There is something about a baby that gets a mothering response from people. And when a baby is in distress, a mom's instinct is to rush over and help the little one.

Meet Anjana, a chimp who lives at TIGERS (The Institute of Greatly Endangered Species)in South Carolina.

Anjana stepped in to help zookeeper China York care for a pair of rare white tiger cubs after their mother became spooked and dangerous following hurricane Hanna's visit to the area.

This is a role Anjana knows well. She's been nurturing and fostering many of the Institutes's babies as China's unofficial 'assistant'.

TIGERS founder Dr Bhagavan Antle said: �Anjana has joined China in caring for baby animals and she helps China raise them."

�She has acted as a surrogate mother to leopards, lions and orangutans and has done the same with these baby white tigers."

�She gives them a bottle and lies with them � she is a great assistant.