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I'm already a sucker for cats and kittens, so I had to restrain myself from baby-talking at the computer screen when I saw those pictures.

I mean, c'mon. Those are adorable. I'd totally cuddle that.

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Originally Posted by bluestarultor

First of all, ligers already exist.

Second, they're a glorified tabby (these cats, not ligers). With added neck ruff. Most of the ones you see still have the legs of the M left on their foreheads. I used to have a black and white one NAMED Tiger. The pattern is nothing special. Now getting the color is a bit harder, since you have to breed for depth, but even the face is a standard cat roster.

Oh wow. Buzzkill much, dude?

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Originally Posted by greed

Which means it could be a real pest if it goes feral.

I want to see a few of these get loose and start breeding until we start hearing reports of mutant Weretigers stalking the sewers of New York.

Oh man. All this talk of breeding specific animals to get paticular traits is giving me an FF7 flashback...

Must...Breed... Gold...Chococbo... Chocobo Sage... Gyshal Greens... Nuts... Racing... YAAAAAARRRGGGGBBBLLLLEE!!!!!

All this talk of breeding specific animals to get paticular traits is getting me hot.

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Originally Posted by bluestarultor

... they're a glorified tabby (these cats, not ligers). With added neck ruff. Most of the ones you see still have the legs of the M left on their foreheads. I used to have a black and white one NAMED Tiger. The pattern is nothing special. Now getting the color is a bit harder, since you have to breed for depth, but even the face is a standard cat roster.

Well, that's because she's not finished breeding the traits together.Selective breeding into a specific set of traits takes a long time, and she isn't there yet.

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Originally Posted by LIFE Magazine

The perfect Toyger has small, round ears, a strong chin, a broad nose, and a long muzzle. Its coat has flecks of golden “glitter,” and its movements are “reminiscent of the big cats.”

At present, no Toyger embodies all of these attributes. With some 400 Toygers registered, most of them being bred by Sugden and about 20 colleagues worldwide, it could be several years before the cat looks amazingly like its 500-pound muse—Sugden hopes by 2010. But even imperfect specimens exude a certain jungle glamour.

And they'll have a bit more than just tabby in them.

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Originally Posted by LIFE Magazine

That comes easily: Many of the Toyger’s traits stem from the domestic Bengal cat, itself derived from a tabby and a wild Asian leopard cat. In fact, Sugden’s mother, Jean Mill, created the Bengal, and the tale of the Toyger is as much about human inheritance as it is about the animal kind.

Jean Mill, a rancher’s wife who studied genetics in college, dreamed up the Bengal in the early 1960s as a means to rescue actual leopards from the fur trade: She hoped people would be less inclined to wear a spotted pelt if it looked like their beloved pet. The Bengal’s impact on the sales of stoles is uncertain, but in the 1990s, it went on to become one of America’s most popular breeds.

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Originally Posted by krylo wannabe

All this talk of breeding specific animals to get paticular traits is getting me hot.

This kind of stuff work's better if you have a smoking-skull avatar and are named KRYLO.

Psh.

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Originally Posted by bravefencer

And they'll have a bit more than just tabby in them...

What exactly is the issue that animal rights activists would have with breeding domestic cats that look like their wild counter-parts?

Do you think they could make it so allergic people don't mind them so I could have one at my house?

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Originally Posted by Nique

This kind of stuff work's better if you have a smoking-skull avatar and are named KRYLO.

Psh.

Your criticism of what works would work better if you weren't the guy who writes Highschool Starship.

You thought I wouldn't go there but I did.

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Originally Posted by Nique

What exactly is the issue that animal rights activists would have with breeding domestic cats that look like their wild counter-parts?

Where are you getting that from? That wasn't anywere in my post. It talked about the bengal breed being bred to discourage the sale of leopard furs, her logic being people would be less inclined to buy furs that looked like the pet they love and care for.