Liger

Post by **iambowelfish** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:54 am

saturn wrote:wow, they're apparently twice as big as the biggest tigerspecie (Siberian) cause they inherit a growth-promoting gene from the fatherlion and not the growth-inhibiting gene from the motherlion.

So does that mean tions are really small?

Post by **saturn** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:04 pm

tigons are smaller than lions and tigers, yes.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:21 pm

saturn wrote:Ringworld is set in what Niven calls his Known Space universe.
He wrote many books about Known Space and their inhibitants. There's even a timeline with all the occurences.

Gotcha.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:24 pm

no doubt they're large, but i think the people in those pics are fairly small to begin with, for added effect.

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:25 pm

those people also seem to be from the 80's

Post by **saturn** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:28 pm

[xeno]Julios wrote:no doubt they're large, but i think the people in those pics are fairly small to begin with, for added effect.

Wikipedia says they can grow up to 1000 pounds, twice the average size of a Siberian Tiger. That's fucking massive

Post by **iambowelfish** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:34 pm

saturn wrote:tigons are smaller than lions and tigers, yes.

Ah, tigons. There are definitely some inconsistencies in this naming system.

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:02 pm

Should've named it a tion.

Post by **Fender** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:26 pm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/ ... 8419.shtml

A wolphin gave birth recently.

Post by **Billy Bellend** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:30 pm

saturn wrote:Reminds me of that cat-like race in Wing Commander, Kilrathi I think.

And of the Kzinti race in the Known Space stories of Larry Niven.

i think i remember that :Maybe:

Post by **Pext** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:23 pm

Grudge wrote:those people also seem to be from the 80's

they're just gay

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:52 pm

Holy fuck that's a big cat. Could you imagine shitting your pants if you came across one alone in the forest? I certainly can.

Post by **Deathshroud** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:06 pm

Damn.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:08 pm

That must be an actual Tiger, those Ligers look even bigger.

Post by **Jackal** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:14 pm

I'm only here to tell you to fuck off kracus.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:18 pm

As usual your presence is neither required nor desired.