tiger vs. lion

[GAME]

But thast their fantasy opinion .

Weve seen conclusive proof that the Tiger is the superior fighter . Infact it looks like a mismatch cuz the Tiger is so much bigger /faster amd more aggressive

[mucho testosterone]

I have not seen any concrete proof as of yet.

I've seen videos on this thread of Lions beating Tigers and Tigers beating Lions.

I tend to value a scientists opinion a little more because they study these animals and take into consideration the strengths and weaknesses of each.

[CasperUK]

Liger would beat the Tigon and I'll tell you why too.

When tigers breed, the male tiger has genetics that limit the growth of the offspring and are more dominant than the females (who has no growth limiting genes), hence male tiger cubs grow no bigger than their fathers.

Similarly, female lions have the dominant growth limiting genes, hence why females grow no bigger than them. Put a male tiger and female lion together (a Tigon) and you have two sets of limiting growth genes and a hybrid by-product that grows fairly 'small' and is limited to around 400lbs

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On the other hand if you couple a male lion and female tiger (each not carrying growth limiting genetics) the end result is a massive hybrid offspring, that NEVER stops growing and can weigh upto 1200lbs.



(look at the size of that head compared to the Tigon's)

As both sets of species have growth limiting genes, it's natures way of stopping the two animals from breeding with one another. Any offpsring of the two would be sterile (like a mule) anyway, hence why i think it's unethical to try and force breed the two seperate species.

[mucho testosterone]

Liger would beat the Tigon and I'll tell you why too.

When tigers breed, the male tiger has genetics that limit the growth of the offspring and are more dominant than the females (who has no growth limiting genes), hence male tiger cubs grow no bigger than their fathers.

Similarly, female lions have the dominant growth limiting genes, hence why females grow no bigger than them. Put a male tiger and female lion together (a Tigon) and you have two sets of limiting growth genes and a hybrid by-product that grows fairly 'small' and is limited to around 400lbs

.



On the other hand if you couple a male lion and female tiger (each not carrying growth limiting genetics) the end result is a massive hybrid offspring, that NEVER stops growing and can weigh upto 1200lbs.



(look at the size of that head compared to the Tigon's)

As both sets of species have growth limiting genes, it's natures way of stopping the two animals from breeding with one another. Any offpsring of the two would be sterile (like a mule) anyway, hence why i think it's unethical to try and force breed the two seperate species.

That thing is so awesome........I wonder what kind of havoc it would wreak if it was raised in the wild!!

[CasperUK]

Probably not a great deal. Neither animal would be capable of surviving in the wild, infact even existing in the wild would be impossible because rarely (if ever) do lions and tigers cross paths and mate. Such a huge (or small, ie Tigon) animal would find it extremely hard to live in the wild. It's just not their habitat.
They're better off in captivity really.

[mucho testosterone]

Probably not a great deal. Neither animal would be capable of surviving in the wild, infact even existing in the wild would be impossible because rarely (if ever) do lions and tigers cross paths and mate. Such a huge (or small, ie Tigon) animal would find it extremely hard to live in the wild. It's just not their habitat.
They're better off in captivity really.

No, i mean the Liger, not the Tigon..

I know that the probablilty would be next to none, but I am saying that if in the wild male Lion and Female Tiger and they had a Liger and one of them raised it in the wild, I bet that it would be a mean motherfucker!!

But yes, I do realize that it probably wouldn't happen.

[CasperUK]

Perhaps but those animals aren't really know for their agressiveness. They're pretty docile actually. Who knows, there was a programme here where some American scientists got some Bengali tigers from India and released them into the plains of Africa's savannah and after 6 months of training to stalk, hunt and kill wildebeest and other game, they finally learned how to go it alone and survived in the wild on their own with no human intervention.

Consequently, I'm not sure how effective a Liger would be, being 1000lbs, it wont be terribly agile or particularly fast. Also given that it needs to consume 40kg of meat a day or something ridiculous like that, hunting would be a big issue for Ligers.

Similarly, Tigons are much smaller than any lion or tiger so you'd have to ask how effective and strong they'd be in attempting to hunt much bigger prey than themselves, especially when their genes are limited to be 'weaker' than their other halves.

[GAME]

Father Mother Offspring

Lion Tiger Liger

Tiger Lion Tigon

Lion Liger Li-liger

Lion Tigon Li-tigon

Tiger Liger Ti-liger

Tiger Tigon Ti-tigon

[mucho testosterone]

Father Mother Offspring

Lion Tiger Liger

Tiger Lion Tigon

Lion Liger Li-liger

Lion Tigon Li-tigon

Tiger Liger Ti-liger

Tiger Tigon Ti-tigon

OH........I see how it works now.


So then if ..........

Father Mother Offspring

Lion Tiger Liger

Tiger Lion Tigon

Lion Liger Li-liger

Lion Tigon Li-tigon

Tiger Liger Ti-liger

Tiger Tigon Ti-tigon

does this mean that...

Julius Long Sam Peter Long Peter?

[BigMix27]

Father Mother Offspring

Lion Tiger Liger

Tiger Lion Tigon

Lion Liger Li-liger

Lion Tigon Li-tigon

Tiger Liger Ti-liger

Tiger Tigon Ti-tigon

OH........I see how it works now.


So then if ..........

Father Mother Offspring

Lion Tiger Liger

Tiger Lion Tigon

Lion Liger Li-liger

Lion Tigon Li-tigon

Tiger Liger Ti-liger

Tiger Tigon Ti-tigon

does this mean that...

Julius Long Sam Peter Long Peter?

cool click. you would do good in logic classes.

[CasperUK]

Father Mother Offspring

Lion Tiger Liger

Tiger Lion Tigon

Lion Liger Li-liger

Lion Tigon Li-tigon

Tiger Liger Ti-liger

Tiger Tigon Ti-tigon

does this mean that...

Long Schlong Long Schlong heh heh

[enigma375]

Not sure if this one's been posted http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...r+lion&pl=true

Am I the only one that finds these videos a bit sick ?

[enigma375]

Who wins, Tiger vs Monkey ?

http://www.vidilife.com/index.cfm?f=...&action=search

[bigragu]

the did this on the discovery channel.. The Lion wins..A lion fights his whole life..It's a pack/pride animal...a tiger is solitary...no fighting there. If a trained fighter goes into a bar and gets into it with Fatboy Jimbob joe redneck, who wins?..the fighter of course..