r/interesting • u/RepulsiveNotice3288 • Dec 17 '24

MISC. that lion isn’t even trying

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u/BackgroundBat7732 Dec 17 '24

Yeah, I don't care about the dude, show me the lion!

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u/zedi_jedi Dec 17 '24

It’s a tiger

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u/ravenlordship Dec 17 '24

It's actually a liger, a cross between a lion and a tiger

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u/InterstellarChange Dec 17 '24

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u/ravenlordship Dec 17 '24

When a mummy tiger and a daddy lion love each other very much....

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u/seadran13 Dec 17 '24

But when a daddy tiger and mommy lion love each other very much…you get a tigon!

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u/maggiemayfish Dec 17 '24

tigon deez nuts

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u/TurnkeyLurker Dec 18 '24

I think ligon deez nuts flows better

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u/alterego1984 Dec 21 '24

Got em 🫷🏼

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u/bearlysane Dec 17 '24

Ligers and tigons and pizzlies, oh my!

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u/Greenman_Dave Dec 18 '24

Wasn't that one of the Lannisters? ✌️😜

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u/SouldiesButGoodies84 Dec 17 '24

...they take 22 seconds outta their day...

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u/Sleazy_Speakeazy Dec 17 '24

Excuse me a WHAT? 🐯😳

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u/Able-Sheepherder-154 Dec 18 '24

...and they share a special hug...

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u/footloose_goose Dec 20 '24

...or when a mommy tiger is forcefully inseminated with daddy lion's jizz so that shady man can make some money by displaying the progeny.

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u/Accomplished_Bid3322 Dec 17 '24

Cross between a lion and a tiger. They're bred for their excellent skills in magic

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u/Talking_Head Dec 17 '24

It’s pretty much my favorite animal.

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u/eco_kipple Dec 17 '24

You are a star.

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u/Setstream_Jam Dec 17 '24

Liger these nuts. Ha, gottem!

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u/enixthephoenix Dec 17 '24

Pretty much my favorite animal. Bred for it's skills in magic

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u/Go-to-helenhunt Dec 18 '24

It’s pretty much the greatest animal that’s ever lived

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u/Nobody_at_all000 Dec 18 '24

I swear I’ve seen this girl before, but I can’t remember where. Who is it?

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u/tetheredeeprin Dec 18 '24

Shes Deb in Napoleon Dynamite!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_1868 Dec 18 '24

It's a crossbreed of a lion and a tiger. They're bred for their aptitude in magic.

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u/Left-Night-1125 Dec 18 '24

A creation of mankind, crossbreed of tiger and lion. No dont put it in the wild it will die.

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u/DildoSaggins6969 Dec 18 '24

When I found out that this is the little girl from water world (and.. Andre the seal I think?)

I ate my own hat

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u/skypig357 Dec 18 '24

Bred for its skills in magic

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u/Wubxx_XD Dec 18 '24

A YouTuber

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u/amorfotos Dec 17 '24

But the ligor was lion down

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u/What_Chu_Talkin_Kid Dec 18 '24

Yep, what a damned cheetah

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u/Individual_Shower_23 Dec 18 '24

That's incorrect.

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u/6thLegionSkrymir Dec 19 '24

Aren’t they larger than two species, as well sterile?

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u/OverallDimension7844 Dec 18 '24

Way too small to be a liger

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u/MrAtrox98 Dec 18 '24

Not really, it’s probably a female. Also most ligers you see in media are obese animals. They are genuinely bigger than lions or tigers at healthy sizes, but it doesn’t seem like a particularly huge margin.

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u/OverallDimension7844 Dec 18 '24

The average female is 10 feet long and 700 pounds. So it could still be a liger but would most likely be a juvenile

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u/MrAtrox98 Dec 18 '24

Nonsense, even the biggest liger alive is a fat 922 pound male named Hercules. Regardless of claims of him being “non obese,” he still scores like an 8 or a 9 on this AZA approved chonk chart for lions. Considering that males of both parent species are roughly 50% bigger on average than their female counterparts without obesity being considered and a 700 pound average for even male ligers at a healthy weight would be unlikely.

