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S.C. liger named world's largest feline
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| Sept. 13, 2013
Posted on 09/14/2013 11:13:07 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
09/14/2013 11:40:44 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Just in case anyone's interested, here's the counterpart to the Liger, the Tigon:
Tigons don't get as big as Ligers because they don't lack a pituitary "shut off growth" gene like Ligers. (Tigons are male tiger, female lion children, btw. Ligers are the reverse.)
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posted on
09/14/2013 11:42:53 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
To: JoeProBono
LOL—they have choker-chains on those critters.
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posted on
09/14/2013 11:44:09 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: DemforBush
And, just for the heck of it, the Leopon (a leopard-lioness cross)
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posted on
09/14/2013 11:45:26 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
To: DemforBush
So who would win a tiger v lion fight?* I've always heard that tigers would prevail.
(*No comments on Detroit sports teams, wise guys! LOL!)
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posted on
09/14/2013 11:50:36 AM PDT
by
Ken H
(First rule of gun safety - have a gun)
To: Ken H
In the circuses of Ancient Rome, exotic beasts were commonly pitted against each other. The contest of the Asiatic Lions, the smaller version of the African Lion, against the tiger was a classic pairing and the betting usually favoured the tiger. A mosaic in the House of the Faun in Pompeii shows a fight between a lion and a tiger. At the end of the 19th century, the Gaekwad of Baroda arranged a fight between a lion and tiger before an audience of thousands. The Gaekwad favoured the lion, and as a result had to pay 37,000 rupees as the lion was mauled by the tiger.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_versus_lion
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posted on
09/14/2013 11:55:28 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Interesting. Discovery Channel paired various animals in theoretical showdowns. IIRC, they said a gorilla would beat up a tiger.
I'd have to go with polar bears as the baddest land animal.
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posted on
09/14/2013 12:04:43 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(First rule of gun safety - have a gun)
To: JoeProBono
I once tried to manhandle a 4 lb. cat and got torn to shreds.
Don't want to get anywhere near a 1/2 ton one.
To: Zhang Fei
These animal handlers appear to have a death wish. I hope for their sakes that the odds don’t finally catch up with them.No kidding! I guess that they haven't read The Book of Deadly Animals by Gordon Grice where he writes about a Liger in Broken Bow, Oklahoma killing its keeper in 2008.
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posted on
09/14/2013 12:21:57 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: JoeProBono
He looks like an enormous version of my ginger tabby. They even share the same belly shape. I wonder if they share the same laid back personality?
To: Perdogg; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ...
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posted on
09/14/2013 1:21:15 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Roses0508
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posted on
09/14/2013 1:29:26 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: RandallFlagg
Lol rf. I wouldn’t want him “making dough” on my chest.
To: Slings and Arrows
NOT cleaning the litter box!
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posted on
09/14/2013 1:38:08 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment. You have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.)
To: beaversmom
Lol rf. I wouldn’t want him “making dough” on my chest.
LOL! Or meowing to get you out of bed to feed her...........
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
09/14/2013 2:02:19 PM PDT
by
flaglady47
(When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
To: JoeProBono
I’ve seen Jackalopes bigger than that, though.
To: kaehurowing
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posted on
09/14/2013 2:06:44 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: JoeProBono
Thats a lot of pussy......
Ah I mean pussy cat.......
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posted on
09/14/2013 2:44:49 PM PDT
by
njslim
(St)
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