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KnightofShikari posted...

can i use my smarts to change my face to so i'm sexy?

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Well?

Meaning they have the smallest food bill

What do you do?

https://nypost.com/2022/06/21/we-just-found-out-were-siblings-but-were-still-dating/

Should they keep dating?

Ruvan22 posted...

I'm sure none of the big cats make for good pets, but if one breed had to be chosen, which would you choose as a pet?

I havent thought about this but probably the Arabian leopard as they are the smallest big cat.

Caspian tiger

Smallville posted...

really? tigers more or lions? prob those 2, what other cats are big enough to prey on humans?

All of them, along with leopards. Jaguars don't prey on humans.

GeraldDarko posted...

Is that the case that Val Kilmer movie is based on? That was a dope movie.

I don't know who Val Kilmer is.

Smallville posted...

i read that most big cats do not like the taste of human flesh, is that true? unlike like a crocodile which would probably eat a human and it wouldn't matter to it

There is in fact, evidence that they develop a liking for it after tasting it.

GeraldDarko posted...

What's the craziest man-eating big cat story you have?

The Tsavo lions who I do not care to summarize now.

Bored again

Chadwick69 posted...

Tell me what you know about ligers

very little

Middle hope posted...

Could the largest cat beat the largest dog in a death battle?

Amur tigers are known to suppress entire populations of gray wolves so probably

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Go away, troll

Smallville posted...

not really question, just wanted to know your thoughts on that post etc.........

i have no thoughts except many big cat weights are exaggerated

RustyReborn posted...

Is the snow leapord population going to be ok?

I hope so

Because they evolved different paths

the largest wild dogs are grey wolves and a larger body size would be a handicap as they are endurance hunters.

Smallville posted...

oh yeah, tc, you forgot to respond to this one. At least i think you forgot to respond to this one

What's the question?

Solid Snake07 posted...

Really? I mean I didn't think the difference was massive but Jaguars are typically bigger. I just assumed that would probably translate to stronger.

I need sleep. I thought you were referring to jaguars being bigger than lion sand tigers lololol

Solid Snake07 posted...

Actually to make a minor correction I was thinking of the jaguar. Very similar but I think Jaguars are a bit more stocky and stronger than their Asian and African cousins.

Absolutely fascinating, impressive, and terrifying animals though

They are definitely stocky but not stronger.

Smallville posted...

Btw, tc, do you know the user dolomedes? iirc he's also one of the biggest nature guys on this site.

I've heard of him. That's about it.

Solid Snake07 posted...

Is there a cat more badass than a leopard?

They are pretty badass. I think not.

Smallville posted...

you said that you believe big cats evolved to hunt large bovines in an earlier post....so is the diet of the african lion, mostly cape buffalo? The bengal tiger's main diet is guar? But, iirc the main diet of the siberian is mostly wild boar. What have you read on this?

I said it's possible. I'm basing that on the fact that big cats need big animals to survive, and those big prey animals are around in numbers that can support a self-sufficient big cat population. The gaur is an example where their only natural predator is the tiger. The smaller leopard could never hunt them, but their niche is animals like chital deer, which are also about the biggest prey animal where their diets overlap with tigers. Elephants are massive, but there aren't enough of them to support a predator that preys on them. Last time that happened was the ice age and pretty much all those massive mammals are gone now.

The siberian tiger can prey on smaller animals while retaining a large body size. I have several theories on this:

This subspecies is large because of bergman's rule, but they are not larger than bengal tigers possibly because they are limited by prey availability

At least in the winter, their prey lasts a lot longer (they don't putrefy like a carcass would in India for instance)

The lion is an anomaly in the big cat family. They can kill large prey because they hunt in prides. Also they live with huge numbers of other carnivores like hyenas and leopards from whom they can usurp prey.

A whole lot of research money for something useless

Smallville posted...

I really like big cats too. What do you think of the future of big cats in the wild? specifically the bengal , siberian and african lion? Prob the african lion's wild numbers are easily the largest. Do you think they may disappear from the wild in the next 50 yrs or so?

They will not dissapear in so short a time. But their presence outside of protected areas keeps plummeting. Some estimates put their numbers at 30,000 down from 200,000 decades ago.

The Amur tiger will be fine. There is a greater awareness of their plight than pretty much any other animal. Also, 95% of their population is contiguous, which reduces inbreeding.

The Bengal tiger is also on the upswing. Problem is they are in reproductively isolated units. Depending on how serious India is about creating wildlife corridors, we will see which way their fortunes swing.

