Ligers....they really exist!
 

I always thought they were a joke from Napoleon Dynamite but apparently Tigers and Lions can cross breed. Ironically though thanks to an odd number of chomosones the ligers themselves are effectively sterile.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger]Liger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]
[IMG]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/photogalleries/ligers_dynamite/images/primary/Liger2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2lxw0mc.jpg[/IMG]

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My god what an awesome animal. Look how huge it is compared to that woman in the 3rd picture. I love big cats. Top of the food chain.

One swipe from those paws and your guts are on the ground.

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Yep, health issues though; they need to eat a lot but can get lazy/too slow, etc. Of course other issues with crossbreeding.

I prefer the tigon (also known as tigron, tiglon, and some other names since they have no scientific name)

[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2095/2520259261_aa7b54b032.jpg[/IMG]

and how can you not AWWW at this?

[IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vaBIYoXUg3Q/SYUpZotlNeI/AAAAAAAADEQ/joWOUxrEX1I/s800/tigron-singe.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=GMScud;696922]My god what an awesome animal. Look how huge it is compared to that woman in the 3rd picture. I love big cats. Top of the food chain.

One swipe from those paws and your guts are on the ground.[/quote]

I know right. One of dem mother f**kin miracles. Personally I hate house cats but lions and tigers make for great footage on Animal Planet and Discovery.


Seems like it matters which ones the male and which one's the female.
[quote]Patrick was created the same way every liger is: A male lion was mated with a female tiger. (When a female lion is mated with a male tiger, the result is a tiglon, or tigon.)

Since tigers and lions do not likely interbreed in the wild, some critics find the breeding of ligers unethical. At accredited zoos "keeping the two species separate has always been standard procedure," according to Jane Ballentine, a spokesperson for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.[/quote]

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They sound like indeed a "rare" breed all rolled up into one!

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But do they have talons?

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Ligors, and tiglons, and chimps ... oh my

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Aren't they breed mostly for their skills in magic?

Anyway, here's a Retiger:
[IMG]http://www.gideonstrumpet.org/images/tigerman.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;696974]Aren't they breed mostly for their skills in magic?
Anyway, here's a Retiger:
[IMG]http://www.gideonstrumpet.org/images/tigerman.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

[quote=Dirtbag359;696920]I always thought they were a joke from Napoleon Dynamite but apparently Tigers and Lions can cross breed. Ironically though thanks to an odd number of chomosones the [B]ligers themselves are effectively sterile.[/B]
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I rest my case. Freaking miracles!

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I think I read somewhere that they can grow to gigantic proportions because the genes that regulate growth get wonky in the crossbreeding.

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Looks like I was wrong. They can in fact breed. It's just that it's easier for the females to do it then the males.
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[quote=FRPLG;697086]I think I read somewhere that they can grow to gigantic proportions because the genes that regulate growth get wonky in the crossbreeding.[/quote]

Only serves to make them even more epic.

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I've been known to ride a green one to work:

[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6-yScTLMpAg/S4qxXH3w_jI/AAAAAAAAAWk/hduQNGo6OGM/s320/he-man,+cringer.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Ligers....they really exist!
 

[quote=Dirtbag359;696920]I always thought they were a joke from Napoleon Dynamite but apparently Tigers and Lions can cross breed. Ironically though thanks to an odd number of chomosones the ligers themselves are effectively sterile.
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger"]Liger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL]
[IMG]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/photogalleries/ligers_dynamite/images/primary/Liger2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2lxw0mc.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

That would make a bad ass rug.

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;697131]I've been known to ride a green one to work:

[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6-yScTLMpAg/S4qxXH3w_jI/AAAAAAAAAWk/hduQNGo6OGM/s320/he-man,+cringer.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

lol battlecat!

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;697131]I've been known to ride a green one to work:

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[quote=Mattyk;697136]lol battlecat![/quote]

Guys c0me on, dis thread iz sEri0us

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Y'all didn't know? A tiger will win in a fight against a lion though. I saw it on YouTube. So we know who's on top!

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Man I've known about ligers for a while now. I was down in Miami several years ago with the family, and my aunt took us to some joint called Parrot Jungle Island or something along those lines, and they had a liger in there. That thing was f'n massive lookin, I mean damn you think those pics are big and when he was standing up he scared the hell out of me and i'm 6'2 230 lol. I was like wth is that, OH SHIT lol it's a liger. But no seriously if it came down to a three way fight between a lion, tiger, and liger, that liger would beat some ass.

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I've seen ligers on film. I actually felt sorry for them. They looked really funky, unhealthy, and not happy.

Re: Ligers....they really exist!
 

[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;697131]I've been known to ride a green one to work:

[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6-yScTLMpAg/S4qxXH3w_jI/AAAAAAAAAWk/hduQNGo6OGM/s320/he-man,+cringer.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

That's badass I haven't seen/thought of He-man in 20+ years.

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;696974]Aren't they breed mostly for their skills in magic?

Anyway, here's a Retiger:
[IMG]http://www.gideonstrumpet.org/images/tigerman.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

Retiger! LOL! That is hilarious. It might be the funniest thing you've ever posted.

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a-O1_lYOGA]YouTube - Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory visits T.I.G.E.R.S. Preserve in Myrtle Beach[/ame]

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;697202]Y'all didn't know? A tiger will win in a fight against a lion though. I saw it on YouTube. So we know who's on top![/quote]

Please everyone knows that the Tiger won because he was camping. Freaking n00bz.