Cave Lion went extinct 14K years ago (about the time the Ice Age ended and the ice started to recede)...males didn't have a mane and were substantially larger than the modern African lion. Maybe the end of the Ice Age saw lions and tigers move to their locations today and the possibility of interbreeding became less probable.
That dude in the pic must be 4 foot 11 or something, cuz 1000 lbs' is only half a large elk,...which the picture here gives the impression this cat is bigger than that. This is trick photography.
According to this, a very large elk will maybe hit 900 lbs. Wikipedia gives 1100 as the upper bound. https://www.rmef.org/elk-facts/
I looked up the liger also and it says he's 900 lbs, so that tracks with the 922 in the pic. https://myrtlebeachsafari.com/animal/hercules/
Shoulder height for ligers tends to be about 3.5 feet, and fro mthe pic, the shoulder is well below the top of the spine, much less the head height. Plus as the guy's hugging the cat he's gotta be hunched down behind it, not standing his full height.
Seems like a legit pic to me, just not a good one designed to show a size comparison.
Big fella. Hercules, the largest non-obese liger, is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest living cat on Earth, weighing 418.2 kg (922 lb).[15][16] Hercules was featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper 360, Inside Edition, and in a Maxim article in 2005, when he was only three years old and already weighed 408.25 kg (900 lb). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
Thats a lotta chicken chow mein.
ReplyDeleteAmazing he has lived this long. Most have very short life spans.
ReplyDeleteCave Lion went extinct 14K years ago (about the time the Ice Age ended and the ice started to recede)...males didn't have a mane and were substantially larger than the modern African lion. Maybe the end of the Ice Age saw lions and tigers move to their locations today and the possibility of interbreeding became less probable.
ReplyDeleteThat guy's a show off. Hell, I've hugged lots of pussy this big and even kissed many of them.
ReplyDelete>mops rum off keyboard and monitor<
DeleteThanks for the laugh, man. :D
That dude in the pic must be 4 foot 11 or something, cuz 1000 lbs' is only half a large elk,...which the picture here gives the impression this cat is bigger than that. This is trick photography.
ReplyDeleteAccording to this, a very large elk will maybe hit 900 lbs. Wikipedia gives 1100 as the upper bound. https://www.rmef.org/elk-facts/
DeleteI looked up the liger also and it says he's 900 lbs, so that tracks with the 922 in the pic. https://myrtlebeachsafari.com/animal/hercules/
Shoulder height for ligers tends to be about 3.5 feet, and fro mthe pic, the shoulder is well below the top of the spine, much less the head height. Plus as the guy's hugging the cat he's gotta be hunched down behind it, not standing his full height.
Seems like a legit pic to me, just not a good one designed to show a size comparison.
Photoshopped. Just look at the shadows
ReplyDeleteLiger = lion + tiger cross. And yes, they are bigger than either of the parent species.
ReplyDeleteI think the picture is legit and it's either a small guy or he is squatting. Google Hercules the Tiger and you will find plenty of pics.
ReplyDeleteI would want it as a pet in case BLM or Antifa comes to my door.
ReplyDeleteBig fella.
ReplyDeleteHercules, the largest non-obese liger, is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest living cat on Earth, weighing 418.2 kg (922 lb).[15][16] Hercules was featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper 360, Inside Edition, and in a Maxim article in 2005, when he was only three years old and already weighed 408.25 kg (900 lb).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger