View Full Version : Has anyone seen Hecules?
Atlas
06-20-2005, 08:45 PM
I have never seen one before.
He looks like something from a prehistoric age or a fantastic creation from Hollywood. But Hercules is very much living flesh and blood - as he proves every time he opens his gigantic mouth to roar. Part lion, part tiger, he is not just a big cat but a huge one,standing 10ft tall on his back legs. Called a liger, in reference to his crossbreed parentage, he is the largest of all the cat species.
He is the accidental result of two enormous big cats living close together at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami, Florida, and already dwarfs both his parents.
"Ligers are not something we planned on having," said institute owner Dr Bhagavan Antle. "We have lions and tigers living together in large enclosures and at first we had no idea how well one of the lion boys was getting along with a tiger girl, then lo and behold we had a liger."
50mph runner... Not only that, but he likes to swim, a feat unheard of among water-fearing lions. In the wild it is virtually impossible for lions and tigers to mate. Not only are they enemies likely to kill one another, but most lions are in Africa and most tigers in Asia. But incredible though he is, Hercules is not unique. Ligers have been bred in captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II.
Today there are believed to be a handful of ligers around the world and a similar number of tigons, the product of a tiger father and lion mother. Tigons are smaller than ligers and take on more physical characteristics of the tiger.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/rabbi/archives/hurcules.jpg
Atlas
06-20-2005, 08:52 PM
http://www.zunta.org/blog/liger.jpg
Dukes
06-20-2005, 08:54 PM
I'd pay anything to see that thing tear apart Ray Ray
Atlas
06-20-2005, 08:56 PM
I'd pay anything to see that thing tear apart Ray Ray
http://lrg.zorpia.com/0/582/3729148.22ae38.jpg
http://lrg.zorpia.com/0/582/3729147.63dff5.jpg
REP!!!
I see a record pay per view for that!!!
Goobzilla
06-20-2005, 09:11 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Goobzilla/ND.jpg
Sweet! It's pretty much my favorite animal...
Sodak
06-20-2005, 09:25 PM
Sweet...
Kaylore
06-20-2005, 09:25 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Goobzilla/ND.jpg
Sweet! It's pretty much my favorite animal...
I was waiting for someone to call this. That they're real almost takes the charm away from it.
-Slap-
06-20-2005, 09:31 PM
I was waiting for someone to call this. That they're real almost takes the charm away from it.
But Napolean doesn't know that.
Besides, I think those photos are fake. That thing reminds me of the unicorn Ringling Bros had a few years ago. Turns out it was some swaybacked nag with a fungo bat strapped to its forehead.
DivineLegion
06-20-2005, 09:39 PM
Its a beautiful animal...
Mr. Trout
06-20-2005, 10:02 PM
The 50 mph has to be false...
ClevelandBronco2
06-20-2005, 10:23 PM
I'd pay anything to see that thing tear apart Ray Ray
Happy to oblige...
DivineLegion
06-20-2005, 10:26 PM
The 50 mph has to be false...
I dont know 45 is about right for a full grown healthy Tiger or Female Lion so 50 sounds reasonable for an animal of that size imagine the combination of stride and the sheer muscle mass...things gotta be a beast...maybe it can play saftey... :kiddingme
BRONCCRUSHFAN
06-21-2005, 05:24 AM
But Napolean doesn't know that.
Besides, I think those photos are fake. That thing reminds me of the unicorn Ringling Bros had a few years ago. Turns out it was some swaybacked nag with a fungo bat strapped to its forehead.
It's no bull****, It was on the tonight show earlier in the year. I looked up their website, and they look like they are on the up an up. Big Thing isn't it.
Tombstone RJ
06-21-2005, 05:36 AM
That's one big cat... I wonder how much meat he eats in a single day... I'd love to see a cross breed between a jaguar and a tiger (female tiger, male jag). That would be one bad ass cat.
-Slap-
06-21-2005, 05:38 AM
It's no bull****, It was on the tonight show earlier in the year. I looked up their website, and they look like they are on the up an up. Big Thing isn't it.