Smallville posted...

Have you ever read about extinct big cats? like the cape lion or the sabre tooth tiger? which was the largest big cat ever in history?

The sabre-toothed tiger never existed. It's a term that's in the popular imagination though. Smilodon and sabre toothed cats were real.

The American lion had a massive frame. So did Smilodon populator and Ndongan tiger. However, these cats were never weighed so who knows.

Smallville posted...

lions and tigers offspring are sterile but are bengal and siberian tiger offspring sterile or normal?

All tigers will produce fertile offspring.

BTW, lion-tiger hybrids are not ALL sterile.

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I'm not an expert on octopi

Smallville posted...

do you have a favorite big cat if you had to pick one? lion or tiger? Would you ever want to go on an african safari?

Bengal tiger. African safari is on my bucket list.

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The lion dies.

Smallville posted...

maybe, but i read that the largest bengal or siberian ever recorded was around 700 lbs or so, maybe 800 in captivity but the largest lion ever recorded was around 600, 650. Googled it and iirc saw it in guinness book of world records. Btw do you ever watch youtube lion predation videos? i mean many americans go on wild safaris in africa, many to see wild lions hunt

I was talking about averages.

The heaviest weighed big cat that isn't a liger was a male Amur tiger in a zoo that was deliberately overfed for the record. Would you really count an obese tiger as a representative of the species?

Yes, my favorite big cat hunting video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-yhrTnblPE

Smallville posted...

I read in an article that your info is wrong. That male southern african lions male avg. around 420 lbs and that male bengal tigers avg. around 470. So on avg. 13 perc. larger

Your article is wrong.

ArchNemo posted...

If a big cat saw a house cat would it try to murder it or would it be like, oh its a baby.

I won't ask the opposite because I know a house cat would almost certainly try to fuck the lions day up.

They would try to murder it.

Cats have no love for unrelated babies anyway, and infanticide is extremely common.

RetroGamer68 posted...

Why are Norwegian Forest cats so big?

I'm sorry, I didn't quite get the part where I said this was an ask me anything about house cats topic.

Smallville posted...

Do you have a degree in relation to big cats, or is most of your education, non formal? i.e. you just read about them on your own time?

Non formal. I wish i worked with them though (in research, not at a zoo)

Smallville posted...

Do you know when the tiger and lion split off? evolutionary wise?

Not sure, but I think they share their most recent common ancestor about 10 million years ago.

The tiger's closest living relative is the snow leopard.

Smallville posted...

What if you raised a lion or tiger since birth, would you usually then be safe from attack? a male one, i had in mind

I mean you could, but the chances of attack are never zero. After all, even house cats are no fully domesticated.

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Possibly to fill an ecological niche where there were large bovines around and it was a source of food.

MICHALECOLE posted...

What about ligers

They are huge but not a naturally occuring cat.

Fun fact: Male lions will pass on a growth promoting gene. Female lions = growth inhibiting gene.

Male lion x Female lion = Normal sized lion

Male tigers will pass on a growth inhibiting gene. Female tigers = growth promoting gene.

Male tiger x Female tiger = Normal sized tiger

In a liger (male lion X female tiger) they inherit two sets of growth promotion, resulting in gigantism
In a tigon (male tiger x female lion) they inherit two sets of growth inhibition = dwarf big cat

MabusIncarnate posted...

If you had one, would you sell it, or train it to find truffles for you in the woods?

None of the above

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Recent evidence suggests Northern India and the Terai Arc.

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The male Amur and Bengal tiger, and Southern African lion will weigh around 400 lbs, with a head body length around 6.5 feet and a three foot tail. If you read anything to the contrary of these numbers, they are exaggerated figures.

They eat humans on occasion. Usually when they are sick, injured old and unable to catch their normal prey.

andel posted...

who would win a fight between a lion and a tiger?

The lion most of the time I reckon.

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The biggest

FortuneCookie posted...

biggest paws?

Probably the Siberian tiger

ArchNemo posted...

Why do cats meow but big cats don't?

Laryngeal adaptations allow them to roar instead.

sabin017 posted...

Have you touched one before?

Nope.

Any real questions?

I'm bored.

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Arent you a male? Do male elephants care about babies?

What do you do?

retreat to the cockpit.

Discuss.

I don't really believe any news story like this.

All your cars have made the transformation. How do you feel?

Ever.

SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

no i wanna be a cool ass shoebill stork

The shoebill is not an actual stork.