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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-26-06....CAT TAILS - Ligers
DollyCali and all of the Finest AT the Finest
| October 26, 2006
| DollyCali
Posted on 10/26/2006 6:35:21 AM PDT by DollyCali
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He looks like something from a prehistoric age or a fantastic creation from Hollywood. But Hercules is very much living flesh and blood -- as he proves every time he opens his gigantic mouth to roar.
Part lion, part tiger, he is not just a big cat but a huge one, standing 10ft tall on his back legs. Called a liger, in reference to his crossbreed parentage, he is the largest of all the cat species. On a typical day he will devour 20lb of meat, usually beef or chicken, and is capable of eating 100lb at a single setting. At just three years old, Hercules already weighs half a ton.
He is the accidental result of two enormous big cats living close together at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami, Florida, and already dwarfs both his parents.
"Ligers are not something we planned on having ," said institute owner Dr Bhagavan Antle. "We have lions and tigers living together in large enclosures and at first we had no idea how well one of the lion boys was getting along with a tiger girl, then lo and behold we had a liger."
50mph runner... Not only that, but he likes to swim, a feat unheard of among water-fearing lions. In the wild it is virtually impossible for lions and tigers to mate. Not only are they enemies likely to kill one another, but most lions are in Africa and most tigers in Asia. But incredible though he is, Hercules is not unique Ligers have been bred in captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II.
Today there are believed to be a handful of ligers around the world and a similar number of tigons, the product of a tiger father and lion mother. Tigons are smaller than ligers and take on more physical characteristics of the tiger.
According to Snopes, this is true
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cats; kittens; lions; tigers
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To: DollyCali
Beautiful scenes Dolly. You are great at what you do!!
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posted on
10/26/2006 5:52:40 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: onyx
The Golden (getting growled at) and the German Shepherd jumping are mine. The middle dog is a dingo (from australia) and is my friend John's dog. He also has a Golden not in pix
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posted on
10/26/2006 5:54:02 PM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
83
posted on
10/26/2006 5:54:29 PM PDT
by
onyx
(We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
To: DollyCali
Siamese should be persian. NOT EVEN CLOSE. And I bred cats at one time(well, actually, they bred themselves...I just put them in room together.)
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posted on
10/26/2006 5:55:55 PM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
Sweet stuff, Dolly! Reminds me of childhood, too!
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posted on
10/26/2006 5:56:05 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: dutchess
Thank You Dutchie!
Tis a pleasure and a joy to do so!
To: DollyCali
No, I don't start from scratch on my forum animations. I mostly animate cartoonists creations.
I have to repaint arms, legs, anything to get movement. Then paint out where the original parts were.
I animate faces, that's fun to do.
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:02:09 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: Billie
Re:Bring it on! :)
Okay...
be expecting me and that pretty purple vacuum than,
to lend a helping hand.
LOL!
To: DollyCali
Thanks much for your calk a block full of kind comments/compiments in your # 63 to me!
((Dolly))
To: DollyCali
Yepper cool huh Re Purple vacuum find.
It's a Dyson Cyclet made especially to deal with pet hair/allergens.
To: DollyCali
Thanks for the pic collage ping!
I especially love the last pic in it.
The doggies/your doggies...
To: DollyCali
To: DollyCali; Bahbah; fanfan
The middle dog looks like my brothers late pit bull, (may Sheba RIB). However she never tried to bite anything/anyone. True wimpy dog. Heck, took her eight years to know she could jump a four foot fence.
BTW, hope the kitty on the top of this thread is a Detroit Tiger!!!!
Detroit 3, St Louis 0
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:26:20 PM PDT
by
Springman
(Can't FReep and listen to the radio at the same time.)
To: Springman
awe == why of course.. a Detroit Tiger!
Detroit spent many years at the bottom of the heap & it is nice to see them having such a wonderful year.
We always wonder if Cleveland can EVER win anything sports wise. OUr best hope is with the Cavaliers.. LaBrown James has added a sparkle to the team & we are doing a lot of winning now.
Good luck to your Tigers!
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:30:08 PM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: Springman
Well, just hold your horses :P
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:30:56 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)
To: DollyCali
Well a Detroiter owns the Cavaliers. Maybe that luck will rub off? (Have to say that, my Sister-in-law works for Rock Finaltal, sp?).
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:36:31 PM PDT
by
Springman
(Can't FReep and listen to the radio at the same time.)
To: proud2beconservativeinNJ
There are doggie umbrellas. I've seen them advertised, I think in Harriet Carter or one of those catelogs.
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:37:49 PM PDT
by
tillacum
(There's a time for compromise.............. It's called..............Later.)
To: Bahbah
Spelling skills are down, Budweiser Clydesdale's?
Saw they were in the Detroit Free Press Sports section today, while waiting for tires. Still 3-0!!!
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:43:48 PM PDT
by
Springman
(Can't FReep and listen to the radio at the same time.)
To: Springman
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:46:56 PM PDT
by
Springman
(Can't FReep and listen to the radio at the same time.)
To: Springman
Rock Financial(Quicken Loans).. owned by Dan Gilbert.
The fairly new arena WAS called Gund arena.. when Mr. Gilbert acquired the team it became Quicken Arena & we call it the "Q" now
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:48:31 PM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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