June 14, 2005

• Freakin' awesome. I was expecting this, or this... what is it with Snopes and pictures of large cats?
• Ligers and tigons, oh my!
• ...bred for it's skills in magic. You know, I really didn't like that movie all that much.
• Ah! Its! Its! I hate myself forever!
• That's no liger, that's a friggin Kzinti.
• I need one of those. Might teach my stubborn little dog a lesson or two.
• >You know, I really didn't like that movie all that much. It was uneven, but it had a few truly wonderful moments.
• aww ... wook at the widdle kit ... HEY! COME BACK WITH MY LEG, YOU SODDIN' VARMINT! ow ... ow ... ow ...
• I loved the Man-Kzin Wars, Fes. I always had a soft spot for the army of large cats.
• So what does a 87 pound cat eat? Anything it darned wants?
• You know, I really didn't like that movie all that much. O.K., I'll bite. What movie? (I really don't get out enough...)
• The new Star Wars. The last battle is between a sullen C-3PO and an army Liger mounted Orcs.
• I wanna see the scratching post....
• ...and the cat toy would have to use fifty-pound test. If I lived with one, I would name him Bertie.
• >O.K., I'll bite. What movie? (I really don't get out enough...) Not to spoil anybody's fun, bu the movie being referenced is Napoleon Dynamite. And if you had got the reference, THAT would be a sign that you weren't getting out enough.
• That's no liger, that's a friggin Kzinti. Don't be rediculous. He's much too young and innocent.
• I had to go on IMDB for the quote, because, while I don't get out, I really wasn't wild about Napoleon Dynamite.
• When I got my kitty Houdini as a kitten, and he began to grow and grow, I had dreams that he got this big. That is all.
• That is a very very large kitty with beeg pwointy teeth; now I am afraid. But I still like him.
• Big kitty wants BIG skritches!!!
• Hercules is handsome and cool but needs a mighty meal -- too great expense to keep around this house I feel
• Boston Legal owns! *gives ABC the finger*
• hmm...how did that post in THIS thread...?
• i thought i'd seen this here before
• i thought i'd seen this here before... Sorry about that. It was before my time, and I forgot to search. But Hercules is a brand new one.
• I don't wanna see the litter box...
• HOLY SHIT! Can you imagine taking out the garbage late one night and running into THAT prowling the alley? Now THAT'S a CAT! Dirigibleman: Its OK, no sense beating yourself over it's. hee hee Where does an 87lb cat crap? Anywhere it wants to.
• dirigibleman, how could anyone not like that movie? just saw it for the first time this weekend. "I caught you a delicious bass." heh.
• Do the chickens have large talons?
• ...the movie being referenced is Napoleon Dynamite. GAK! I just looked it up, and he looks just like the boys I went to high school with, except they had flattops instead of afros. And the really scary thing was that when I went back to my 30-year high school reunion (don't ask), they still looked like that, only they were bald.
• By the way, there's a reason why this liger, and ligers in general, are so big. From the (excellent) messybeast.com website, by Sarah Hartwell:

  Lions live in prides led by several adult males. Each of those males mates with a female on heat. Each male wants his offspring to be the ones to survive, so his genes will promote larger offspring. To compensate, the female's genes inhibit the growth of the offspring. The effects of the male and the female cancel each other out. In contrast, tigers are largely solitary and the female normally only mates with one male when on heat. There is no competition for space in the womb so the male tiger's genes do not need to promote larger offspring - it would best serve his interests if all the offspring stood an equal chance of survival. There is therefore no need for the female to compensate by restricting the growth of the offspring, so growth goes uninhibited. When a male lion mates with a tigress, his genes promote large offspring because lions are adapted to a competitive breeding strategy. The tigress does not inhibit the growth because she is adapted to a non-competitive strategy. Therefore the offspring (liger) grows larger and stronger than either parent because the effects do not cancel each other out. In contrast, when a male tiger mates with a lioness, his genes are not promoting large growth of the offspring because he is not adapted to a competitive breeding strategy. However, the lioness is adapted to a competitive strategy and her genes still inhibit the growth of the developing cubs. This uneven match means that the offspring (tigons) are often smaller and less robust than either parent.

• His head's immense, so are his jaws, there's a lot of him standing on his paws; it's best to let him have his way since he's almost the size of old Bombay.