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Apr 11, 2015 3:14 PM
Lassannn
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roonmian
Largest brain of carnivores? Only land dwelling maybe? I would have guessed those of orcas and sperm whales are larger.
mindstorm8191
Besides, 300g (for comparison) is only 0.6 lbs. I think their sources are a little incorrect. But can't find any other numbers on tigers
bluedragon93
But... But.... Kitty!!! I just want to snuggle ALL of them
OneCraftyHooker
I wonder if the kid who put a mask on the back of his head got laughed at until people realized it worked
CaptainsLincolnLog
People suck.
kinten
As a kinten, I agree.
CerebrawlHemmorage
Black panther isn't a species, it's melanistic jaguars or leopards(both count), white tigers aren't either, it's a captivity bred mutation.
CerebrawlHemmorage
The mutation for white tigers is exceedingly rare in the wild, and a recessive gene, almost all that ever were have been bred by inbreeding.
txmount
#2 - They're the largest *natural* big cats. Ligers are much larger, topping out around 1000 lbs/450 kg, but are only bred in captivity.
odraencoded
What? 300 thousands 700 pounds is greater than just 1000 pounds!
goodguyC
Haha I saw that too.... 300k...I'm like, that's a big ole kitty!
whenthewindblows
You have been subscribed to cat facts.
capitalistpiglet
Came back and had to scroll all the way back through those(on mobile) for your upvote. I hope you appreciate it.
tendthekine
someone had to do it
FloridaMansSideKick
/unsubscribe
FloridaMansSideKick
Was expecting people to play along. :(
ladyb14
Thank you! I don't understand how this isn't top comment.
Pikachu8091
This is the kind of stuff PETA needs to be doing. Not some bullshit wool campaign.
efemral
But where is the cat tax?
KuuroiYuki
There has been at least one tiger cub in there. Give OP a break.
gunnygunnygunny
Let's not forget their fake eyes : http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/The+more+you+know_efe0b9_4851667.jpg
spicepoet
Woah woah! Wait. What predators?
barbarianbryan
I can't unsee this. Lol
peridotstar
That's hilarious, but I'm still trying to decide if I need an adult xD
tytrev8
As soon as I got to the Siberian tiger that you called a white tiger, I discredited this entire post..
zookeeperispaidinpeanuts
I think only Bengals carry the trait for the white color. It's only when Siberians are crossed with Bengals when they can be white. Still +1
FormerAOLerIDidntSendYouThoseCDsInThe90s
TIL Tigers are gentlemen. Good on you, Los Tigres.
whatthebjork
omg #6. For some reason that photo made me laugh out loud...the expression of the tiger doing the licking :)
wowzies
"dafuq are YOU looking at"
WherePoetryComesToDie
Oh shit, Terrible Tiger and Confession Bear are about to fuck each other up in #13! GO TERRIBLE TIGER. FUCK THAT STUPID BEAR UP GOOD.
DragonOnSteroids
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WherePoetryComesToDie
You are my favorite type of person.
RaefWolfe
Welcome to cat facts! Here's some tissues, you'll need them.
andromolek
I went from liking this to feels real quick. Still +1 OP
NaadiyaJ
I know right
GooberSnotpants
Tigers are so much better than lions I don't even know where to begin.
TopsunPB
I like all the cats same
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
[citation needed]. That memory fact is completely bullshit, and I wouldn't trust many of these other "facts" either.
qwedswerty
"oh cool, I learned new stuff... black panthers is a species... damn, now I can't trust any of this information..."
Thesmellofgoblins
This is a Lassann post though..
babiestastebest
Thank you for pointing that out :)
BabaGhanouj
I made a post a couple weeks ago. In fact, two. With source and FACTS! But it got little attention and wasn't worth me doing another.
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
I've had the same problem several times. It sucks people believe these made up "facts" so easily.
owlest
yeah I leave home for 4 months and my cat did not remember me, then again my cat hates everyone.
xzhous
Little known fact: Tigers love tuna and consider tuna sandwiches a delicious treat. They are also part of an elite group named G.R.O.S.S.
IvanStroganoff
Thank you! I was about to comment on the Calvin & Hobbes-ish hug picture #11. Lets play some Calvinball, or build snowmen!
