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Posted: 1/23/2006 11:25:18 AM EDT
Did anyone see this on the news this weekend? I thought it was rather funny.

Looks like Napolean Dynamite's fictional animal really exists: A Liger, half lion, half tiger.


Liger news

Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:25:56 AM EDT
[#1]
kinda odd how those existed long before that movie came out
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:30:31 AM EDT
[#2]
I always thought it was fake, i didn't know it was real.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:31:51 AM EDT
[#3]
I saw on once, they are fricking huge!

Oh and Vote for Pedro!
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:31:56 AM EDT
[#4]
if you want to see some cool stuff google both liger and tigon
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:33:09 AM EDT
[#5]
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:34:18 AM EDT
[#6]
They are bred for their magical powers
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:35:33 AM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
There's a Tigon too.

It uses genetic donors of the opposite sex (than a Liger).



And is very small.  The opposite of the Liger.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:37:05 AM EDT
[#8]
I've seen wiggers before...does that count?
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:37:06 AM EDT
[#9]
breed for its mystical and magical purposes............
I saw that on my hometown news program. Its twice the size of a male lion.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:50:21 AM EDT
[#10]
I believe that some have been found in the wild, no ones sure HOW but they have.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 11:51:28 AM EDT
[#11]

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I believe that some have been found in the wild, no ones sure HOW but they have.



I believe that they are lying, tigers and lions live on different continents.  unless someone's pet got loose and started boning the locals
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:03:44 PM EDT
[#12]



At maturity they can reach 12 feet in length and weight about 1,250 lbs.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:09:03 PM EDT
[#13]
Man I just wasted 25 minutes at work reading about Tigons, Ligers, and LepJags.
Crazy how that genetic code works.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:15:25 PM EDT
[#14]
You IDIOTS!
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:19:07 PM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:
You IDIOTS!



Care to elaborate?  I have seen one.  I walked to about 15 feet away from it.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:21:24 PM EDT
[#16]

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I believe that I've petted that particular liger... or at least placed my hand gingerly upon its back.

Those guys in the fruit suits used to put on shows at a local fair a couple times.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:24:22 PM EDT
[#17]

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www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/ligersize.jpg



I believe that I've petted that particular liger... or at least placed my hand gingerly upon its back.

Those guys in the fruit suits used to put on shows at a local fair a couple times.



Yep.  I saw it at a renaissance fair as well
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:27:32 PM EDT
[#18]

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www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/ligersize.jpg



I believe that I've petted that particular liger... or at least placed my hand gingerly upon its back.

Those guys in the fruit suits used to put on shows at a local fair a couple times.



Yep.  I saw it at a renaissance fair as well



Probably the same one, given your location.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 12:54:00 PM EDT
[#19]
Pretty much my favorite animal.

Link Posted: 1/23/2006 1:02:44 PM EDT
[#20]
I as well have seen a Liger at the King Richard's Fair in Carver, MA. very impressive, super huge, almost scary being so close with just some fruitcup in tights holding by a huge chain around it's neck.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 1:05:21 PM EDT
[#21]

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Quoted:
You IDIOTS!



Care to elaborate?  I have seen one.  I walked to about 15 feet away from it.




and Im guessing you havent seen napolean Dynomite
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 1:08:51 PM EDT
[#22]
reminds me of the Jackalope.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 1:14:39 PM EDT
[#23]
Yup...they're real.  Bhagavan animal shows comes to the Medieval Faire here in Southeast Mass every year.  They've got Ligers, Tigons, Ti-Ti's and Li-Li's (Ti-Tis and Li Li's are offspring of a Liger or a Tigon). Pretty cool, but I doubt it could happen in the wild.



Now that's a big kitty.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 1:18:43 PM EDT
[#24]
True story: A few years back (could be 10 now) we had one running around here in MI. For months. Someone had one and then just set it free. Then suddenly the sightings (there was video of it too) just stopped.

Going theory was that the powers that be had killed or trapped/killed it and wanted to keep it under wraps.

But yeah, they're pretty much my favorite animal.
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 1:24:05 PM EDT
[#25]
was it bread for its skills in magic?
Link Posted: 1/23/2006 1:25:17 PM EDT
[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
You IDIOTS!



Care to elaborate?  I have seen one.  I walked to about 15 feet away from it.




and Im guessing you havent seen napolean Dynomite



I have.  Just don't remember a "You IDIOTS!" part.
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