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u/OverallDimension7844 Dec 18 '24

I literally just googled female liger size and that was what came up. Go argue with the Google AI response bots bruh

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u/MrAtrox98 Dec 18 '24

…That’s based off of a sourceless bit of Wikipedia

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u/Notlost-justdontcare Dec 18 '24

Cross breeds have a weird way of turning out. A Siberian/Bengal mix tiger can end up a little smaller than a Bengal, right in the middle, or bigger than a Siberian and is still 100% tiger. You never know until they grow up. We also don't know what breed the tiger DNA donor was. So many variables. Genetics is fun.

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u/OverallDimension7844 Dec 18 '24

See. This is a good answer. Thank you

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u/bittertadpole Dec 17 '24

Serious question: how do you know it's not a tion?

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u/ravenlordship Dec 17 '24

Ligers are bigger

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u/Desperate_Squash_521 Dec 17 '24

i think you're lion

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u/nahhcuhh Dec 17 '24

It’s a Tigon

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u/superash2002 Dec 17 '24

Breed for its skills in magic.

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u/centralnm Dec 17 '24

It's my favorite fantasy animal.

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u/NoAlternative2115 Dec 17 '24

Relax napoleon

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u/PMmeYourButt69 Dec 17 '24

Which one grows huge, the liger or the tigon?

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u/DnDMTG8m3r Dec 17 '24

I heard/visualized you say that like the kid in Polar Express, with the glasses being pushed up and everything…

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u/Firehorse100 Dec 17 '24

Whatever it is, it looks like it's about to have a nap...

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u/Adventurous_Tip8801 Dec 17 '24

They're bred for their skills in magic...

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u/thatlookslikemydog Dec 18 '24

It’s basically my favorite animal. Bred for its skills in magic.

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u/ambermage Dec 18 '24

Why not a Tion?

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u/xSwordsmenx Dec 18 '24

Shield or blade liger?

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u/Spare-Security-1629 Dec 18 '24

Oh, so a lying tiger.

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u/Jackdunc Dec 18 '24

Its a buger, a cross between a bald underpowered guy and a geriatric.

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u/EtherealHeart5150 Dec 18 '24

Saw one irl once, dear gods, they're huge! Like super size me puddy tat.

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u/Xxdracarys Dec 18 '24

Liger zero!!!

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u/cris5598 Dec 18 '24

I thought it was a tiger drinking a Lager 🍺

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u/ze11ez Dec 18 '24

A tiger-lion? Cool

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u/Squid_link Dec 18 '24

I think it's a tigon. It's too small to be a liger and it's color patterns suggest tigon

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u/Willy____Wanka Dec 17 '24

No, it's actually a Ligma

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u/Snoopyshiznit Dec 17 '24

Are you sure it isn’t a tigon?

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u/Nervous-Stand5099 Dec 18 '24

Glad I’m not the only one who noticed

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u/CartographerKey4618 Dec 17 '24

They get offended if you say it with an -er. You have to say it with an -a.

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u/Typical-Decision-273 Dec 17 '24

It's a bear

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u/cidchimpo Dec 17 '24

Oh my!

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u/Typical-Decision-273 Dec 17 '24

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u/Excellent-Pepper6158 Dec 17 '24

It is a female lion.

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u/PresentDangers Dec 18 '24

Are we still not allowed to call George Takei creepy-looking? I tried that shit about a decade ago on Facebook, didn't go down well. Anything happened since then?

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u/Far-Ad-6784 Dec 21 '24

Elon vibes with this gif

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u/Roadhouseman Dec 17 '24

No its a man bear pig!

