tiger is one, and of the horse, another [Ap 120].
Tigers and deer do not stroll together [Ap 142].
It might be better to be a live rabbit than a dead tiger. [Cf. Ap 382]
Tiger father begets tiger son (Chinese proverb).
When the tiger salaams, the end of the world arrives [Ap 596].
The courage of the tiger is one, and of the horse, another (American)
B. Tiger Sayings
He who plays with a tiger must expect to be scratched.
Fine tigers stroll about and whatever they do, they don't use many long words.
How can the tiger help it, if the maid be such a fool? [cf. Dp 207-8]
Decent living is a good thing - and counts. But what is good living for a tiger may be dangerous to men, and the other way around.
Fine tigers like to play, perhaps not in human ways, but that matters nothing to the best of tigers, presumably.
The price of a tiger's victory is not so nice.
Those who help wild animals need to know more than wild animals to be able to help well.
Decent living requires space for more than mere survival. (Overpopulation is the problem)
Put the old tiger and the old wardrobe out of reach to be on the safe side - well done!
In nature a dangerous tiger deserves a good day.
Not all have the tigress for an overbearing friend, for she scratches.
Tiger Watching
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| Prepare for your demise in good time, to make your remaining days more okay. |
Make do with a zoo, unless there is training and wisdom among you. It is possible to learn a whole lot by observing men and animals. Crystallised insights may be formed as sayings and as proverbs, but there are many other ways. There are books filled with sayings and proverbs where animals serve as focuses of attention for life-lessons of human beings.
To learn to observe in general, and learn to observe men and animals, there are many helps.
- One is to learn to use a camera and learn to wait.
- Another is to learn the art of observing animals and men as they are about.
- A little study of biology, human faiths, conduct, and diversity of ways could help too.
Dennis Morris has published books of findings in the field of man-watching. Konrad Lorenz books exist too, and there are many others in the field of anthropology and psychology. Many points from bird-watching may be applied too.
And then there are scraggy-looking tales and proverbs that often do not portray animals fairly, but instead put them in roles fit for certain human beings. Some such tales and sayings may instruct you for your benefit, but other tales and sayings reveal prejudice and too little knowledge of biology and how things work in nature. We think biology study should work more appropriately than fairy tale lessons or old jokes and guesses, all in all.
Reminders
The faith that tigers are divine, can help them against humans. A great many villagers in India and elsewhere think they assist higher-than-human realms by taking care of wild animals, in fact.
Fine tigers like it spaceous.
The art of living is helped by retaining crucial or essential information so well that it is retained in what we call the long-term memory, and can be made use of with some ease. It applies to tigers and other wild animals too. They learn.
"To have a passage is a good thing" - the tigers lives up to it. - There is a need for corridors between many wild-life reserves.
Few will believe that what you laugh at is what you can't enjoy full well.
A touching scene needs at least one friendly spirit to be fully appreciated. (7)
The clear view and coverage enough is a lot, at times a really good thing.
Those who help, need to know more than an animal.
"Much science, much animal sorrow (cf. British proverb)" - A comment on how things really are. From lifting up sticks and using them as weapons to space rockets - man has already ruined much, assisted by infirm technological development. He needs schooling, proper schooling, in order to live well.
Sovereign care may not look like much in the open. - An old Chinese view, expressed in Tao Te Ching, for example ch. 17.
Stop hoping, make room for big tigers. - Research shows how many animals they need to feed on yearly, and how big a tract, accordingly.
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Ebu: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica 2008 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD. London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2008.
Nap: Fergusson, Margaret, et al. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 4th ed. New York: Norton, 1996.
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