Comments on: Ligers and Tigons

Ligers and Tigons

Kattullus — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:49:19 -0800

Liger cubs attack a zookeeper while an uncle and nephew have a conversation. Liger Channel has a number of videos, so does Big Cat Rescue's ligers, tigers and lions section. For answers to the basic liger and tigon questions, Timothy J. Fuller has got you covered. I leave you with these tigon cubs: 1 and 2.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:50:00 -0800

Neither ligers nor tigons are bred for their skills in magic.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:53:45 -0800

Oh, and from the same zoo trip as the first video: emu surprise.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:08 -0800

The conversation in that first video is one of the more amazing things I've witnessed on YouTube.

By: Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:02:57 -0800

Uncle's got a bad back.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:06:08 -0800

Greg Nog: The conversation in that first video is one of the more amazing things I've witnessed on YouTube. That video is pretty much perfect. It sent me down a liger rabbithole on the internet so I figured I'd share, but I would've posted that video solo if no other liger videos existed online.

By: adamvasco

adamvasco — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:06:51 -0800

Albert

By: Slap*Happy

Slap*Happy — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:06:52 -0800

Not so fucking cute when they're eleven foot long and the better part of a half-ton. What's worse, ligers are bred for misery and shame - they can never know the wild, as Asia and Africa are literally worlds away, there =is= no natural habitat for this animal. They're simply vanity pets for the well-off, draining money from resources that could be used to rescue actually endangered big cats. A liger is nothing more than a clown ready to kill someone. That really ought to freak you out.

By: WalterMitty

WalterMitty — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:23:29 -0800

A liger is nothing more than a clown ready to kill someone. How does that make them different from standard-issue clowns?

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:28:04 -0800

Cat-Man by Edward Hoagland is a great novel about being a big cat handler in a circus. Much better than the Water for Elephants crap. Hoagland tells it like it was, he lived it.

By: Mblue

Mblue — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:37:09 -0800

Tailchaser's Song

By: No-sword

No-sword — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:42:09 -0800

> A liger is nothing more than a clown ready to kill someone. How does that make them different from standard-issue clowns? Skills in magic vs skills in balloon animal-tying.

By: Omnomnom

Omnomnom — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:49:57 -0800

I am having problems understanding the american accent in the first video. What are they saying?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:29:49 -0800

Cat-Man by Edward Hoagland is a great novel about being a big cat handler in a circus. Amazoned. Thanks for the tip.

By: clearly

clearly — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:29:45 -0800

while an uncle and nephew have a conversation this is ridiculous. Simba killed Scar.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:51:24 -0800

I am having problems understanding the american accent in the first video. What are they saying? "They're big kitties!" "Yeah." "Hey, uncle? Something tells me one of them can kill me. Y' think it could?" "Mm, probably." "Think it'd eat me?" "One of those monkeys over there could probably take ya." "It could probably take you too! You ain't got a very good swing 'cause of your back, huh?" "..." "Well, why don't you hop in there with it and see how it likes tight jeans?" (I think he says "tight jeans"? That seems weird as hell, but would make sense if there's a family backstory involving making fun of uncle for wearing tight jeans. The only other possible words I think it could be are "Tai Chi", which would be more understandable if Uncle is a Tai Chi martial artist. But man, it sounds like "tight jeans" to me.) "Shhh. (unintelligible)" "I bet those things could get out of there if they wanted to, when you open that gate." What I love about the exchange is that the kid starts with the fairly universal kid-premise of "What animal could beat another animal in a fight", but it quickly moves on to the specificity of his uncle's "swing" versus a monkey. The kid is thinking about his uncle's swing -- what he has in his mind is not simply a monkey attacking and his uncle naturally defending himself by trying to push the monkey off himself, or grappling with an attacking monkey until a zookeeper can assist and pull it off the guy, but rather: His uncle, with rounded shoulders and fists up, about to BOX WITH A MONKEY. The kid is literally imagining his human uncle FISTFIGHTING A MONKEY.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:57:14 -0800

His uncle, with rounded shoulders and fists up, about to BOX WITH A MONKEY. The kid is literally imagining his human uncle FISTFIGHTING A MONKEY. Oh, I took it as the kid thinking of his uncle using a stick. The kid is literally imagining his uncle CLUBBING A MONKEY, CAVEMAN-STYLE.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:05:20 -0800

The wording of the post somehow led me to expect the horrific, but that was much more adorable than horrific. Although I did catch myself thinking 'Those animals are getting way too comfortable with humans! How will they ever survive in the wild?' ....oh yeah.

By: custardfairy

custardfairy — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:06:32 -0800

"Well, why don't you hop in there with it and see how it likes tight jeans?" That's what I heard too, and it cracked me up.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:08:02 -0800

The kid is literally imagining his human uncle FISTFIGHTING A MONKEY. There's no proof his uncle is human. Maybe his uncle is a tigon.

By: Miko

Miko — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:53:11 -0800

Wait....Liger Channel?

