Derek Krahn, aka BigCatDerek, works at an animal sanctuary and posts stunning six-second clips of tigers, cougars, leopards and baby lions.
Vine can get a bit repetitive. The same jokes, the same memes, the same people. So how about some TIGERS to liven things up?
This is where Derek Krahn comes in. He works at the Center for Animal Research and Education (CARE) in Bridgeport, Texas, and posts Vines of the more than 50 animals who live there, including snow leopards, mountain lions, African lions, tigers, black and spotted leopards, ring-tail lemurs, and a coati.
Krahn's Vine account, BigCatDerek, has attracted more than 400,000 followers who can't get enough of the majestic creatures he looks after.
There is quite a cast of characters at CARE. Luca the tiger is adorable. But he tells awful jokes.
Krahn is the centre's operations director and has worked there as a volunteer since 2006 – his wife, Heidi, is the executive director – but in his day job he's a meteorologist with the US Air Force.
There is Milo the leopard.
Krahn tells BuzzFeed that he started tweeting about the cats in 2009, and started Vining when the Vine app came out for Android in June 2013. For months he only had about 30 followers, but in November the Weekly Whiskers Vine account and a few other influential Viners started re-Vining his clips, and his account’s popularity has spiralled from there.
There's Melita the singing tiger.
"Before I put stuff on social media I was privy to all these moments that were either really funny or scary and we were the only people who got to experience them," Krahn says.
“The cats all know me and trust me. I can engage with them. It’s a weird thing – people come on tours and see the cats but get no response. It’s only after years and years with them that they have come to respect me."
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