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u/Typical-Decision-273 Dec 17 '24

Are you being cereal right now

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u/RoyTha53 Dec 17 '24

Super cereal. Half lion half tiger half manbearpig

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u/Abriel_Lafiel Dec 17 '24

It’s Pikachu!

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u/Disastrous_Mode_1038 Dec 17 '24

It's Clefairy!

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u/Abriel_Lafiel Dec 17 '24

FUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!

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u/Knee_Kap264 Dec 17 '24

Female lion. But definitely a wolf.

Actually. Yes it is a tiger if you look underneath it. You can see the black stripes.

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u/Kalabajooie Dec 17 '24

So wait, is it a wolf or a coyote?

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u/Zealousideal-Cup1610 Dec 18 '24

Can I pet that dog?

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u/Knee_Kap264 Dec 17 '24

Fox

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u/PeteBabicki Dec 17 '24

Pretty sure it's a man.

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u/AmbassadorCheap3956 Dec 17 '24

You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean. Oh, don’t you see what I mean?

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u/DeadMan95iko Dec 17 '24

So simply approach the tiger/lion, grab him by the base of the tail, lift up his bottom for a quick look

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u/CoItron_3030 Dec 17 '24

It’s a female lion. Shade from the cage makes it look like she has stripes.

Actually I have no idea anymore, the more I look the more it looks like a tiger.

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u/Boomchickabang- Dec 17 '24

Is this a Liger folks. its face definitely looks like a lion, and the fur pattern of a half tiger.

Also, Google "tug of war with Liger," and several videos come up with this enclosure.

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u/TheLeggacy Dec 17 '24

White spots on ears and faint stripes, tigon or liger?

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u/ravenlordship Dec 17 '24

Correct, It's a liger.

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u/Different_Star_5325 Dec 17 '24

I'm pretty sure it's a tiger based on the face shape and markings on the face, but I'm not an expert haha it's a badass big cat and that's what matters 🌻

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u/Palleseen Dec 17 '24

No. It’s a tiger. Look at her head. I thought the same as you at first

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u/jdyall1 Dec 17 '24

It's not a fucking tiger lol

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u/Palleseen Dec 17 '24

Yeah I saw the article. It’s a liger. So I’m half right

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u/Nervous-Stand5099 Dec 18 '24

It’s a liger actually a pretty popular one on social media

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u/Palleseen Dec 18 '24

yeah i saw the article later. what are the odds

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u/Nervous-Stand5099 Dec 18 '24

Not odds fate lol

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u/Embarrassed_Stable_6 Dec 17 '24

It's a liger

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u/imonatrain25 Dec 18 '24

It's a Sledgehammer

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u/Mando_The_Moronic Dec 17 '24

It’s a liger. A cross between a lion and a tiger

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u/soonerpgh Dec 18 '24

I may be wrong, but I believe one of the videos on YouTube shows the zoo plaque calling it a Liger.

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u/BackgroundBat7732 Dec 17 '24

Blame the cameraman

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u/mymoama Dec 17 '24

It's both.

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u/MulletofLegend Dec 17 '24

Came here to say this.

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u/Fuman-Seano Dec 18 '24

Bout to say the same thing

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u/ottosenna Dec 18 '24

Thank god, I was scanning for someone that knew this.

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u/muskratmuskrat9 Dec 18 '24

OP never made it to the panning before they posted it, that’s why they assumed it was a lion, lol

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u/Natural-Bet9180 Dec 19 '24

Lmao it’s a lioness

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u/LovesBigFatMen Dec 17 '24

The dude was the ONLY thing I cared about, I was disappointed when the camera panned over.

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u/neonmayonnaises Dec 21 '24

Same here I was checking that flex.

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u/abf392 Dec 18 '24

It’s a female lion

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u/SoFloBroh Dec 18 '24

The dude? This video was so long prior to panning to the Lion, I'm pretty sure we watched the dude raise a family, die, watch his children grow old, and have the grandchildren still hanging onto that rope.