By: maudlin

maudlin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:08:54 -0800

The "cubs" in the FPP tipped me off that There Would Not Be Blood, but I was halfway expecting the uncle and nephew to be big cats, with the "conversation" being an adorable and impenetrable mixture of chuffing and growling. And now I'm envisioning a furry in tight jeans. Ack!

By: Gin and Comics

Gin and Comics — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:53:20 -0800

Dynamite had it all wrong. Tigons are clearly the more magical animal.

By: Inspector.Gadget

Inspector.Gadget — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:59:45 -0800

You know, I'm really glad that I live in the modern era. I couldn't have made it this far at many points in history, because I process baby apex predators as ZOMG SO CUTE and adults as WHAT THE SHIT YOU ARE AWESOME AND YOU HAVE EXACTLY 38 SHARP TEE----.

By: functionequalsform

functionequalsform — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:39:20 -0800

I've been renewed with the sense of MUST. CUDDLE. BABY BIG CAT. BEFORE I DIE.

By: Splunge

Splunge — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:50:10 -0800

Ligers and tigons and monkeys, oh my! Sorry.

By: merocet

merocet — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:25:01 -0800

Ligers are bigger than tigons, And tigons are bigger than cats, And if ligers and tigons lived in your house, You'd never have trouble with rats.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:38:19 -0800

The zookeeper in the first video should probably ensure someone is watching from outside at all times. If he fell and hit his head or something I think it's safe to say that those cute little ligers would probably not waste much time before they started chomping his flesh.

By: xedrik

xedrik — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:06:22 -0800

You look like you need a monkey!

By: Naberius

Naberius — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:21:25 -0800

A liger is nothing more than a clown ready to kill someone. How does that make them different from standard-issue clowns? I don't know. Do ligers have anything like juggalos?

By: GenjiandProust

GenjiandProust — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:35:46 -0800

but rather: His uncle, with rounded shoulders and fists up, about to BOX WITH A MONKEY. The kid is literally imagining his human uncle FISTFIGHTING A MONKEY. There is a fine gorilla-boxing sequence in the otherwise risible and racist Lovecraft story "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family." It's in the 2nd or 3rd section. I can't recommend reading the story through, but the gorilla-boxing was the best part. I mention this only because it is H.P> Lovecraft's birthday, and gorilla-boxing.

By: Zed

Zed — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:39:55 -0800

Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family

By: Omnomnom

Omnomnom — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:56:52 -0800

Ha, that's great! Thanks, Greg Nog.

By: tspae

tspae — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:42:58 -0800

Saw a zookeeper lady playing with lion cubs once. She wore GREAT BIG THICK FUCKING GAUNTLETS. Them li'l cuties play rough.

By: intelligentless

intelligentless — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:49:04 -0800

Greg Nog, the line with the "..." I think the uncle quips to the nephew "I think it likes your shorts." Prompting the nephew to reply with the "tight jeans" comments. This makes the tableaux all the more beautiful..

By: redsparkler

redsparkler — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:04:19 -0800

Is it just me or is that a shitty looking zoo? Damp cement? That's it? Here's hoping those are just temporary liger quarters. And yeah, the dialogue is perfect. I thought maybe there were other family members around who weren't speaking, like a sister of the kid, and then the kid tossed out the aside about tight jeans to her.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:04:55 -0800

I think it's someone else off to the side who yells at the zookeeper: "I think it likes your shorts." That's who the nephew shouts at: "Well, why don't you hop in there with it and see how it likes tight jeans?"

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:46:59 -0800

Gah, that emu - they are so freaky looking. If you ever try to help one, it won't thank you: mano a emu.

By: Araucaria

Araucaria — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:13:18 -0800

Came here for ligers and tigons and (something), oh my!. Was not disappointed. BTW, male ligers are large for the same reason neutered male domesticated cats are large, at least partly: their testosterone production is less than that of a typical male lion or tiger. The cue for the bones to stop growing in cats is the increase in testosterone production during puberty.

By: Countess Elena

Countess Elena — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:04:37 -0800

The kid's Kaintuck accent is nearly as cute as the liger cubs and their ambitious nomming. I notice that the zookeeper gives them a firm "no" when they jump up to grab him and play. I neglect to do this to playful puppies, because I am always happy to fuss with dogs, but I expect it's really important to say no to big cats when they are still small.

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:14:42 -0800

I've been renewed with the sense of MUST. CUDDLE. BABY BIG CAT. BEFORE I DIE. Just cuddle with a grown big cat and the chronology of that statement is fairly certain.

By: Katjusa Roquette

Katjusa Roquette — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:58:13 -0800

I have handled one lion cub and bottle fed one tiger cub. The lion cub peed on my clothes and the kid's clothes. The smell fom the lion cub freaked out our house cats. The clothes we wore to this thing had to ne washed three ted to remove the smell.

By: Redhush

Redhush — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:58:11 -0800

the only use for genetic engineering is to make a tiger that maxes out around 75 pounds. i'd get me one 'o them!