MasterPotatoSurgeon
Instead if using a rock for scale try using a banana. Now I have no idea what size his/her paws are.
odraencoded
Big.
andoselpantos
The person is for size comparison you ding dong
ReadySetBake
Perhaps, but only Juan person is qualified to provide as a scale.
ReadySetBake
Crap, I forgot we use Juan's cousin Jose as scale
tigersareawesome
I AM RELEVANT
REALcornbread
Tigers are my favorite
Kruxelur
I've got a tiger tattoo :3 They have been a great inspiration for me in hard times. My spirit animal if you will!
Imaybegotthis
and it came down to "tigers are cool, but its a fucking polar bear"
duckshooter
All this greatness and we use it as a meme.
Vegardina
I like turtles.
HitlerEatingABanana
I like trains
Imaybegotthis
I saw a show that answered the question "Who would win in a fight, a siberian tiger or a polar bear?" 1/2
CaramelMad
What was the answer?
Imaybegotthis
My other comment says they said "tigers are cool, but its a fucking polar bear"
ididitallforthenookie
Listen here, you little shit
saltedlemons
Mine too
Stupidfuckingusername
Richard Parker
Spinosaur
#15 is wrong, unless you mean LAND carnivores. The largest brain among carnivores is the sperm whale, and the second is the orca.
ReadySetBake
Clearly you are not using enough of your memory, silly human.
litewurks
Best animal on earth. Fuck poachers.
stopitcharlesgetoutofmyhead
Now do one about ligers, the beasts of the animal world.
LtCmmdrData
kind of hard to be the beast of the animal world, when it only lives in captivity.
Lassannn
They're pretty much my favorite animals. They're renowned for their skills in magic.
CerebrawlHemmorage
You got a couple of factual errors in your post OP, about white tigers(inbred mutation, not a subspecies), and black panthers.
sippinonorphantears
chill Napoleon
CerebrawlHemmorage
Black panthers aren't a species either, it's melanistic jaguars and leopards(both count), and it's the jaguar that doesn't mind baths.
thegriffin88
No, because Ligers aren't a species. They were created by man and have many deformities as a result.
v10lence
White Tigers rarely occur naturally as they are produced ONLY through inbreeding.
mydawgisgreen
Thank you. For being tiger facts should have been a fact!
mrguyperson
This is misleading. It's not that inbreeding inherently produces white tigers. It just increases the chances of obtaining one.
MorePunkThanMe
Don't most of them have Downs Syndrome from the inbreeding?
zookeeperispaidinpeanuts
It's not most of them. Most do have problems though (stillborn, fatal diseases, other deformities). We have one that has crossed eyes (1)
zookeeperispaidinpeanuts
but he is otherwise very healthy. (Our tigers do not breed. We have our white tiger neutered. We just have them on display.)
zookeeperispaidinpeanuts
Thank you. I was actually ok with this post until I got to 21.
pixarpizza
Incorrect-White is the recessive dilute of the natural red color of tigers... it's a rare recessive gene. Inbreeding is done to reproduce it
TachyonCode
Sounds "natural" to me. Especially given the rather vague definition of "natural" in science.
TachyonCode
Don't even get me started on the phrases "natural selection" and "naturally occurring". They're used so stupidly.
TachyonCode
It's as if somebody forgot all about the notion of spontaneity and the discovery that flies don't just magically appear from rotten food.
TachyonCode
It's as if somebody forgot all about the notion of spontaneity and the discovery that flies don't just magically appear from rotten food.
TachyonCode
Bottom line: If you're gonna call something natural, define the fucking term first.
AndyTheAbsurd
Came down to the comments to point this out. Thanks for saving me the trouble. :)
ggmeech
No camouflage!
Bleualtair
Also cause its harder for them to live since being white= no camouflage
Studoku
Serious question- why does orange work as camoflage?
dmag318
Snow?
Bleualtair
Odds are they aren't in a snowy area, they're rare after-all.
LokiHasStolenTheTardis
Inbreeding is usually the way you get odd colored animals of any species.
teaspoon1731
even if it were natural, they would naturally die in the wild cus white is horrible camouflage.
KuuroiYuki
If they were white-skinned, would they not be in snow-capped areas like the snow leopard...?
