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26th Jul 2015

Indonesian Man Best Friends With 28 Stone Bengal Tiger

MALANG, INDONESIA - JANUARY 20: Mulan Jamilah, a 6-year-old Bengal tiger walks in the garden on January 20, 2014 in Malang, Indonesia. Abdullah Sholeh, 33, of Malang, Indonesia is an Islamic student who has become best friend and a full-time nanny to the tiger. Mulan's owner, Noer Muhammad Sholeh, 51, asked Abdullah to take care of the tiger when it was a 3-month-old cub at Dilem Village, Kepanjen District, Malang, East Java. Abdullah Sholeh regularly sleeps, plays and fights with the huge tiger. The pair are so inseparable, he often shuns his own bed to sleep alongside the big cat in her enclosure. Mulan now weighs 178 kg, is three meters long including the tail and one meter high. For security reasons, they have had to install metal bars to separate them when they are together in the enclosure. Mulan is fed 6kg of chicken or goat meat twice a day. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

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