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Worlds Biggest Cat is a Liger
http://zanylol.com/liger.html ^

Posted on 01/24/2014 9:14:12 AM PST by navysealdad

Here is the worlds biggest cat with the name of Hercules, he is a cross (Hybrid) between a tiger and a lion thus making it a Liger, it weighs 900Lb's and is almost 12ft Tall!

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ligar; lion; tiger
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1 posted on 01/24/2014 9:14:12 AM PST by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad

Are they housebroken?


2 posted on 01/24/2014 9:17:18 AM PST by lowbridge
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3 posted on 01/24/2014 9:19:02 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: navysealdad

is this an attempt at explaining our wonderful Dear Leader?


4 posted on 01/24/2014 9:19:07 AM PST by faithhopecharity (C)
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To: navysealdad
You knew this would show up...


5 posted on 01/24/2014 9:19:29 AM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: navysealdad

And at any moment the liger can go berserk and bite someone’s head off. When will humans learn that it is not wise to fool around with naturally, wild animals?


6 posted on 01/24/2014 9:20:34 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (What we need is to sucker the fedthugs into a "Tiananmen Square"-like incident on the National Mall!)
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Vote for Pedro.


7 posted on 01/24/2014 9:21:11 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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He offers his protection ;-)


8 posted on 01/24/2014 9:26:14 AM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: navysealdad
'he is a cross (Hybrid) between a tiger and a lion thus making it a Liger'

Yes and no.

Liger = offspring of a male lion bred with a female tiger.

Tion = offspring of a male tiger bred with a female lion.

9 posted on 01/24/2014 9:28:43 AM PST by Theoria (End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
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To: navysealdad

Interestingly, the growth limiting hormone is turned off when the father is a lion and the mother is a tiger, or vice versa, I can’t remember. Those are the big ones.


10 posted on 01/24/2014 9:28:51 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: navysealdad

Imagine meeting him alone in the woods...at midnight...in a thunder storm...with no weapon? Fuggitabutit!!


11 posted on 01/24/2014 9:36:14 AM PST by GoldenPup
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I need a keychain lanyard.


12 posted on 01/24/2014 9:38:32 AM PST by bicyclerepair (TERM LIMITS TERM LIMITS TERM LIMITS)
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To: navysealdad
Here is the worlds biggest cat with the name of Hercules, he is a cross (Hybrid) between a tiger and a lion thus making it a Liger, it weighs 900Lb's and is almost 12ft Tall!

A hybrid that could never occur in the wild anywhere, unless there happen to be wild tigers near India's Gir forest, which has a small population of the only remaining wild Asiatic lions left on earth. I'd guess this animal already has some health issues do to the un-natural size and will develop more - neither the lion's frame nor the tiger's normally carry that much mass.
13 posted on 01/24/2014 9:41:42 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

>> And at any moment the liger can go berserk and bite someone’s head off.

Learn something new every day! For example, from your post I just realized that my ex was a Liger!


14 posted on 01/24/2014 9:43:07 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Bred for it’s skills in magic.


15 posted on 01/24/2014 9:45:39 AM PST by Manic_Episode (F the Whigs)
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To: navysealdad

Twelve feet tall?


16 posted on 01/24/2014 9:49:55 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Theoria

Actually, its Tigon.


17 posted on 01/24/2014 9:56:35 AM PST by quadrant (1o)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
I'd guess this animal already has some health issues do to the un-natural size and will develop more - neither the lion's frame nor the tiger's normally carry that much mass.

I heard a biologist talk about why this extra size on a liger would be a distinct disadvantage in the wild. Tigers are already big enough to take down all but the biggest herbivores in their environment. Tigers can't kill mature rhinos or elephants and generally won't attack mature bull gaur. Although a tiger is capable of killing a mature bull gaur, the converse is also true. The extra size of the liger wouldn't help against rhinos or elephants, so it would have little advantage.

However, the extra size comes with one major cost. The extra size calls for lots of extra calories. Another cost is that the extra size makes a liger more clumsy than a lion or tiger and therefore a less effective stealth hunter.

18 posted on 01/24/2014 9:59:08 AM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

“I’d guess this animal already has some health issues do to the un-natural size and will develop more - neither the lion’s frame nor the tiger’s normally carry that much mass.”

From the video he looks pretty fat. But hey, who’s going to put a cat THAT size on a diet?


19 posted on 01/24/2014 10:01:03 AM PST by FiscalSanity
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To: quadrant

Correct, they can spell it however they want. Big kitties.


20 posted on 01/24/2014 10:04:02 AM PST by Theoria (End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
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