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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:54 am
by iambowelfish
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?
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:04 pm
by saturn
tigons are smaller than lions and tigers, yes.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:21 pm
by Nightshade
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:24 pm
by [xeno]Julios
no doubt they're large, but i think the people in those pics are fairly small to begin with, for added effect.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:25 pm
by Grudge
those people also seem to be from the 80's
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:28 pm
by saturn
[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
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:34 pm
by iambowelfish
saturn wrote:tigons are smaller than lions and tigers, yes.
Ah, tigons. There are definitely some inconsistencies in this naming system.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:02 pm
by Ryoki
Should've named it a tion.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:26 pm
by Fender
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:30 pm
by Billy Bellend
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:
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:23 pm
by Pext
Grudge wrote:those people also seem to be from the 80's
they're just gay
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:52 pm
by Guest
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:06 pm
by Deathshroud
Damn.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:08 pm
by Guest
That must be an actual Tiger, those Ligers look even bigger.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:14 pm
by Jackal
I'm only here to tell you to fuck off kracus.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:18 pm
by Guest
As usual your presence is neither required nor desired.