EgoSumRidentiCanis
Bengals are the only tigers that have been proven to throw whites (1 in 10,000 or something), they live in the jungle. White rly bad there.
teaspoon1731
obviously i'm talking about tigers in their natural habitat. white works great for animals living in snow.
sinskittles
VERY important distinction. Every white tiger anyone has seen is due to in humane inbreeding and it is NOT some sort of endangered animal.
CerebrawlHemmorage
Every one except the first one, which was a wild capture, IIRC. But it's a rare mutation and the gene is recessive.
sinskittles
Exactly! All others were inbred with it to try to bring the gene out, messing up other genes along with it, giving them horrible problems :(
ColoradoCattleCo
I doubt the Tigers consider breeding "inhumane"
ohnoanotherputz
Inbreeding is inhumane to the offspring who often have severe health problems.
ColoradoCattleCo
Don't talk about people from Kentucky and West Virginia like that.
Fla1lure
We do it to dogs. I have expressed my disgust at pugs etc for making an animal that inherently has a difficult/uncomfortable life.
marochannel
This needs to be shared more. Also the fact that they were inbred for money, not conservation.
mydawgisgreen
Yes. This.
notthesameasmyotheraccountss
Read as conversation. It does make for good conversation, though.
moosemoosemoosemoose
Also "black panther" is not a species.
KarlKing0fDucks
Panther basically means any melanistic big cat.
etameta
"ocelli" is Latin for "little eyes", in case you were wondering. Oculus = eye; ocellus = little eye; ocelli because plural.
watevenisimgur
I feel like you maybe Stephen Fry
doubleponytogo
Yeah thank you :) I was bugged it wasn't mentioned in the comment.
Ryebread91
I'd say you're a nerd but we all are and I thank you for this tidbit of information.
NotSureWhatUsernameToUse
I was indeed wondering, thank you for quenching my curiosity!
kmii
My sister, a PhD in literature, says Hi and wants to know if you're single.
quantumpacket
Another word for "ocellus" is "ocellana", which comes from "ocellus+'-ana', the feminine form of '-anus', a Latin singular noun suffix.
quantumpacket
Also, the word "window" comes from Old Norse 'vindr' wind + 'auga' eye, which traces its way back to Latin oculus. And 'wind' from 'vindr'.
Imneverthatguy
"Sister" sureeeeeeeee
kmii
I wish I had a PhD!
drizztdourden
You only need a Ph, I got the D right here ;-)
discollama
So ocelot would be lots of eyes?
cacher371
Many small eyes. Checks out
zaphod
I wonder if they have the same effect as the men wearing masks on other tigers...
TheRamazon
Salve, amator alius (amatrix alia?) linguae Latinae. Licetne mihi etiam rogitare si solitarius sis?
FlareonTheFalseProphet
Salve! quid agis?
ImgurianTrappedInA12YearOldsBody
Beginning Latin 1 student here. I understand about half of this :D
drizztdourden
Mammae vel exire statim!
FloridaMansSideKick
Hahaha, I want to award you for this comment. I'd give you money if I had some.
TheRamazon
Dic mihi foede, hercle
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
Ecce, Romani!!!
JashGanz
Ecce, Romani!!! Flavia Et Cornelius. We are referring to the basic latin high school text book right?
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
Ita vero! Cornelia est puella Romana quae in Italia habitat.
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
Molestus est Sextus!
SpearmintJun
Romani ite domum
bartman2014
Romans go the house?
SpearmintJun
Romans go home
bartman2014
Now write it 100 times
SpearmintJun
https://youtu.be/IIAdHEwiAy8
ChristopherMirdo
Look at you and yo knowledge. *Clap Clap Clap clap*
iscah
It also has a purpose. It helps cubs recognize their mother in brush and follow her. (I spend too much time at the zoo).
justnihilismthings
So even tigers have fake eyes to look at other tigers?
cauchemar94
are you a part of the Illuminati?
ameo
https://33.media.tumblr.com/8859512c3a81155a5512af811d6a91ef/tumblr_mtl0mlTzw71siejo9o1_500.gif
KeepItLit
Stop killing the tigers!!! Stupid poachers =/
colondashparenthesis
Humans, stop breeding so much and pushing all known wildlife out of their natural habitats.
