supasi Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 A bit off topic, but, I read that in the wild, if you see a tiger in the bush that the chances are you are already doomed, and cant get away. They are such great hunters that you wont know they are there until its to late to defend yourself. I think that tigers are the real kings of the jungle. thats my 2c worth :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 yes the siberian tiger is the real king pound for pound the leopard is the strongest and most savage yes dixon, in palmerston north one year we had an in season lioness go crazy in the show and start climbing the working cage during the show as she started to go over the top i climbed up and punched her on the nose, she went all crosseyed the trainer then grabbed her by the tail and pulled her down to the ground i jumped down and we then picked her up and put her in the safety tunnel before she recovered got a standing ovation from the crowd, all this while still dressed in my clown suit some people thought it was part of the act broke 2 bones in my hand adrenaline is an amazing stimulant, so is fear lucky i had my brown trousers on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 yes the siberian tiger is the real king pound for pound the leopard is the strongest and most savage yes dixon, in palmerston north one year we had an in season lioness go crazy in the show and start climbing the working cage during the show as she started to go over the top i climbed up and punched her on the nose, she went all crosseyed the trainer then grabbed her by the tail and pulled her down to the ground i jumped down and we then picked her up and put her in the safety tunnel before she recovered got a standing ovation from the crowd, all this while still dressed in my clown suit some people thought it was part of the act broke 2 bones in my hand adrenaline is an amazing stimulant, so is fear lucky i had my brown trousers on I just read that whole thing and was SOOOO confused...Until I realised it said 'in season lioness', not sea lion :oops: :oops: And livingart, come on, really, who's gonna run AT a lion!? I, for one, would probably need brown pants also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I have heard the same thing about leopard's and cheetah's livingart. My friend's grandad started the zoo here and had a fair bit to do with big cat's. VERY interesting man to talk to! He has never had much good to say about the lion man either.......... I think it's wrong to "tame" a wild animal. If we are trying to "save them from extinctsion, should'nt we leave them with the skill's they allready have?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 murray powell is a great man sadly there are very few truly wild habitats left for animals white lions and white tigers are just colour morphs, not seperate species very few white tigers are not hybrids of siberian/bengal crosses the white is a recessive gene so a bit of inbreeding is carried on to produce them imsmith if you run it is going to get you so you may as well go out in a blaze of glory die trying i say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Yeah Murry Powell! That's him! wow, small world!? LOL @ blaze of glory! :lol: 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Sure, blaze of glory and all that, but I'm pretty sure when I'm eyeballing ANY huge, powerful, fast cat that's growling at me, stroking my ego's not at the top of my to do list!! I understand the concept, but I think when it came to crunch time, I'd be too chicken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 not stroking the ego, you are a gone burger anyway so doing the unexpected can change the result predators are used to their prey fleeing from them can nonplus them when it doesn't happen as normal watched a doco once where a hare attacked a fox, outfoxed it and got free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I think that tigers are the real kings of the jungle. thats my 2c worth :lol: :lol: :lol: that saying"king of the jungle is a lion" has always convused me as a kid coz lions in grass land not jungle tiger lives in jungle so who made that saying? and running at a lion when i go for walks and a pitbull runs at me i stand my ground and head towards it swearing(all pitbulls no those words)and it backs down ps i only swear at the pitbulls coz im sh#% scared but other breed i just yell and point pss there is always stray dogs down my street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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