A female baby tiger is seen making "purring" noises at the Oakland Zoo. 😍 Credit: Oakland Zoo / AMAZING ANIMALS /TMX | Action News 5

🐅🔊Do you know what tiger cubs sound like? You likely see the cubs vocalizing a lot on the Cub Cam, but it’s actually tricky for the keepers to capture it on video. Tiger cubs are smarter than you’d expect and know to be quiet when there’s an unknown presence. This is incredibly important in the wild due to the constant threat of predators. Mother tigers will leave their cubs alone to go hunt for food, and it’s up to the cubs to be quiet when their mom is not around to protect them! 🤐 (🎥Keepe

Sound up! 🔊 A lot of you have been asking to hear the tiger cubs' vocalizations. Here is one of them! In this video, one of the cubs is calmly calling to either mom or one of its siblings. | Tulsa Zoo

How many of you actually knew this? #chuffing #purring #tigers #bigcats #animalfacts | James Smith