JSid
And encroaching on territory due to population increase as well
haruspex
Don't forget to tell people to stop buying the crap poachers are selling. Poachers only poach because buyers exist.
cheekybirch
It's a cultural thing, like the Balinese thinking that tigers are evil. Uneducated people will make uneducated decisions. :c
StormageddonDarkLordOfAllAKAAlfie
you did it! i think your comment just discouraged all the poachers in the world! nice!
RandomImgurian
Petition to allow hunting for poachers.
mistatorso
They do allow hunting for poachers. My bud was on a guided trip for Cape Buffalo, and his guide instantly shot @ the poacher they ran across
ManOnTheKnoll
Blame locals #19 such as farmers as well as poachers. Also, fucking voodoo medicine, especially in china, has caused several extinctions.
LearningOnImgur
Education is the only way to stop it. China and Vietnam and other oriental countries are big on "ancient remedies" which are complete BS
maythedoctorbewithyou
The thing that sucks is when many of whom are told what they caught &/or killed is endangered or close to they feel so much remorse over it
hGuderian
Not only that. There is huge demand from China from really rich people for the pelts etc.
Azhure76
Stop consuming uncertified grown palm oil! Push the big companies to source from responsible growers.
SerialKitten666
It's not just poachers. Regular human beings are doing it as well. People continue to move further and further into tiger territory and->
SerialKitten666
kill the tigers for "endangering" them or eating their livestock. Boo, people suck :( We destroy everything in our path >.>
PunkassUnicorn
Poachers are not the problem, it's rich folk who buy tiger remains. Poachers will easily risk their lives for 30 to 150k USD prize.
OasisInChains
This is unpopular, but I would easily kill a tiger for 150k if I had the chance, I am a bad person.
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Lastdarkninja
But, unlike poachers you know it is wrong, and probably(since you have access to internet)dont live in the poverty where you need that money
Lastdarkninja
Plus poachers probaly dont know the impact of their crimes
6reep
pretty much, if there was no demand, than no need. which is why we need to educate.
JoyfulDay
Better learned you some Chinese then, girl.
maythedoctorbewithyou
Back then though it was both Poachers and ultra-religious/uneducated people simply afraid of the animal due to their belief system
7humos
It wasn't rich Western families huh? Just poachers and the Chinese. Good to know.
doctorlawyer
this went from "ooo neat information" to "oh...now i'm sad"
Lorithias
You described perfectly my feelings ..
MrKenW
I want to get rich and save them and fuck up every person that wants so buy them and thereby killing the demand
shvmptl
Don't be sad. Read this and smile - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/20/india-tiger-population-increases-endangered-species
Smooshme
Thank Capitalism.
saucefornoreason
World widelife fund, go donate
sparrowsgirl
We will lose them and we will deserve it.
saucefornoreason
I won't deserve it, but fuck those others who caused me to lose it
shovethis
As consumers....we're all guilty for the plague that is us
MyPenisGrantsWishes
Soo....i shouldnt load the rest of the album?
pancakesplatter
This is why we can't have nice things.
takopoke
Hi. I'm Sarah Mclachlan and I'm here to ruin your whole fuckin day.
fomalhaut
You shouldn't feel bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c
Lassannn
If it cheers you up, I would risk certain death to take my shirt off and snuggle with one on a cold day.
WebDevJewelerReptileLover
you should have ended on a good note not on a sad one. For shame OP, for shame.
Lassannn
I apologize. They were already numbered. I should have just rearranged them.
captainsanchez
Now I'm d'aaaaaaww-ing. Look what you have done.
Socialanxietyintensifies
Cheered me up!
Galdornae
I want to hug one so much.
ConfusedFlareon
I'm allergic to tigers .__.
Lassannn
That's a Shakespearean tragedy.
bluesoup
I got to cuddle a tiger once, in a zoo in Thailand. The tigers cub was in a 1x1m cage behind the scenery for photo. It was mostly sad. >
bluesoup
> In the photo we got I am not even smiling. Think I was about 9 years old, this must have been about a month before the tsunami.
reider10
This info though blows my mind on how we ever became the dominant species
Gnomleif76
I think Agent Smith from The Matrix had a point when he referred to humans as a virus.
SomebodyStoleMyCarRadio
Tigers and black rhinos may well completely die out in our lifetimes.
SheWhoShallPostScience
I've come to kind of expect that from any tiger related post sadly.
fineletsdoeverythingyouwannado
Tiger numbers in India actually increased last year. :)