I was kind of f'ing around there. I've seen these magnificient beasts before.
Tombstone RJ
06-21-2005, 05:38 AM
I can just see that male lion walking around now, saying to the other males "yah, I had me a tiger, and she was good, grrrrrrrrr...."
Ninjafied
06-21-2005, 06:44 AM
We should all pitch in and buy Mock one of those things. Then sit back and listen to story time. :~ohyah!:
Spider
06-21-2005, 06:49 AM
LOL . I can see me telling my dog ..Get the kitty kitty Hilarious! be nothing left of my pup ....
I thought this was a new Jerkcules movie , I am still suffering from the Hercules in New york city Arnold schwarzenegger did ....... That was bad
BRONCCRUSHFAN
06-21-2005, 07:01 AM
I was kind of f'ing around there. I've seen these magnificient beasts before.
What I meant was that I agree with you, that sometimes when pics like that are posted, I tend to be a bit skepitcal. Just this one, I actually saw on the tonight show, so I was just trying to validate it. Hope you didn't take my last post the wrong way Slap.
BRONCCRUSHFAN
06-21-2005, 07:02 AM
We should all pitch in and buy Mock one of those things. Then sit back and listen to story time. :~ohyah!:
I have a big kittie
He eats alot
The Rottweiler down the street is missing
Nobody wants to come over to my house anymore.
Ninjafied
06-21-2005, 07:13 AM
I have a big kittie
He eats alot
The Rottweiler down the street is missing
Nobody wants to come over to my house anymore.
So here’s an interesting match-up to ponder: who would win between a Liger and a Kodiak bear in a steel cage match. I’m pretty sure the bear could take a plain tiger or lion, but this genetic monster puts a whole new twist on the situation.
-Slap-
06-21-2005, 09:42 AM
What I meant was that I agree with you, that sometimes when pics like that are posted, I tend to be a bit skepitcal. Just this one, I actually saw on the tonight show, so I was just trying to validate it. Hope you didn't take my last post the wrong way Slap.
Its all good.
Its all good.
No it's not man. That's some serious disrespect he showed you bro. Allowing this will only lead to more disrespect. Time for some ass-tackling, if you ask me.
Atlas
06-21-2005, 10:13 AM
But Napolean doesn't know that.
Besides, I think those photos are fake. That thing reminds me of the unicorn Ringling Bros had a few years ago. Turns out it was some swaybacked nag with a fungo bat strapped to its forehead.
They are real. I was unsure so I looked it up on urbanlegends.com and yep it's real. Amazing stuff.
I'm pretty skeptical when it comes to internet pics so I made sure.
Alkazar
06-21-2005, 10:15 AM
That's one big cat... I wonder how much meat he eats in a single day... I'd love to see a cross breed between a jaguar and a tiger (female tiger, male jag). That would be one bad ass cat.
So would that be a Taguar or a Jiger?
Atlas
06-21-2005, 10:15 AM
I can just see that male lion walking around now, saying to the other males "yah, I had me a tiger, and she was good, grrrrrrrrr...."
He got himself a little p_ssy
Alkazar
06-21-2005, 10:30 AM
I can just see that male lion walking around now, saying to the other males "yah, I had me a tiger, and she was good, grrrrrrrrr...."
Nah, he'd be saying "She was GRRRRRRREAT!"
BRONCCRUSHFAN
06-21-2005, 10:41 AM
I can just see that male lion walking around now, saying to the other males "yah, I had me a tiger, and she was good, grrrrrrrrr...."
"Yeah boys, she was a real tigress in bed."
Atlas
06-21-2005, 11:07 AM
I hear Ted Nugent is trying to buy Hercules so he can shoot him, mount him and keep him in his living room. LOL LOL
BRONCCRUSHFAN
06-21-2005, 11:30 AM
I hear Ted Nugent is trying to buy Hercules so he can shoot him, mount him and keep him in his living room. LOL LOL
Would bring a new meaning to Cat Scratch Fever.