A good soak in the muddy waters — just what this tiger needed to escape the suffocating heat of the day. The sun beat down relentlessly, scorching the already heavy foliage. Silently, he crept to the edge of the pond, his powerful paws pressing into the cracked earth. Then, with slow, deliberate steps, he sank into the warm mud, almost as if in relief. The murky water rose along his striped fur, forming lazy ripples around him. Stretched out in the muck, his nose just above the surface, he close