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"They're bred for their skills in magic."
2005-01-25, 10:24 PM #1
Liger.


True? Hoax? Anyone know?

And before anyone starts with the biological definition of species (dumbly put, different species mating = impossible to produce fertile offspring), nobody said it was fertile.
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2005-01-25, 10:30 PM #2
I'm pretty sure I saw this on Fark a few months back. I'm fairly confident it isn't a fake. I mean, look at the Okapi. Something-and zebra mix. Or mules even. I'm sure it's possible.
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2005-01-25, 10:33 PM #3
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2005-01-25, 10:33 PM #4
We learned about ligers in bio class. They're real, and they're huge.
2005-01-25, 10:43 PM #5
Hrm.
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2005-01-25, 10:48 PM #6
Ah yes. The linked photograph in the Wikipedia article was what I saw some time ago. Thing is amazingly huge.
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2005-01-26, 12:01 AM #7
Theres two different cross-breeds of Lions and Tigers. If the mother was a tiger, it's called a Liger. If the mother was a lion, it's called a Tigon. Ligers are THE largest cats in the world.

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2005-01-26, 3:23 AM #8
I want one.
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2005-01-26, 5:56 AM #9
Yeah, these are real. I watched a show about big cats that people bought as 'pets' and abandoned. There was a special zoo that picked them up and there were tons of different big cats.

There were some ligers, and they are very real. They are rare, because even though tigers and lions can interbreed (their offspring are sterile I believe) it doesn't happen in the wild generally. The ones on this show were a result of the semi-tame all living in an open pen together.

It was weird watching the woman go inside the pen/enclosure and sit down with this huge HUGE tiger and rub behind his ears.

They also had a large lion who was neutered early on, and as a result never grew a mane. He was massive though.

According to show, and judging by the footage this is correct, the ligers display both the complex social system of lions and the tigers love for water. (Tigers love to swim, I did not know that until this show.)
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2005-01-26, 6:00 AM #10
(Un)fortunuately these guys can't surivive in the wild too long. They're huge and need to consume a lot of meat to survive, and they're kinda slow making them yuck predators.
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2005-01-26, 6:23 AM #11
Quote:
Originally posted by Pommy
"They're bred for their skills in magic."


What... they go around pulling rabbits out of hats?
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2005-01-26, 8:22 AM #12
They cast magic missles.
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2005-01-26, 8:28 AM #13
Quote:
They cast magic missiles


Thats you down to one hit point...

Anyways, theres a zoo in eastern europe that got a ligon last month by accident, they didnt have enough money for a new tiger pen so they put the tiger in with a lion = a ligon was born, the cub is cute
nope.
2005-01-26, 8:29 AM #14
Here's a better pic:

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2005-01-26, 8:37 AM #15
Quote:
Originally posted by tinny
(Un)fortunuately these guys can't surivive in the wild too long. They're huge and need to consume a lot of meat to survive, and they're kinda slow making them yuck predators.


well they don't occur in the wild so that's not a huge problem
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-01-26, 11:04 AM #16
I think liger's are the real deal. Jackelopes on the other hand are a hoax.
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2005-01-26, 11:07 AM #17
Napoleon Dynamite was arguably the stupidest movie ever! However, I cracked up watching it so many times I have to say I liked it.
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2005-01-26, 11:10 AM #18
I concur with the above.
Think while it's still legal.
2005-01-26, 11:20 AM #19
Liger + Tigon mating = teh PWNZORRZZzZ

When you combine the magic of the Liger with the coolness fo a Tigon you get DRAGONS. As illustrated by Schming.
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2005-01-26, 11:31 AM #20
I always thought Leopons were interesting too:
2005-01-26, 3:09 PM #21
yeah.
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2005-01-26, 3:27 PM #22
Ligers are real, and their offspring are not sterile. The offspring's offspring is, however.
2005-01-26, 3:32 PM #23
Let's do leopards and tigers, I want Lepers!!
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2005-01-26, 3:48 PM #24
I want leper gnomes!

:p

Ligers and Tigons are the coolest things ever.
2005-01-26, 3:51 PM #25
Quick! Someone post the spider-kitten!
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2005-01-26, 4:12 PM #26
Bobcat + Tiger so we can have Bobers!

o.0
2005-01-26, 5:16 PM #27
Quote:
Originally posted by greenboy_009
Bobcat + Tiger so we can have Bobers!


Boberts!
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2005-01-26, 5:23 PM #28
How about an ape and human. Or is that not ethical?
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2005-01-26, 5:57 PM #29
Ew.

I want a Liger. That would be awsome. It reminds me of a Bill Cosby skit...
2005-01-26, 7:20 PM #30
When someone breeds a liger and a tigon and gets a real lion and tiger I'll be truly impressed.
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2005-01-26, 10:38 PM #31
A twelve foot long behemoth of a kitty... I want one SOOO bad.

They are real, and there are plenty in existence, I too learned about them in biology.
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2005-01-26, 11:47 PM #32
You know you have trouble when Lemurs and elephants mate.
Long snouts, Furry yet watertight skin, long tails, big heavy legs ieal for climbing trees...
And don't forget the huge beady bulking eyes.
Yeah.

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2005-01-27, 12:00 AM #33
Lemuphants!
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2005-01-27, 12:10 AM #34
Ligers have been around for awhile, I thought everyone knew about them. :confused:
2005-01-27, 1:16 AM #35
Apparantly it was highly likely that our ancestors mated with one of the other lineages of human-like primates to produce infertile offspring, I doubt they were as interesting as Ligers though.
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2005-01-27, 2:41 AM #36
kangaroo + yak = kak

*ducks*
2005-01-27, 3:27 AM #37
Quote:
Originally posted by Mister_Sinister
kangaroo + yak = kak

*ducks*


ducks + flamingos = ****s
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2005-01-27, 9:23 AM #38
flamduckos?
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2005-01-27, 9:48 AM #39
Wow, I had no idea a liger was actually real. Thats something.
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2005-01-27, 10:09 AM #40
Psh...
Balrog > Liger
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