This cat has a nasty breaststroke and butterfly

The Daily Mail Newspaper has an article on a swimming tiger named Odin. Lot's of pictures and info about his species as well as a video of him storming it underwater.

This weekend he is given a breaststroke clinic to level 3-4 swimmers. Past students include Tara Kirk, Rebecca Soni, Liesel Jones so you may want to go but don't make any mistakes! He has a temper. ;-)

The tiger's name is Odin and he is a Bengal tiger from India that lives at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo in Vallejo, California. (That is near San Francisco.)

They say that cats don't like to swim but that does not apply to tigers. If it is on their radar and they are hungry, they are unstoppable; UNLESS, it is a dog! Like small cats, tigers are frightened of dogs. When dogs bark, they assume a pack is nearby and they run. National Geographic has a film on it.

There are only 2,500 of these tigers left planet wide. [Link]

UPDATE: This quote rules

RichardPeterJohnson 16 points 20 hours ago
IM N UR OLIMPICZ, W1NN1NG UR BRESTSTROAK!