Apparently Ligers are real animals (member, cover)

jibber · 01-16-2005, 11:33 PM

Anyone who's seen napoleon dynamite might be amused by this. apparently there are such things as ligers, and also "tigons"

http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm

rise_above · 01-16-2005, 11:37 PM

i know. i was trying to tell my friends that and they laughed at me and called me names

they're huge. i saw it on the discovery channel during the humanzee documentary.

.angie. · 01-16-2005, 11:39 PM

hmm. thats crazy.

axman6 · 01-17-2005, 02:23 AM

yeah we've got a couple of ligers and tigons at our zoo in canberra. i cant remember which is which but one has a male lion as the farther and a female tiger as the mother and the other has a male tiger as the farther and a female lion as the mother. they're kinda kool but they cant reproduce at all.

jesus · 01-17-2005, 08:19 AM

you didn't know that

I read it in a book when I was like 8.

rise_above · 01-17-2005, 08:34 AM

they're like the mules of the jungle

MUSE girl · 01-17-2005, 11:09 AM

wow thats totally weird!!!!
my lil bro once got confused when he was little and drawed (<- very bad english there, sorry!) a lion with strips and i laughed at him, but he was right, ooops

.angie. · 01-17-2005, 12:51 PM

i agree, that is totally weird, but my question is why would they make odd animals like that?

jesus · 01-17-2005, 01:00 PM

because instead of wasting their spare time on the internet they decided use it breeding tigers and lions?

jesus · 01-17-2005, 01:02 PM

maybe next it will be bears, oh my!

god that was corny...

01-16-2005, 11:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	Apparently Ligers are real animals Anyone who's seen napoleon dynamite might be amused by this. apparently there are such things as ligers, and also "tigons" http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

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rise_above drummer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Posts: 117	i know. i was trying to tell my friends that and they laughed at me and called me names they're huge. i saw it on the discovery channel during the humanzee documentary. __________________ Living tommorow in everyones sorrow Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares -Henry Rollins

01-17-2005, 08:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
rise_above drummer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Posts: 117	they're like the mules of the jungle __________________ Living tommorow in everyones sorrow Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares -Henry Rollins

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MUSE girl Eat my ****. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Merry old England, Forest Of Dean Posts: 104	wow thats totally weird!!!! my lil bro once got confused when he was little and drawed (<- very bad english there, sorry!) a lion with strips and i laughed at him, but he was right, ooops __________________ Just when you thourght things couldnt get much worse, just when you thourght things were going to get better...... it all returns with reinforcments.

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01-16-2005, 11:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
.angie. contrast&compare. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	hmm. thats crazy.

01-17-2005, 02:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
axman6 armchair rock star Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: look behind you Posts: 4	yeah we've got a couple of ligers and tigons at our zoo in canberra. i cant remember which is which but one has a male lion as the farther and a female tiger as the mother and the other has a male tiger as the farther and a female lion as the mother. they're kinda kool but they cant reproduce at all.

01-17-2005, 08:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
jesus cat addict Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,061	you didn't know that I read it in a book when I was like 8.

01-17-2005, 12:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
.angie. contrast&compare. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	i agree, that is totally weird, but my question is why would they make odd animals like that?

01-17-2005, 01:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
jesus cat addict Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,061	because instead of wasting their spare time on the internet they decided use it breeding tigers and lions?

01-17-2005, 01:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
jesus cat addict Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,061	maybe next it will be bears, oh my! god that was corny...