Orangutan dad doesn't realize his three children are tigers

 By 
Tricia Gilbride
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An orangutan at the Myrtle Beach Society in South Carolina has adopted three tiger cubs as his own.

He watched caretakers bottle feed the little big cats, and decided he could take it from there. The orangutan rejects traditional gender roles and gives his multi-species family all the milk, cuddles and encouragement they need to grow up the become strong tigers or apes, whatever path they choose for themselves.

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